178 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Pachites. 
front, somewhat distant. Rostellum fleshy, pyramidal or horseshoe- 
shaped, with two horn-like appendages ; stigma pendulous between 
the anther-cells. Ovary and pedicel not twisted. 
Terrestrial Cagheat herbs, resembling a slender Disa in habit, with somewhat 
thickened roots ; leaves linear, cauline, erect ; spikes vie or short, few- or 
many-flowered ; ‘flowers small, ‘pink ; bracts lanceolat 
nee Specie 2, limited to the south-western corner of Cape Colony. 
malous genus, which was long known from as olitary individual collected 
nf Barchel but of — a few sdditicnal sp als have since been discovered, 
second specie us remarks that it seems to connect Disa with 
80 
Saty hee but has senet distinct characters 
Sepals and petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse ; lip entire ... (1) appressa. 
Sepals and ate etals narrow, acute or acuminate; lip 
3-lobed d jae ee : ns 
. (2) Bodkini. 
EP; = res Nogeen Gen. & Sp. Orch. rte plant }-14 ft. 
high; stem stout; leaves cauline, 5— 14, erect, linear, 
than long ; pustiansetia plac "one on pri side of the stigma, 
parallel ; glands affixed to the base of the rostellum, distant ; stigma 
; r . 
v. 196; Durand & Schinz, Conepect. Fl. Afr. v. 99 ; Kranz. Oreh. 
Gen et Sp. i. 721 ; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 198. 
AST Reaion: Caledon ; Baviaans Kloof, Krauss; Swellendam Div. 
somenh of the Langeber Ban sais i ” near Swellendam, Burchell, 7356! slopes neat 
Zuurbraak, 2000. “400 Ott. rete enna 2157! Riversdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, near 
Riversdale, 1500-2000 ft., Sch — 
Bur sam 8 original specimen is ak stouter and has far more numerous leaves 
and flow than those subsequently gathered, but the structure seems sub- 
stantially ideation: 
2. P. Bodkini (Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr, i. t. 26) ; plant 5—8 in. 
rect, 1-3 in. long, gradually decreasing upwards ; scapes 5-8 in. 
ae : spikes 14-21 in. long, lax, few- to many-flowered ; bracts 
