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et Sp. i, 199. Herba 20 — 38 cm. alta; folia caulina producta 8 — 10, adscen- 
dentia oblonga, obtusa vel acuta, superiora ovata vel lanceolata, longe acumi- 
nata, inferiora in basin vaginantem angustata, vagina ad 0-5 cm. longa, 
inconspicue nervata, 3-3 — 9 cm. longa, 0-6 — 2-2 cm. lata; racemus laxe 3 — 
5-fL, floribus adscendentibus, inter majora in genere, pedicellis ad 1-1 cm. 
longis; sepala viridia, lateralia patentia, oblique late ovata, superne angustata, 
basi anteriore dilatata, 1 cm. longa, sepalum impar aequilongum, galeatum, 
late ovatum, superne angustatum ; petala fere ad basin 2-partita, lobo anteriore 
patenti-erecto lineari acuto, posteriore longiore, late semi-ovato, 0-9 cm. longo; 
labellum 1-4 cm. longum 3-sectum, lobis linearibus, inter se subaequilongis, 
1-1 cm. longis, intermedio ceteris fere duplo latiore, calcari primura curvato, 
apicem versus gradatim dilatato, ad 3-5 cm. longo; rostellum, manu expansum, 
transverse lineare, circa 0-2 cm. longum, fere 0-9 cm. latum, lobo intermedio 
brevissimo rotundato, lateralibus erectis, duplo longioribus ; anthera lateraliter 
visa subelliptica; pollinium ellipticum, stipite quam pars pollinifera longiore; 
processus stigmatiferi porrecti vel leviter adscendentes, subclavati, 0-2 cm. 
longi; ovarium circa 1-5 cm. longum. 
Kalahari Region: Transvaal; Barberton, rocky hillsides, alt. 3300 ft., fl. 
Feb. — March, W. Culver, 81. Koodoe’s Poort, near Pretoria, fl. March 1905, 
L. Heck (Transvaal Department of Agriculture, Colonial Herbarium, No. 165). 
Near Pretoria, fl. Feb. 1913, A. G. McLoughlin. 
A herb 20 — 38 cm. high; produced cauline leaves 8 — 10, ascending oblong, 
obtuse or acute, the upper ones ovate or lanceolate, long acuminate, the lower 
ones narrowed into a sheathing base, sheath up to 0-5 cm. long, inconspicuously 
nerved, 3-3 — 9 cm. long, 0-6 — 2-2 cm. broad; raceme laxly 3 — 5-fl., flowers 
ascending, among the larger ones in the genus, pedicels up to 1-1 cm. long; 
sepals green, the lateral spreading, obhquely broad-ovate, narrowed upwards, 
widened at the base in front, 1 cm. long, odd sepal as long, galeate, broadly 
ovate, narrowed upwards; petals bi-parti te almost to the base, the anterior 
lobe spreading-erect linear acute, posterior longer, broadly semi-ovate, 09 cm. 
long; lip T4 cm. long tri-sect, lobes linear, about equal in length, 1*1 cm. long, 
the intermediate nearly twice as broad as the others, spur at first curved, 
gradually dilated towards the apex; rostellum, when flattened, transversely 
linear, about 0-2 cm. long, almost 0-9 cm. broad, middle lobe very short 
rounded, lateral erect, twice as long; anther in side view somewhat elliptic; 
pollinium elliptic, the stipe much longer than the pollen-bearing portion; 
stigmatic processes porrect or slightly ascending, subclavate, 0-2 cm. long; 
ovary about D5 cm. long. 
The drawing was made from a living specimen sent from Pretoria by 
Mr A. G. McLoughlin. 
