Brownleea. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 263 
apex, 5 lin. long; lip obovate, obtuse, } lin. long ; column short ; 
anther reflexed ; roatelluns erect, 2 lobed, Ab lin. long, with hidentate 
lobes ; stigma pulvina te. 
EAsteRN Recton: Natal ; near Byrne, Wood, 8177 ! 
- B. Woodii Apnea e plant j-1} ft. high; stem slender ; leaves 
oie ne, 3, more or less spreading, subsessile or ang: ortly pe etiolate, 
lanceolate or llipticlanceoate acuminate, 2-3 ong, 4~1 in 
broad, decreasing upwards into the bracts, wake anous ; scapes 
f-14 ft. high ; spikes 1-2 i “egvare lax, few- to 8-flowered ; bracts 
rege or ovate-lanoeolate, acuminate, 5—9 lin. long ; pedic cels 
about $ in. long; flowers medium-sized, pink and white (Wood) ; 
dorsal al galeate, ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, somewhat 
recurved, 4 lin. long; spur cylindrical from a conical base, obtuse 
and shortly clavate, curved, 9-11 lin. long ; a. sepals ‘elliptic. 
lanceolate, subacute, somew hat curved, 44 lin. long ; petals elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, undulate on the upper margin, with an acute 
near the base behind, cohering to the margin of the dorsal sepal, 
4 lin. long; lip linear, minute; column short; anther reflexed ; 
rostellum erect, 3-lobed, with shortly bidentate side lobes ; stigma 
pulvinate ; capsule fusiform-oblong, 6-7 lin 
rar Region: Natal; in stony bush near gee 2000 ft., Wood, 
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__ Distinguished from ee Pig 2 Harv., narrower leaves and vege a 
flow The lip and ie bal the column are very 
nticerinondee and difficult taeke out from dried specim: 
7. B. cerulea tgs ex Lindl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 16 
se id ft. high ; stem usually rather slender ; leaves sacle 
or more or “less spreading, ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute or 
sectuitant, shortly petiolate, 2-6 in. long, 7-2 ge broad, decreasing 
upwards into the bracts, membranous ; scapes 3-1} ft. high ; ; spikes 
1-3 in. long, lax, usually many-flowered ; bracke ovate-lanceo late, 
ceolate, very acuminate, domewhat recurved, 4—5 lin. long ; spur 
cy. aden from a conical base, obtuse and short rtly clavate a the 
apex, somewhat curved, 3-1 in. long; lateral sepals elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acute, about 5 lin. sare petals oblique, oblong-lanceolate, 
