TO SOTJTH-AFUICAN 130TANY. 70 



Hah. In colle graminoso, Inanda, Natal, alt. 2000 ped., flor. 

 Aprili, J: ]\L Wood No. 127!*; Natal, J. Sanderson No. 1010! 



The sepals are a pretty rose-pink with darker markings, the 

 2)etals with pale green dots in front ; the scape is reddish, and 

 the leaves dark green with pale reticulated veins. The galea is 

 somewhat variable in length. From Mr. Wood's excellent spe- 

 cimens I have been enabled, to ascertain the form of the labellum 

 with a fair approach to correctness ; and I have further had the 

 advantage of seeing a finely executed drawing by Miss A. Clarke 

 from the living plant, which that lady very kindly sent to me. 

 Altogether this species is a little floral gem. 



DisPEKis PURPIJRATA, Bclib.f.y var. PARTIELORA5 Bolus. Gra- 

 cilior, hirsutior, 8-20 cm. alta ; folia laxiora ; flores dimidio fere 

 minores ; galea compressa ore angustiora (anguste elliptica) ; 

 sepala lateralia saccis pro maguitudincm iongioribus ; ])etala 

 latcralia latiora ; labellum angustius. 



Ilah. In arenosis, prope Grroene Kloof, alt. circa 300 pod,, flor. 

 Oct., Bolus No. 4337 !; prope Stcllenbosch, Sanderson No. 937 ! 

 (in Herb. Kewensi). 



[The flowers are white according to Mr, Sanderson. — N, E. 

 Bbowx.] 



DispERis Tysont, Bolus, n. sp. (PI I. figs, 28-33.) Glabra, 

 erecta, pedalis vel ultra ; scapus rectus, rigidiusculus, laxe folio- 

 sus ; folia 4-5, ovatc-lanceolata acuta, basi amplexicaulia, 20- 

 2-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, internodiis 4-7 cm. longis ; spica laxe 

 12-20-flora, 10-12 cm. longa; bracteae ovatse acutae, complicata), 

 fere erectse, ovariis suba^quilongee ; galea cucullata, sub con ica, ob- 

 tuse acuta, fundo obtusissimo, 9 mm. longa; sepala lateralia cir- 

 cumscriptione anguste lanceolata acuminata, concava, medio sacco 

 brevissimo aucto, 7 mm. longa ; petala lateralia falcato-spathulata 

 acuta, margine anteriori tuberculato, circa 4 mm. longa ; labellum 

 basin versus lineari-unguiculatum, ima basi columnse adnatum, 

 deinde bipartitum, loboantico triangulari acuto, margine reflexo, 

 intus tuberculato, lobo postico longiori, subulate, obtuse, resupi- 

 uato ; rostelli brachiaglandulifera brevia, (Ex exempli. 2 exsicc. 

 sub num. 1079 Tyson ; floris partes ex spec, in spir. vini asservatis.) 



Hab* In uliginosis prope Kokstad, Griqualand Orientalis, alt. 

 5000 pcd., Jan., legit JV. Tyson No. 1079 ! in Herb. Kew, &c. ; 



* [The specimens of Wood, ]S'o. 127 at Kew, are from " NoocLsberg, Natal, 

 May."— N. E. Buown.] 



