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SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS 
3-5 cm. diam., reliquis vaginarum basalium, ad 9 cm. longis, 8 cm. latis, 
onustus; folia radicalia 4 — 10, marcescentia per anthesin, angustissime 
linearia, ad 33 cm. longa; vaginae 6 — 7, e basi late amplectente, longe attenu- 
atae, inferiores imbricatae, superiores internodiis subaequilongae ; racemus 
laxe 8— 12-fl., floribus saepe fere erectis cyaneis; bracteae membranaceae 
brunneae, ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, inferiores longe setaceoque acuminatae, 
2-5 — 0-8 cm. longae; sepala lateralia patentia vel subporrecta oblongo- 
elliptica subobliqua, 1 — 1*2 cm. longa, sepalum impar erectum galeatum, ore 
ovato-orbiculari, lateralibus aequilongum, calcare e basi conico, cylindrico, 
0-7 — 1 cm. longo; petala oblonga subfalcata, apice dilatata, breviter 2-loba 
vel irregulariter dentata, basi anteriore in lobum producta, ca. 6 mm. longa; 
labellum circumscriptione late ovatum vel suborbiculare, multifidum, 0-8 — 
1 cm. longum, segmentis lineari-filif ormibus ; anthera patens vel reclinata; 
rostellum transverse oblongum, lobis glandidiferis convergentibus, lobo inter- 
medio minuto; glandnlae orbiculares; stigma magnum pulvinatum; capsula 
cylindrica, saepe supra medium constricta, 2-2 cm. longa. Durand and 
Scbinz, Conspect. FI. Afr. v, 100; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi, 289. 
Hersclidia Baurii, Kranzl., Orcli. Gen. et Sp. I, 804; Rolfe in Flor. Cap. v, 
§ 3, 204. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Tembuland, Bazeia Mountains, 
3000 ft., fl. Feb., Baur, 814! Kalahari Region: Transvaal; grassy hills, 
Woodbush, Barber , 12. Saddleback, near Barberton, 4000 — 5000 ft., fl. Nov., 
Galpin, 427! Culver, 20!; fl. Nov., Thorncroft, 2478! Near Yerrers Poort, 
Middelburg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 9788! 
Plant robust for the section, 22 — 45 cm. high; tuber oblong-ovate, 6-5 cm. 
long, 3-5 cm. diam., bearing remains of basal sheaths up to 9 cm. long and 
8 cm. broad; radical leaves 4 — 10, withering during the flowering-period, very 
narrowly linear, up to 33 cm. long; sheaths 6 — 7, long attenuate, broad 
clasping at the base, the lower imbricate, the upper about as long as the 
internodes; raceme laxly 8 — 12-fl., flowers often nearly erect blue; bracts 
membranous brown, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, the lower ones long and 
setaceously acuminate, 2-5 — 0-8 cm. long ; lateral sepals spreading or somewhat 
porrect, oblong-elliptic, rather oblique, 1 — 1-2 cm. long, odd sepal erect 
hooded, the mouth ovate-orbicular, as long as the lateral sepals, the spur 
cylindrical, conical at base, 0-7 — 1 cm. long; petals oblong subfalcate, widened 
at the apex and shortly 2-lobed or irregularly toothed, produced into a lobe 
at the base, in front, about 6 mm. long; lip broadly ovate or suborbicular in 
outline, multifid, 0-8 — 1 cm. long, segments linear-filiform ; anther spreading or 
reclinate ; rostellum transversely oblong, the gland-bearing lobes converging, 
intermediate lobe minute; glands orbicular; stigma large cushion-shaped, 
capsule cylindric, often constricted above the middle, 2*2 cm. long. 
The drawing was made from living specimens sent to the National Botanic 
Gardens, Kirstenbosch, in October, 1913. 
