182 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Orthopenthea. 
3. 0. Bodkini Bins plant 3-10 in. high; stem stout ; leaves 
cauline, 6—8, erect or su uber rect, linear from a broad sheathing base, 
acuminate, 3-5 in. lon ng; scapes 3-10 in. high, with a few leaf-like 
sheaths above ; spikes subcorymbose, up to 1h i in, broad, 4—8-flowered, 
adipic reduced and 1-2-flow ered, after flowering somewhat 
q- . long, very concave but s crcl saccate behind ; ei 
seeds oblique, ovate-elliptic, subobtuse, 7-8 lin long ; petals 
obliquely ovate, obtuse, lin. long ; “tip elliptic-ovate, 0 obtuse, 
concave, about 34 lin. ‘lone ; column about 3 lin. long ; anther 
reflexed ; rostellum erect, ital, shortly bifid; stig 
Dis ini, Bolus 7 : ia é é 
S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 165, t. 13, and Orch. Cap. Penins: 165). 184 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 100; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et 
Sp. i. 763; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 281. 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Mund. 
Coast Rxecion: Ca - Div.; moist places on Table Mountain, 2300-3000 oe 
Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 4968! a in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm, Aus 
Afr., 333! Muizen Berg, Upj 
4. 0. elegans (Rolfe); plant }-14 ft. high; stem moderately 
stout ; leaves cauline, 5—8, suberect, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
acumina ite: #-1 in. long; pedic ne —1 in. ong flowers rather 
large, white, petals and lip purple, tipped with vali’ signe sepal 
galeate, broadly elliptic, obtuse, somewhat curved, conca e but 
scarcely saccate behind, 6-8 lin: long; lateral sepals pedals 
elliptic, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long; petals ” spathulate-oblong, obtuse, 
faleately curved, 34-4 lin. long; lip rhomboid or rhomboid-lanceo- 
late, snbobtise. 4-4} lin. long; column 3 lin. long; anther 
reflexed ; rostellum erect, ema rginate, with short divaricate side 
lobes; stigma pulvinate. Pen thea elegans, Sond. in Linnxa, XxX. 
roa Disa elegans, satote f. in'Flora, 1865, 182; Bolus in Journ 
Linn. Soc. xxv. 200, and Ie. Orch. Austr. Afr. i t. 35; Durand é 
Schinz, Conspec t. FI. Afr. v. 102; Schlechter in E ngl. Jahrb. 
81. 
Xxxi 2 
Coast Recon: Caledon Div. ; aidan near the Zondereinde River, Zeyher, 
3934! Pappe, 5! Swellendam Diy. : untains above Zuurbraak, 4000 ft., 
Schlechter. 
Cenrrat Recion: Ceres Div. ; Skurfdeberg Range, near Ceres, 3200 ft., Bolus, 
le Prince Albert Div. ; summit of the Zwartberg Range, 5300 ft., Bolus, 
1232 
This species differs from the others in having a complete twist to the ovary, 
which brings the lip into the same position. 
