254 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [Schizodium. 
1. 8. flexuosum (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 359); plant 3-1 ft. 
hig h; stem slender, flexuous; leaves radical, spathulate ; limb 
vias or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 5-10 lin. long ; petiole 3-5 lin. long ; 
scapes 4-1 ft. high, with several oblong obtuse suberect sheaths ; ; 
4—6 lin. lon ; flowers rather large, white with yellow petals and 
lip, the latter usually having a few brown spots ; dorsal sepal erect, 
suborbicular, obtuse, sharply reflexed at the sides, 34-4 lin. long ; 
spur oblong, obtuse, curved, rather more than half as long as the 
obtuse, spread 34-4 lin. long; petals erect, linear from a 
obliquely ovate base, subobtuse, 3-3} lin. long ; lip subpandurate, 
porrect, 5-6 . lo Bs. base dilated and concave, limb broa and 
column short ; anther very reflexed ; rostellum erect, minute ; 
stigma pulvinate ; ; capsule obovate, shortly stalked, 4—5 lin. long. 
Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 100, 101; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 103 ; 
Drége in Linnea, xx. 219; N. E. Br. in ae. Chron, 1885, xxiv. 
331; Durand d& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 113; Kréanzl. Orch. 
Gen . i. 726, and in Ann. ‘Naturhist. Lifwwe Wien, xx. 5; 
Schlechter in Engl Ja hb. xxxi. 300; roe Ie. Orch, Austr.-Afr. 
. is flecuosa, Linn, Pl. Afr. Rar. 26, Ameen. Acad. vi. 
108, and Sp. PI. ed. ti. 1331. Satyrium ete magia Prodr. 5. 
Disa Sage ee in Vet. Acad. Handl. oo 1800, 2 ; Thunb. 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 9; Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soe v. 160, 
Orch. on eee 160, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 201. 
UTH AFRICA: foment ese * rehpa Masson! Roxburgh! Leibold, Ludwig, 
Pty Prior! Trime te ype! Lehmann! Sieber, 449! 
OAST a Maliied ne og Hedi Malmesbury and Groene Kloof, 300 
ft., Thunberg ! Bolus, roy Schlechter, 1661, Aéssner ; near Hopefield, Schlechter, 
Paarl and French Hoek, gem 500 ft., Drége! French Hoek, pple near Paarl, 
MacOwan, 24751 and i * Sats Sat & Bolu 2, Herb. Norm. Au str.-Afr. 172! 
muts, Wolley-Dod, 496! Cape Div.; Cape Flats, about Toor Hoogte, 
Zeyher, 3027 | Ecklon Mg pes P68 | Pap yppe, 17! near Rondebosch, Bolus ; 
between Cape Town and Wynberg, — & Zeyher! Bolus. Caledon Div.; 
Caledon, Prior. Div.? Joosten Berg, Papp 
2. 8. inflexum (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 360); plant 4-13 in 
high ; stem a slightly flexuous; leaves radical, spathulate, 
usual dull red at flowering time, }-1 in. long, with elliptic or 
high, wit ith a few narrowly lanceolate acute subethe spikes lax, 
1-3-flowered ; bracts Sie PTR me 3-5 lin. long ; pedicels 
4-6 lin. long ; fi m-sized, delicate flesh-pink, with 
carmine spots and lines on the lip and carmine tips to the petals ; 
dorsal sepal erect, somewhat recurved, oblong, obtuse, concave, 
