106 ORCHIDEA: (Rolfe), [ Holothriz. 
broadly ovate, obtuse, somewhat concave, glabrous, about 1 lin. 
long, l-nerved; petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, rg thd 2 lin. long, 
l-nerved ; lip broadly flabellate, with a narrow base, } in. long, 
unequally 7-lobed to about the middle; lobes oblong or linear- 
oblong, obtuse ; disc smooth; spur conical, much curved, obtuse, 
one-third as long as the limb ; column broad, about half as long 
as the sepals. H. aspera, Schlechter in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1899, 
19, partly. 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; ; mountain sides about opt ae dt ee 
Leipoldt in MacOwan & Bo ba , Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr., 1757! stony plac 
Blauw Berg, 1500 ft., Schlechter, 4681 near Olifan ts River, 350 * Se Asckbies 
5036, 5077. Worcester Di iv, ; Hex River Valley, Wolley Y- -Dod, 405 
s has been confused with H. aspera, Reichb. f., but is quite distinct in the 
Thi 
shape ‘of the petals, as well as in the shape and sm mooth disc of the lip. Schlechter, 
8465, has much smaller flowers, which are not normally developed. 
16. H. lindleyana (Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 119) ; plant 1-3 
ft. high, with 2 large ovoid tubers ; leaves 2 eas ovate, — 
or subacute, membranous, glabrous, ?-2 in. long; scapes 13 
high, usually slender and somewhat wes icely us lla or 
glabrous, without sheaths; racemes 1-4 in. long, somewhat dense 
the bracts; flowers 1-1 in, long, white; sepals ovate, acute or 
subacute, glabrous, 14 lin. long, 1I-nerv red ; petals linear - oblong, 
. : 3 
Linn. Soc. xxv. 190, and Ie. Orch. Austr. Afr. ii, t. 35; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 70; Schlechter in Ocst. Bot. Zeitschr. 1899, 
20 ; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. 4.580. H. secunda, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. 
- Thes. Cap. ii. 
t. 105, fig. B. T. nivea, Zeyh. e x Harv. Gen. 8. Afr. Pl. ed. i, 323. 
T. sp., Drége, Zwei Pf. ‘Dinenté 116. 
VaR. 8, parviflora ( mare 8) brie about half as s large as in the type. H. parv 
i ap hb. f. Otia Bot. H 119; Bolus in Journ, Linn, Soc, xxv. ee 
nd & Schinz, Conspect. aer v. 71; Kréanel, Orch. Gen. e Sp. i 
Tryphia oe ay 29 ote, Lindl. in fey Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 209 ; Drége, Zwei Pe 
Weed UTH Ave without locality, Mund! Mrs. Holland, 4! Mrs. Bowker! 
eyher, 3 
Coast REGION : a Div. ; Genadendal, 2000-3000 ft., Drége. Knysna 
Div. ; Karratera River, under 1000 ft., Drége, 3580a ! sobs. ’Plettenbergs Bay, 
