 . ORCHIDEA (Rolfe). 113 
caren obama A glee: or subobtuse, membranous, very gla- 
brous, = — 2-6 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, the upper 1—5 in. long, 
3-25 in. nar racemes 1—6 in. long, usually lax, few- to many- 
flowered ; oe ovate-lanceolate, ver minate, 4—3 long 
pedicels about 3 in. long ; dorsal sepal eee eliptic-ovate, sub- 
obtuse, entire, retlexed about the middle, 2-2} lin. long ; lateral sepals 
ane —. broadly ovate, subobtuse, entire, ae at the apex, 
3-4 in. long ; petals somewhat diverging, adnate at 
the extreme. aie to “the dorsal sepal, dilated at the apex into a 
about 1 lin. tee capsule ere: t-} in. on ” Reiehb, : in Flora, 
1867, 115; Bolus os Fl aakeh Linn. Soc. xix. 339, xxv. 188 ; "“Kriinel 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i 
Coast RecIon : Stockens trom Div. ; Kat Berg, 4000 ft., res eplts Hutton, 2! 
aera eine? : Orange River Colony ; Bedi locali ity, Cooper, 1091! 
: i Bo se and Mrs, 
Griqualand east: Zuurbe erg anes, “Schlechter, 6 6612! Natal; Fort Nottingham, 
Ne 000 - Buchanan in Herb. Sanderson, 1049! 1056 ! Byrne, 4500 
od, 1871 
3. H. Woodii (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxviii. 144) ; plant 
#1 ft. high, erect, with rather stout straight stem, distantly 
2-leaved ; leaves sessile, slips oratn, subobtuse, glabrous, some- 
what fleshy, 11-2 in. long, } to nearly 1 in. broad ; raceme oblong, 
oe oor oe PP ie with recurved acute apex and entire 
1-1} lin, long ; lateral sepals obliquely and broadly ovate, 
croaked the outit margin subcordate, subcrenulate, 24-3 lin. long ; 
petals unguiculate, shat diverging, ilated above, with rather 
t 
claw and an obcordately dilated limb, about } in. broad, irregularly 
fimbriate, with subcapitate appendages ; column strongly incurved, 
Ong- 
Eastern Region: Natal; Seven Fontein, near Boston, 5000 ft., Wood, 5577! 
Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, ‘87! 
4. H. oreophila guooepsies in Engl. Jahrb. pias 420); plant 
rect, 5-12 in. high, with straight or somewhat flexuous stem, dis- 
tantly 2-leaved’; leaves sessile, broadly ovate, specks or shortly 
acuminate, si aie 3-2} in. long, 3-1} in. broad ; 
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