May, 1913] THE ORCHID. REVIEW. 143- 
part with white. Too bad that the lip isn’t harp-shaped instead of fiddle- 
shaped! How appropriate it would be! Like all Ccelogynes, it is of the 
easiest possible culture; a shady place in a warm greenhouse or stove will 
suit it. During the growing season it must have a liberal supply of water,. 
and it must not be kept dry for any length of time, even during the resting 
periods. 
ORCHIDS OF THE FLORA CAPENSIS, 
THE appearance ofa first part of the Orchids of the Flora Capensis, by Mr.. 
R. A. Rolfe, A.L.S., was mentioned at page 376 of our last volume, and 
the concluding part having now appeared a short summary may be 
attempted. Orchids occupy a prominent place in the Cape Flora, though 
the majority are terrestrial, and very few of them are generally cultivated. 
The present enumeration deals with 496 species, belonging to forty-seven 
genera. The tribes are very unequally distributed, Ophrydez coming first 
with thirty-two genera and 358 species, Vande second with eight genera 
and 128 species, Epidendrez third with three genera and six species, and 
Neottiez last with four genera and four species. Eulophia is the largest 
genus, having seventy-two South African species, Disa following closely 
with sixty-nine, after excluding Lindley’s genera Monadenia, Herschelia, 
Forficaria and Schizodium, which were included in Disa by Bolus, though 
here they are recognised as distinct. Satyrium has fifty-two species, 
Habenaria thirty-seven, Disperis thirty-six, and Holothrix twenty-four,. 
while no fewer than fourteen genera are represented by a single speeies. 
Seventy new species are described and five genera, the latter being 
sections of large genera now considered distinct. As already remarked, most. 
of the species are terrestrial, the exceptions being Angraecum, Listrostachys, 
Mystacidium, Polystachya, Ansellia, and Megaclinium, which together 
ageregate thirty-six species. Among the few species familiar in gardens. 
may be mentioned the Peerless Disa grandiflora, the ‘‘ Pride of Table: 
Mountain,” D. rosea, D. tripetaloides, Polystachya pubescens, Ansellia. 
gigantea, Listrostachys arcuata, Mystacidium filicorne, Satyrium coriifolium. 
and princeps, Stenoglottis longifolia and fimbriata, Cynorchis compacta, 
and Bartholina pectinata. A few others are occasionally met with in 
botanical collections, where they have a rather precarious existence owing 
to difficulties in their culture. Very few of the species extend into Tropical 
Africa, and a feature of their distribution is that a large number, including 
a few of the smaller genera, are limited to the south-western region. The 
work contains keys to the genera and species, full descriptions, references, 
and synonymy, witha detailed account-of their geographteal. distribution. 
The arrangement adopted is that of Bentham and Hooker’s Genera. 
Plantarum. 
