202 ORCHIDE# (Rolfe). [Herschelia. 
flexuous, narrowly elongate-linear, acute, 6-14 in. long; scapes 
1-2 ft. high, with several acuminate sheaths ; spikes 1—5-flowered ; 
bracts ovate, acute or acuminate, 4—} in. long ; pedicels 6-8 lin. 
long ; flowers large, nearly white, with some blue lines on the 
dorsal sepal, and the petals and lip pale yellow; dorsal sepal 
galeate, broadly ovate, acute, 3-1 in . long ; spur broadly conical at 
the base, narrow above, 3—4 lin. long ; lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, 
acute, 8-10 lin. long ; petals faleately bent in the middle, 3-4 lin 
long, with a rounded basal lobe in front, dilated, somewha t 
2-lobed and crenulate in front ; lip sessile, deflexed, elliptic-oblong, 
5-8 lin. long, lacerate- multifid in front with lied acl segments ; 
very broad gland ; rostellum erect, broader than long, 3-dentate ; 
stigma pulvinate. Durand d Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 111; 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 804. Orchis barbata, Linn. f. Su pl. 
399. Satyrium barbatum, Thunb. Prodr. 5. Disa barbata, Sw. in 
Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 212 ; Thunb. FI. Cap. ed. ‘Se ‘hull, iD 
Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 354 ; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 97 . Br. 
in Sar we 1885, xxiv. 231; Bolus in Trane, 8. Aft. Phil. Soc. 
v. 170, ¢. 8, Orch. Cap. Penins. 170, t. 8, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 
202 ; Skkeue ; in Engl, Jahrb. xxxi. 286, 
SoutH os Without locality, Bergius, Krebs, Leibold, Harvey! Rogers! 
sg sie — 
Coa : Cape Div. ;_ Cape Flats, 50-100 ft., Zeyher, 1567! Bolus, 
3810! eeet 4857 UP Pappe, 38 | Hooker, 371! MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm 
ustr.-Afr. 166! Wolley-Dod, 359! Caledon Div. ; mountains of Baviaans Kloof, 
ear Genadendal, Burchell, 7801! Houw Hoek Mou ntains, Burchell, 8084! 
6. H. venusta Lbee a Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 805) ; plant 14-24 ft. 
high; stem sle nder; leaves radical, 6-12, elongate linenr, ve 
into a roundish oblong lobe, apex obliquely dilated and acute 0 
sometimes 2-lobed ; lip subsessile, ovate- oblong or elliptic, shee 
] 
in or more deep y lacerate at the margin, about 5 lin. long; 
column broad, about 1 lin long; anther reflexed ; rostellum erect, 
rhomboid, 3-fid apex ; pulvinate. Disa lacera, 
Sw. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800 212; Thunb. Fl. 
Schult. 12; Lindl. & Sp. Orch. 354; Drége, Zwei P. 
mente, 122; Sond. in Linnea, xix Journ, Hort. 1888, ii. 220, 
n of; 
Jig. 24; N. E. Br. in Gard. oo 1888, iv. ab Bolus in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxv. 202 ; Dura nd & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 103; 
