SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS 
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anthesin bene evoluta, basalia 2, ad 6-5 cm. longa, producta 5 — 6, e basi 
lato amplectente oblongo-ovata acuta, vel ensiformia, nervis prominenti- 
bus 3 — 5, ad 30 cm., vel [Tyson, 1611) ad 53 cm., longa, ad 4-4 cm. lata; 
scapus nunc parum, nunc multo, folia superans, ad 47 cm. longus vel 
rarius parum ultra, vaginis 4 — 5 membranaceis, internodiis subaequilongis 
vel eis longioribus; racemus 12 — 22 cm. longus, laxe 12 — 23-fl., floribus 
adscendentibus vel nutantibus; bracteae membranaceae, saepius 1 — 
T5 cm. longae; pedicelli saepius 8 — 9 mm. longi; sepala patentia, mox 
torta vel recurvata, oblonga acuta, intus pulchre cancellato-picta, 1-2 cm. 
longa; petala fere quadrata, 7 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice subtruncata; 
labellum cum calcare obtuso, 2 — 4 mm. longo, 1-2 — 1-4 cm. longum, lobis 
lateralibus prope basin positis, oblique late ovatis, lobo intermedio 
lineari-oblongo, margine undulato, apice subrotundato, cristato fere per 
totam longitudinem; columna oblonga, 4 mm. longa; anthera suborbi- 
cularis, breviter rostrata. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Griqualand East, in grassy, 
stony, and danrp jdaces near Fort Donald, alt. 5000 ft., Dec. 1883, W. 
Tyson, 1611 ! Exact locality uncertain, fl. Dec. 1916, A. G. McLoughlin ! 
In tangle at edge of kloof below Vaal Kop at Benholm near Stocken- 
stroom, Jan. 1885, W. C. Scully, 189! (Bolus Herbarium, No. 5916!). 
Leaves erect, well developed at the flowering period, the two sheath-like 
basal ones up to 6-5 cm. long, the 5 — 6 produced ones oblong-ovate or 
ensiform with a broad clasping base, prominent nerves 3 — 5, up to 
30 cm., or [Tyson, 1611) up to 53 cm., long, up to 4-4 cm. broad; scape 
sometimes shortly, sometimes well, overtopping the leaves, up to 47 cm. 
long or rarely a little longer, sheaths 4 — 5, membranous, about as long 
as, or a little longer than, the internodes; raceme 12 — 22 cm. long, laxly 
12 — 23-fl., flowers ascending or nodding; bracts membranous, usually 
1 — 1-5 cm. long; pedicels usually 8 — 9 mm. long; sepals spreading, soon 
becoming twisted or recurved, oblong acute, prettily veined or cancellate 
on the inner surface with a darker colour, 1-2 cm. long; petals almost 
square, 7 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, subtruncate at the apex; lip, together 
with the obtuse, 2 — 4 mm. long spur, 1-2 — 1-4 cm. long, the lateral lobes 
placed near the base, obliquely broad-ovate, the intermediate lobe 
linear-oblong, margin undulate, somewhat rounded at the apex, the crests 
extending almost throughout the entire length; column oblong, 4 mm. 
long; anther suborbicular, shortly beaked. 
The drawing was made from a living specimen collected by Mr A. G. 
McLoughlin in Griqualand East. 
Cynorchis Macloughlinii, L. Bolus. Herba gracilis erecta glabra, 12 — 18 cm. 
alta; tuberes plures cylindrici, ad 8 mm. diam. : folia radicalia 6 — 10, 
fere erecta, apicem versus saepe recurvata, linearia vel saepissime lineari- 
