separate collection of any extent, that I 
have seen, contains something peculiar to 
itself. Holothriz parvifolia seems to have 
been missed by all modern collectors, ex- 
. cept Mr. Harvey; and Satyrium tabulare, 
pedicellatum, and giganteum of Linneus, 
= of which the first grows on Table Moun- 
tain, and the others near Zeeko River, 
near Algoa Bay, have never been gathered 
. byeither Burchell, Ecklon, Drége, Villet, or 
any of those by whose investigations the 
that these three plants should be sought out 
by some resident Botanist who has the lei- 
sure and means of looking after them. 
Satyrium pedicellatum exists in the Lin- 
nean Herbarium, but I have never even 
seen the others. 
Let me add, that the tract of jungle to 
the eastward of Cape Town, called Auteni- 
qualand, or Outnequaland, is the country 
from which Mr. Drége procured a large 
part of the more remarkable plants in his 
collection, and thatit is this district more 
Particularly to which should be directed 
the attention of those who have the op- 
Portunity of occupying themselves with 
nly rich Flora of Southern 
frica, 
EPIPHORA, n. g. 
_ Perianthium explanatum, 
tico, 
labello pos- 
epala libera, lateralia æqualia. 
2 etal a forma diversa. Labellum carinatum, 
trilobum, xl : +4 P 
cum e 
latum, Columna dorso prona, inverts stig- 
mate verticali, margine 3-tuberculato ; basi 
Paulo producta et cum labello articulata. 
kar. l-locularis, Pollinia 4, caudicule 
"t affixa. — erba epiphyta, Polysta- 
| ye facie, sub-bulbosa. Racemi termi- 
nales, 
l. Epiphora pubescens. 
Super arbor. inter Kovi et Kaprivier. 
Piphyta, palmaris. 
[szi 
' 
Also near Graham’s Town. Burchell. 
NOTES UPON SOME GENERA AND SPECIES OF ORCHIDACEZ. 
201 
verosimiliter lutei. Sepala lateralia lan- 
ceolata, acutissima, nullo modo obliqua; su- 
premum oblongo-lineare, concavum, api- 
culatum. Petala paulo breviora, plana, 
obovata, obtusissima. Labellum pagina 
superiore nuda, 
I hardly know where to station this very 
distinct genus. Its habit is that of Polys- 
tachya, but it belongs to Vandee. Per- 
haps it had best be placed near Mazxillaria, 
on account of the protracted base of the 
ever in the lateral sepals. 
it likewise approaches; but its labellum, 
and very curious column, distinguish it 
from all the members of that heterogene- 
ous genus. It was found by Mr. Burchell 
in the Caffre country, and is No. 3590 of 
his Herbarium. 
EuLoPHIA. Gen. et Sp. Orch, 180. 
Section 1. GENUINE. 
1. E. ensata. Lindl. 
Prope Kovi. 
2. E. parvilabris ; foliis lanceolato-en- 
siformibus longitudine scapi, vaginis scapi 
laxis membranaceis striatis, racemo multi- 
floro bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis striatis 
demum revolutis ovariis longioribus, sepa- 
lis lanceolatis acutis, petalis oblongis obtu- 
sis longioribus, labello sepalis duplo bre- 
viore complicato leviter trilobo ovato mem- 
branaceo lamellis 2 parvis pone basin, cal- 
care obtuso ovario duplo breviore. 
Inter Omsamwubo et Omsamcaba. 
Verosimiliter tuberosa, ut E. ensata. 
Bipedalis, robusta; vaginis scapi interno- 
diis paulo longioribus. Folia sesquipol- 
licem lata. Flores speciosissimi, 14—15; 
sepalis verosimiliter herbaceis ; petalis du- 
pló latioribus et paulo longioribus. Label- 
um membranaceum, in unico flore quem 
vidi posticum, an semper, margine nullo 
modo crispo aut plicato ; vene omnes sunt 
immerse nec ulla adest appendix paginse, 
nisi lamelle due parve breves truncate 
versus faucem calcaris. : 
A noble species, of which, however, I 
have seen only one expanded flower, the 
petals of which, in their dried state, are an 
| inch and a half long. 
