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Schizochilus bulbinella

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Identification
Schizochilus bulbinella (Rchb.f.) Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SCHIZOCHILUS Bulbinella Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
SCHIZOCHILUS Bulbinella Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 205;— Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 116.
SCHIZOCHILUS Burchellii [family ORCHIDACEAE], Ind. Kew. Suppl. i. 384 (by error).
Brachycorythis Bulbinella Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1867, 116.
Platanthera Bulbinella Schlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 12.
Information
plant 1/2–1 ft. high; leaves 4–7, radical or subradical, linear or linear-oblong, subacute, 2–3 1/2 in. long, 1/6– 1/2 in. broad; scapes 1/2–1 ft. high, with 4–6 lanceolate acuminate sheaths; racemes oblong, rather broad, 1–1 3/4 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; flowers bright golden-yellow (Galpin); sepals broadly ovate, subobtuse, under 1/6 in. long, 3-nerved; petals broadly ovate, subobtuse, more than half as long as the sepals, 1-nerved; lip as long as the sepals, obscurely or shortly 3-lobed, slightly pubescent; side lobes rounded or very obtuse, very short, sometimes subobsolete; front lobe oblong or ovate-oblong, subobtuse; disc with 3 nerves or obscure keels at the base; spur saccate, very minute; column short and very broad. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Transkei; Fakus Territory, Sutherland! Griqualand East; Mount Currie, near Kokstad, 5700–6500 ft., Tyson, 1072! and in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 478!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; among stones on shaded bend of hill at Bosch's Farm, near Barberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 713!

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