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libus antheram versus omiiino reflexis ; caudicula* eloiigatie polli- 

 niis 3equiloug8e ; ovarium breve obovatum, pustulis hyalinls ubtec- 

 tum, 3 mm. loiigum. (Ex exempli, viv. H sub uum. 4970 clistrib.) 



Hah, lu arenosis niontis Muizenbe: ^ _ 

 Herb. Kew. — N. E. B.] Peninsula) Capen^is septeutrionem versus, 

 alt. 1500 ped., fl. Nov., legit A, Bodkin. Bolus 4970! in Herb. 

 Kewensi &c. 



The sepals are a dull red, the petals and labellurn pale yellow. 

 Allied to Mouaclcnia micrantJia^ Lindl.,from wliicli it differs by its 

 smaller size, greater relative lengtli of spike, broader back sepal, 

 rounded side sepals, wider labellurn Avliichis not tliiekened at the 

 apex, differently shaped and not fleshy side petals, higher rosteJlum, 

 longer caudicles of the poUinia (which are almost absent in M, 

 micra7itha\ rounded stigma, and, lastly, its shorter ovary covered 

 with pustules. The spur is variable, but usually shorter, thicker, 

 and more curved tluui in M. micrantha, I rely chiefly upon the 

 differences in the column, for JSI, micrantlia is itself a variable 

 species in respect of size, bracts, and spur ; yet 1 have never seen 

 any small specimens of that species which resemble this. 



DiSA KETicuLATA, BoliiSy n. sp. Erocta vel subdecumbens, 

 glabra, 10-30 cm. alta ; caulis foliosus basi ssepius gracilis ; folia 

 inferiora lineari-lanceolata acuminata, basi vaginantia, erecta, su- 

 periora seusim minora ovato-lanceolata, basi spicae parum lougiora ; 

 spicasublaxa, longitudine eirciter dimidium plautse ; bracteselate 

 ovata?, acumine longo torto praeditse, membranaceae, reticulato- 

 venosae, floribus parum longiores, ovarium cum calcare involvcutes ; 

 flores cum ovario 1"8 cm, long! ; galea obovata obtuaa 8 nun. 

 longa, calcare filiformi acuto, 1 cm. longo, ovario parum breviore ; 

 sepala lateralia oblonga obtusa, deflexa,' obscure trluervia, 6 mm. 

 longa; petala falcato-ovata, subacuta, carnosa, 5 mm. longa; 

 labellurn lingua^forme, obtusum, carnosum, deflexum, 5-6 mm, 

 longum ; rostellum erectum, latius quam longius, utrinque tuber- 

 culatum, fissura inter rostellum et stigma tenui ; stigma breve 

 obtusum ; ovarium 1-1'5 cm. longum. (Ex exempli, viv. 8, sub 

 num. 4988 distrib.) 



Jlah, In humidis montis Constantiae, in Peninsula Capensi, alt. 

 2000 ped., flor. Dec. A, Bodkin^ Bolus 4988 !, in clivis montia 

 Tabularis, alt. 2800 ped., llor. Dec., Bolus 4897! 



The flowers have a yellowish ground colour w^ith dull red on 

 the edges, back of galea, Ac, the labellurn and the whole flower 



