Holothriz. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 109 
about the middle, linear-oblong. below, with linear, somewhat 
diverging lobes ; lip about as long as the petals, flabellate, with a 
narrow w base, divided to the middle into 5-7 linear diverging lobes ; 
spur narrowl conical, curved, obtuse, about as long as the sepals ; 
column —_ scarcely half as long as the = ayy Krinzl. Orch. Gen. 
et Sp, i. H. multiseta, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
4h: B. Bewularia Schlechter in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1899, 21, partly. 
Coast Recion: Stockenstrom Div.; summit of Elandsberg, 6000 ft. Peg 
391! and in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr. -Afr., et ! British Kaffraria 
Mrs, Hutton! Fort Bowker, among rocks, Bowker, 769, p 
Eastern REGION: Griqualan nd “East ; a Connie: “800 ft., Tyson, 1542. 
Natal; Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 82! ” Hallack 
site from H. tg ularia, Reichb. fo with w Spe Schlechter has included i 
its smaller flowers and in the fewer lobes of the lip. Aen aur, 737, which was 
included by Bolus, per siniple petals, shel does not belong 
21. H. Ayres (Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 119); plant 
about 3 ft. high, with large ovoid tubers; leaves 2, unequal, 
mes 2— 
sh oty hirsute or “hispid with long hairs, about 2—3 lin. long; 
pedicels longer than the bracts ; flowers 3-4 lin. long ; sepals ovate 
subacute, ciliate, 1} lin. long, ebalow E ser 
a ii. ¢. 38, excl. 3 last syn.; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 71; Schle chter in Ocst. Bot. peated 1899, 21, partly. H. Bur- 
chellii, Krinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 589, partly, not of Reichb. f. 
Scopularia secunda, Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 207 ; Drége, 
4wei Pfl. Documente, 53. 
CENTRAL tn Aliwal North Div. ; Witte Bergen, 6000-8000 ft., Drége ! 
Semotieney REG: : Orange River Colony ; Mont aux Sources, 8000-9000 ft., 
1980! ree mountains near Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., Culver, 
72, ‘Galpin, 585. 
Schlechter includes poms —e “ two allied Tropical African species with 
this, in which view I cannot Kranzlin wrongly includes H. Scopularia, 
Reichb. f., as a synonym ogy H. ga ai 
22. H. schlechteriana (Krinzl. ex Se hlechter in Oest. Bot 
Zeitschr, 1899, 21, without description) ; plant }-1} ft. high, stout, 
with 2 ovoid tubers ; leaves 2, unequal, orbicular, obtuse or shortly 
very acuminate sheaths; racem es 3-6 in. long, dense, somewhat 
