Pterygodium. | ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 277 
sepals*spreading, elliptic-ovate, acute, concave, 34 lin. long ; petals 
cohering with the dorsal sepal into a somewhat expanded limb, 
obliquely quadente peinonlar, ee, at the inner apc he _ an 
- 
rostellum obovate, 1 lin. long ; stigma widel rated. gece in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 208 ; Durand & Schinz, Limipaet Fi. 
ig 3 cere in Bull. Het: Boiss. 1 sér. vi. 809 ; Kréinzl. Oreh. 
et Sp. i. 857 
ARI Recion: Orange River Colony ; rocky grassy spots on summit of 
ints E Modiitaius: re Hoek, 7400 ft., Thode, 57! and without: wie 
Pera Cooper, 1090! Transvaal ; near Barberton, 3500- 5000 ft., Galpin, 1256, 
C _ 28h 
N Recton: Transkei; near Tsomo, Mrs. Barber, 832! Natal ; Oliviers 
Hoek, '5000 ft., Allison, T ! near Van Reenen, 5000 ft. , Schlechter, 6923. 
7. P. Newdigate auetys Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 99, fig. A) ; 
plant 6-12 in. high ; stem moderately stout, flexuous ; leaves 2 or 3, 
cauline, oblong-lanceolate, acute, the lower 3-4 lin. long, somewhat 
spreading, upper much smaller and suberect ; scapes 6—12 in. high ; 
spikes 1-2 in. long, few- (occasionally 1-) flowered ; bracts ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 6-9 lin. long; pedicels 5-6 | lin. long ; 
flowers small, pale yellow; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
concave, in. long; lateral sepals spreading, obliquely ovate, 
acute, 44-5 lin. long, very concave ; petals s cohering with the dorsal 
sepal into a somewhat spreading limb, obliquely ovate, subobtuse 
li 
front margin sinuate near the base; lip strongly reflexed, ovate- 
oblong, lacerate at the broad apex, 4 lin. long ; appendage erect, 
nas 
dblong: obtuse, incurved and denticulate at apex, about 3 lin 
long; column short; arms of the rostellum Aes obtuse, about 
1 lin. long ; capsule fusiform-oblong, about $ lin. long. Schlechter 
in Bull. Herb. Botss. 1" sér. vi. 814 ; Kréanal. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 
860, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx an 
Var. £, cleistogamum (Bolus, Ie. Orch. Austr. -Afr. i, t. 99, fig. B); differs 
from the type in having more numerous and self-fer tilised a dag the perianth 
remaining resi a concave acute lip, free from ths column, to which latter the 
staminodial appendage is sonnet Reriinz saat. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i and in Ann, 
Ne rhage Hof Wien, xx. 11. P. cleistogamum, Schlechter in Bull, Herb. 
Boiss. 17° s 816 
pet Bean? oe Div. 5 st y 
Miss Newdigate in Herb. Bolus, 164! in Herb. Mac -Owan , 1960! and MacOwan, 
erb. Austr.-Afr. ! . B: n 
Bay (with the type), Miss ie ee in Herb. Bolus, 164! near ees 
Glass, 479, Penther, 4 
The column is very ae in the — —— form, three conditions 
g figured by Bolus. Schlechter makes i species, under the name of 
