Schizodium. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 259 
oblong, subobtuse, more than half as long as the limb; lateral 
g-lanceolate, very acuminate, 5 5 lin. long ; petals br broadly 
oblong at the base, very unequally bilobed, limb 1} lin. long, front 
lobe filiform, more than twice as long as the limb, back lobe short 
and obtuse; lip pandurate, 5-54 lin. long, concave at the base ; 
limb obcordate, undulate, 2 lin. long ; terminal appendage filiform, 
4 lin. long; column short; anther reflexed ; rostellum erect, 
acutely tridentate ; stigma pulvinate. oi Zwei Phi. On 
86; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 114 ; Krénal. 
4 Sp. i. 735, S. wins deo Schlechter ' in Engl. ne ey 496, 
sea Bolus in Journ. Linn. pe 
on: Piquetberg Div. ; plain at summit of Piquetberg Range, 
a. ‘ft. , Schlechter, 5248! Paarl Div. ; Paarl Mountain, 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 
273 
XXXVIII. BROWNLEBA, Harv. 
Odd sepal superior, galeate, extending behind in an extinguisher- 
shaped or elongated spur ; lateral sepals “free, more or less spreading. 
Petals erect, more or less adhering to the inner sides of the mouth 
of the dorsal sepal and adnate to the column at the base. Lip 
usually narrow or minute, entire, sometimes dilated and clasping 
A rizontal 
the apex, tuberculate on the sides at the base. Stigma seated at 
the base of the rostellum, vertical or oblique, cushion-shaped. 
gaa eplinabbl or oblong, ribbed. 
Terrestrial herbs, with sig sessile tubers; stem rather slender, oneal 
pitt Serlins, few to several, usually more or less spreading, bro r na 
flo in dense or lax s ikes or pemdbirry rarely solic. small, cidhcaatoedl or 
Sienailotielig large; bracts usually na: 
Disrris. Species about 13, the andeely South African, with two in Tropical 
Africa and one in Madagascar. 
The genus chiefly differs from Disa in having the petals more or less adnate to 
the dorsal sepal. 
ie: sored 2 lin. 1 
in a dates oe eee sep ed much 
.» (1) parviflora. 
Reo ina eubeapitate 0 or thot oblong sie — 
nearly straight . (2) Galpini. 
Spur 4 to over 1 - long : 
i to many-flowered : 
ute, much shorter than th 
lat 
teral sepals : 
Leaves linear - lanceolate to subee: - lanceolate, 
usually suberect : 
