180 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). | Orthopenthea. 
Lateral — sarc oeaesoemy shortly apiculate, 
the adjacent inner halves black, the outer 
white .. (2) atricapilla. 
Leaves 3-5 in. pine ; fone prey larger. a ns 
n number: 
Bracta ovate ; name ai in. sie @ not twisted ; 
flowers gree . (3) Bodkini. 
ies otic fae Peles a: Jong, spray 
. (4) elegans. 
Leaves oe or ae pe sishepalebiiincs or 
somewhat broader San ards : 
eae pica ite 
Dorsal se ane sa. as -- (5) minor. 
Dorsal ei : a ees tas on ... (6) triloba. 
Flowers 4 to over 4 in. long: 
Leaves short, 
3-4 in. broad : 
lowers ee several, ec weosed Sesion under 
4 in, long .. (7) richardiana. 
Flowers 1 or 2, over rs in. long ... an ... (8 ) schizodioides. 
Leaves longer, usually over 4 in, broad ... .-» (9) rosea, 
Odd sepal with a short acute spur ; 
Flowers yellow, with long aristate sepals ae .-. (10) Telipogonis. 
Flowers white, with obtuse sepals ss a ... (11) faseiata. 
1. 0. bivalvata Soaps plant 4-1 ft. high; stem moderately 
stout ; ; leaves radical a d cauline, numerous, spreading or suberect, 
yet : 
sO 
reduced upwards into the bracts ; ae 3-1 it. ee with narrow 
middle, 5—6 lin. long; lateral sepals oblique, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
flat, with a fleshy keel near the apex, 5-6 lin. long; petals — 
broadly oblong, truncate, minutely denticulate, fleshy, about 3 
long ; lip rhomboid-oblong, — fleshy, 34 lin. long ; eile 
24 lin. long; anther reflexed ; rostellum erect, trifid at the apex, 
conus with oblong ig Bohs lobes ; stigma caste Ophrys 
bivalvata, Linn. f. Suppl. 403 ; Murr. Syst. Veg. xiv. 814. Serapias 
melaleuca, Thunb. fea re 3. Disa melaleuca, Sw. in Vet. Acad. 
Handl. Stockh. 1800, 213; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 16, parily ; 
Harv. Thes. Cap. i. 53, i. 84; Bolus in conn S. Afr. Phil. Soe. v. 
6 h. Journ 201. D. 
Gen. et Sp. i. 763; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 279. Penthea 
melaleuca, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 361; Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 
73, 82; Krauss in Flora, 1845, 306, tind Botte: Pi. Cap- und Natal. 
158 ; Sul in Linnea, xx. 220. 
