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flores sub lente minute papillosi; sepala lateralia ovalia, obtusis- 
sima, venosa, mucrone minuto sub apice aucta, circa 5 millim. 
longa; sepalum impar posticum, galeatum, obtusum, calcare 
gracili attenuato, horizontali vel deflexo, 5-8 millim. longo, pre- 
ditum; petala oblique oblonga, obtusissima, antice rotundata, 
Disa oreophila, Bolus. 
1. Dorsal sepal, side view. 2. Side sepal. 3. Column and petals, side view. 
4. Petal. 5. Lip. All enlarged. 
columne basi adnata; labellum ligulato-oblongum, apice parum 
latius, obtusum, subundulatum, circa 4 millim. longum ; ovarium 
rectum, gracillimum, 1 centim. longum. (Ex exempll. plur. 
exsicc. 1073 Tyson ut infra.) 
Hab. In saxosis summo monte Currie, Griqualand Orientalis, 
alt. 2300 metr., fl. Feb., anno 1883, legit W. Tyson No. 1073 ; 
Natal, Oliver's Hoek Pass, J. M. Wood, No. 3413 ; in herbb. 
Kewensi et meo. 
Flowers, according to Mr. Wood, pink. Very distinct amongst 
its allies by its subremote flowers and long slender ovaries. 
Leaves somewhat like those of D. stricta, but neither so broad 
nor so straight. The slender graceful flowers are somewhat like 
those of the section Schizodium. 
Disa CAFFRA, Bolus, n. sp. ($ Eudisa.) (Fig. 9. Herba 
glabra, erecta, circa 2 decim. alta. Scapus subgracilis, strictus, 
vaginis foliaceis subinflatis vestitus; folia 1-2, lanceolata, acuta, 
mucronata, 3-nervia, erecta, 6-8 centim. longa, in bracteas 
abeuntia; spica ovata vel lanceolata, subdensiflora, bracteis 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus parum longioribus ; sepala 
lateralia ovalia, coneava, subobtusa, venosa, 9 millim. longa ; 
sepalum impar posticum, galeatum, inflato-hemisphericum, ob- 
tusum, venosum, in calcar dependentem e basi conica filiformem, 
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