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or 3 Te sheaths ; spikes about 3 in. long, dense, many- 
flowered ; bracts ovate or ovate- “eaten acute or acuminate, 
spreading, qndens at the apex, }-} i ; pedicels about 2 lin. 
long ; flowers very small ; ib and slate peleccn pilose at the 
base ; odd sepal ‘linear-oblong, obtuse, about 24 lin. long ; lateral 
oblong, subobtuse, shorter than the odd sepal’; lip galeate, about 
3 lin. long, with a short obtuse, somewhat reflexed apex ; spur: 
very short or nearly obsolete ; column about 14 lin. long ; stigma 
rounded-oblong, short ; rostellum shortly triangular, minutely 3- 
lobed at the apex. Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i i. 671 ; Schlechter in 
Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 192, t. 2, fig. A-G 
Katanart Reaion: Orange River er ; in turf at the summit of Mont-aux- 
orang 11000 ft., Thode ! : 
S. parviflorum (Sw. in 1 Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 216) ; 
a 1-24 ft. high ; stems stout ; leaves 2-4, suberect or somewhat 
spreading, broadly ovate . elliptic. oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
3-8 in. long, 1-44 in. broad, somewhat fleshy ; scapes 1-2} ft. high, 
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yellowish-green ; sepals petals united to aa the middle : 
d sepal apativalatecnhialad, obtuse, 14-2 lin. long; lateral sepals 
falcate-oblong, obtuse, longer and broader than the odd sepal ; 
petals spathulate-oblong, obtuse, 14-2 lin. long; lip cucullate, 
broadly ovoid or obovate-g lobose, 25-3 lin. long, with the apex and 
margin reflexed and AE oo BE spurs curved, sometimes diverging, 
3—5 lin. long; column curved, 2-23 lin. long; stigma obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, 1-1} lin. long; rostellum trilobed, with broadly 
rhomboid spathulate concave front ve rather shorter than the 
stigma ; capsule oblong, about 4 in. long. Krauss in Flora, 1845, 
307, and Beitr. Fl. Cap- und Natal. 159 ; Bolus in ioe Linn. Soe. 
xxv. 194; Durand & Schinz, Conspe ct. Fl. Afr. v. 98; Krénal. 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 686 ; Schlechter ps Engl. Tuieb. xxxi. 175. 
densiflorum, Lindl. Gen. & Ore ; PA. Docu- 
mente, 127. S. cassideum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 341; Drege, 
Lwei PA. pawns 83, 98, he 5. SS. eriostomum, Lindl. Gen. & S. 
Orch. 342 ; re ee wei ei Pf. D ocumente, 45, 143; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. 
et Sp. i. 686. S. lydenburgense, Reichb. ia in Flora, 1881, 328. 
8. tainifoliun Krénzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 505, and Orch. Gen. et 
Sp. i. 684. S. parviflorum, var. Schimperi, saa in yg Jahrb. 
xxxi. 176, partly. aeemnedae: parvifiorum, Pers. 509. 
Coast Ree Paarl Div. ; between Paarl and Lady coer ally Bridge, 
under 1000 rage aie 3204a ! George gee ; between Malgaten and Great Brak 
Rivers, Burchell, 6134! Knysna Div. ; Groene Valley, pee 500 ree seam 
82944 | Port Elizabeth Div. ; near Port Elizabeth, Hallack! and in Herb. Bolus 
5928! Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens River, under 200 ft., rere 8285 ! near 
Uitenhage, Zeyher, 1563 ! Tredgold | Bathurst Div. ; source of the Kasuga River, 
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