142 ORCHIDE# (Rolfe). . [ Bonatea. 
565 ! aks a Bowker, Mrs. Barber, 779! Krielis caaniens Bowker! Griqualand 
East ; r Newmarke t, Krook, Penther, 112. Natal; near Durban, Sanderson, 
1721 Wentworth 1 Bluff, ‘Sanderson, 490 ! 1037 ! near the oak of the Umlwalumi 
River, Gerrard, 1848! Inanda, Wi ee 969! Weenen District, at Colenso, Avrook, 
Penther, 272. 
. B. densiflora (Sond. in veces xix. 80) ; plant 14 ft. high, with 
wit leafy stem ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at 
the base, the lower 1 in. err : . e anew narrower ; racemes elongate, 
4 ft. long, dense, many-flowered ; bracts membranous, ver ery a 
e, 
longer than the pedicels ; val sepal g galeate, elliptic-oblong, canalicu- 
late, acuminate, incurved, 6-7 lin. long ; lateral sepals oblong-lanceo- 
late, eet Raging 7 lin. long ; “petals 2-partite, the upper lobe 
linear, acute ; er lobe elongate-linear, acute, curved, rather shorter 
than the sepals ; Tip 3-partite ; lobes elongate, narrowly linear, the 
lateral pair rather shorter and acuminate at the apex ; spur elon 
recat thickened above, subobtuse, about 1 in. 7 ; 
n. long ; rostellum acuminate, its side lobes 24 lin. long; stigmas 
Snavistes 5 lin. long ; ae fusiform-oblong, 1} in. long. abenaria 
oe Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. i. 797 ; Bilas’ in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
191: Durand & Schinz, Bonapeod Fl. Afr. v. 76; Krénal. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 68, and Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 200. 
2 a Region: Stockenstrom Diy. ; Kat River, Balfour, in Herb. Ecklon & 
Cyne 
There is a single leaf and flower of the type in Dr. Lindley’s Herbarium. 
7. B. antennifera ae in Gard. Chron. 1905, xxxviii. 450) ; 
plant about 3 ft. high, with stout si oWiat glaucous leafy stem ; 
leaves sessile, amplexieaul, oblong, subacute, spreading, 3—6 in. long, 
decrea: id upwards into the- br acts ; ; racemes about 9 in. long, lax, 
many-flowered ; enc lanceolate, acuminate, convolute i the 
pectin’ au the base, 1—2 in. long; pedicels 24 in. long; flowers 
large, green and white ; dorsal sepal cucullate, elliptic, ioernttintle 
} to nearly 1 in. long ; lateral sepals obliquely oblong, acuminate, 
recurved at the apex, is in. long, with an acute tooth on the inner 
margin ; petals 2-partite ; upper “lobe linear, acute, as long as the 
dorsal sepal ; lower lobe filiform, cur ved, 1? in. long ; lip 3-partite ; 
side lobes filiform, 2 in. or more long; une lobe linear, recurved, 
sharply bent about the middle, 1} in. long; spur 13 in. long, 
lobes rather acai than the front lobe ; stigmas clavate, 10 lin. 
long, united the combined base of the lip, petals oud lateral 
sepals. Orch. go 1906, 38. 
Katanart Recton: Transvaal; Potchefstroom, McZea in Herb. Bolus, 3028 ! 
Koo ance Poort, Pretoria, _ 38 | 58! Groene Kloof, Burtt-Davy, 2430! near 
Potgieters Rust, Burtt-Davy, 5631 
The type is from ie Tropical Africa, but the above specimens appear to 
be identical. 
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