116 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Stenoglottis. 
1, 8. fimbriata (Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 210) ; leaves 
numerous, arranged in a dense rosette, oblong or narrowly lanceolate- 
oblong, acute, slightly undulate at the margin, all spreading, slightly 
recurved at the apex, bright green, usually with few or numerous 
ic; ae oe saeco lance i te, acumi sabe ocr ta: long ; 
ard. Chron. 1889, vi, 438s 1804; ‘xvi, 563, in note: Durand 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 68; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. “Beibl. 
50, 30; Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i, 567, excl. syn. 
Var. saxicola (Schlechter ex Kriinzl. Orch. Gen. et epee i Sica a very awed 
form, about 2 in. beh with all the parts much reduced in 
SoutH AFRiIca: without locality, edie 3921! Mrs. Bowker 
Coast Recion: Stockenstrom Div. ; woods near teed 
Scully in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. i haces. -Afr., 690! Kat Berg, 2500-3000 
t., Baur, 1105! Hutton ! sa ny Div. ; near Grahamstown, 2200 ft., MacOwan, 
, Hutt 
RI REGION N: iran aal; H outbosch, Rehmann, 5855! 5856! Nelson, 
srr ! Select, 4471 ; Spitz Kop, near Lydenberg, Wilms, 1384! 
ASTERN ReEGIoN: Transkei; ee Coun ntry, Bowker, “th Pondoland ; 
beten ett John’s River and Umsikaba River, under 1 1000 £ , Drége, 4574! 
omaas River, Gerra 2 6! ravines of Town hal un ws 
Mount West, Schlec hter, € 
iable species. Some oe the Natal specimens have unspotted leaves, 
nd at first 3 sight look different from the form figured in the Botanical Magazine. 
“oe xamination of plants in the field might throw some “light on the cause of this 
tion. 
2. 8. longifolia (Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 7186) ; leaves numerous, 
rranged in a dense rosette, ensiform or ‘insole acuminate, 
anAubets at the margin, the outer spreading, the i inner suberect: t, all 
recurved at the apex, uniformly light green, ng, $ Li 
scapes erect, often stout, “213 ft. high, with nnmeTons 
linear-lanceolate somewhat urved sh $; racem 0 in. 
recurved sheat 
long, meng See ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4-4 in. long; 
pedicels 4—? in. long ; flowers light purple with a few minute darker 
dots on the lip, occasionally white ; sepals broadly ovate, subobtu 
i in. long; petals ovate, subacute, erose or minutely deniboalate. 
