Schizodium. | ORCHIDE.® (Rolfe). 257 
long, with an ovate subacute limb and very short broad petiole ; 
scapes 3—5 in. high, with 2 or 3 lanceolate-oblong subacute sheaths ; 
spikes 1—4-flowered, lax; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 24-3 lin. 
long; pedicels 3-4 lin. long; flowers small; dorsal sepal erect, 
elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, concave, 3 lin. long ; spur clavate, obtuse, 
rather shorter than the li mb ; lateral sepals oblong, subobtuse, 
3 lin. long ; petals narrowly oblong, ig obliquely apiculate, with 
a prominent rounded angle in front, 2 lin. long ; lip a 
ng in 
nneea, xx. 219; 
Kréinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 729. S. bifidum, Schlechter in Engl. 
Jahrb. xxxi. 302, partly, excl. var., not of Reichb. f. 
SoutH Arrica: without locality, hoe A 
rg REGION : Wo a ster Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., — 1281¢! 
Paarl Div. ; Draken n Mountains, 300 0-4000 ft., Drége. "Caledon Div 
Klein River Sire nei 1000 -2000 ft., Zeyher, 3930! Genadendal, ee or 
erect, elliptic-oblong, subacute, 3 lin. long; spur clavate or sub- 
clavate, obtuse, two-thirds as long as the limb ; lateral sepals oblong, 
subacute, 34 lin. long; petals narrowly oblong, Depry and 
shortly bifid at the apex, with an ample rounded basal lobe in front, 
2 lin. long ; lip pandurate-oblong, 3 lin. long, concave at the base, 
ter minating in a short linear obtuse fleshy apex in front ; column 
short ; anther reflexed ; rostellum short, erect; stigma pulvinate, 
Drege, Zwei Pf. Documente, 102; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 103; 
Durand & pins Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 113; Krénzl. Orch. es at : 
Sp. i. 727 . ; 
var. davigersn, ‘Schlechter i in Engl. Jahrb, xxxi. 303. Disa aes 
Bolus in Trans. 8S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 163, Orch. | Penins. 163, 
Journ. laa Soc. xxv. 201, and Ic. Orch. Austr. -Afr. i, t. 34. 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Bowie, 6! 
chia Recton: Paarl Div. ; between Paarl Mountain and poe tis Berg, oe 
Miss 
River, 1500 ft., Bchlocater’ 5386! 
peat 1144! Caledon Div. ; slopes of Zwart Berg. 1700 0 tt, Bolua. 
7. 8. arcuatum (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 359); plant 4-9 in. 
high ; stem very slender, rigid, flexuous ; leaves ra adical, spathulate, 
4-9 lin. ne ey b elliptic-leneeolate or ovate-elliptic ae 
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