346 OPHRYDEÆ. 
1. Aviceps pumila. 
? Satyrium pumilum. Zhunb. Prodr. Cap. 6, Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 19. Swartz Act. Holm. 
1800. p. 216. 
Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; prope Ezelsfontein et Leliefontein, Drege ; in 
monte Picketberg dicto, prope rivulos, Thunberg. (hab. s. sp.) 
Planta 14-4 poll. alta, erecta, dens? foliacea ; tuberculis oblongis sim- 
plicibus ut in Orchide mascula. Folia 2-4, ovata, acuta, undulata, gla- 
bra, basi in petiolum membranaceum angustata, 1-13 poll. longa. Spica 
pyramidalis, a caule folioso parum diversa; bracteis erectis, foliis om- 
ninó similibus, sed sensim apicem versus diminutis. Flores bracteis 
dupló breviores, semipollicares (forte majores), striati, ringentes, quo- 
dammodo caput avicule simulantes. Galea acuta, recta, labio inferiore 
longior, leviter carinata, basi sacculis 2 ovatis aucta ; labium inferius 
planiusculum, tridentatum : laciniis lateralibus obtusis apice incurvis, 
intermedià minore, ovatà, omnibus vend medià simplici incrassatà. 
I think this plant must be Thunberg's Satyrium pumilum ; but he 
speaks distinctly of the petals of that species, under the name of “ laciniæ 
duz interiores anteriores," and of the sepals which he calls ** lacini 
laterales exteriores." The former are present and are the sep:ls; 
but the latter bave no existence. I presume however there has been 
some mistake in the description given by Thunberg, for in all other 
respects it agrees well with the present species. 
CXCIX. DISA. 
Disa. Linn. Suppl. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 208. t. 3. f. B. 
Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, equalia, intermedio galeato, calca- 
rato vel saccato. Petala minora, erecta, basi columnæ adnata. La- 
bellum liberum, filiforme aut dilatatum, integrum aut multifidum. 
Columna bipartita (anthera et stigmate sejunctis). Anthera bilocularis, 
erecta vel supina, glandulis duabus distantibus nudis. Stigma trun 
catum v. convexum, disco obscure trilobum, sæpè tuberculiforme, a 
basin columnz situm.* Semina in pluribus speciebus (an omnibus ! 
atra, crustacea, nitida, testà adherente apice et basi tantum ie 
Herbæ terrestres, Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali uni-mu' 
floro. 
, . . . oe eee H iv r- 
Genus speciebus pulcherrimis superbiens, formà variis, genitalibus dive 
2 cae : : MES a- 
sissimis, difficillime? ordinandum et Botanicorum Capensium in ee 
tali studio anxié commendatum. Mihi, post specierum ultra "s om 
investigationem cautam an unum solum sit genus, Penthea, Hersche 
ee 
« usually " 1$ 
* [n Mr. Bauer's Illustrations, p. xi. line 11 from the bottom, the word alos a 
accidentally omitted after ** and." 'T'his error gives a very incorrect view of my Perd 
to the nature ofthe stigma in plants of this series of Ophrydex. I understand the tu ntary 
at the base of the tip of Disa, &c to be the anterior stigma, which is usually rudime 
or suppressed, in a perfect state, the two posterior lobes being in this case sormi 
generic characters of Monadenia, Schizodium, Penthea , &c. sufficiently explain tms. 
