OPHRYDEX. 347 
Monadenia Schizodioque sejunctis, an plura omnind dubium videtur. 
Intereà sectiones 11, characteribus variis fretas proponere licebit. 
Conspectus sectionum. 
A. Antherd erectà 
$1. Macranthz., 
$2. Micranthe 
B. Antherá supiná. 
$3. Repandra, Galea incumbens, postica, calcarata. Labellum oblongum aut lineare. 
Petala supina, falcata. Flores spicati. 
$4. Phlebidia. Galea infundibuliformis, recuzva. Labellum oblongum. Petala supina 
unidentata. Caulis uniflorus. 
$5. Vaginaria. Galea antica, horizontalis. Labellum oblongum. Petala lobata auri- 
culeformia. Flores sessiles terminales subsolitarii. 
$6. Pardoglossa. Galea antica, saccata. Labellum oblongum utrinque in angulum acutum 
productum. Petala falcata, supina, apice callosa. Flores corymbosi. 
$7. Coryphea. Galea erecta, basi infundibuliformis vel saccata. Labellum filiforme 
aut acuminatum. Petala erecta. Flores szpiüs corymbosi ; bractee magne mem- 
branacez. 
$8. Stenocarpa. Galea erecta, basi infundibularis. Labellum apice dilatatum lobatum. 
Petala supina, falcata, basibus productis antherz adnata. Flores laxé racemosi. Sp. 
$9. Oregura. Galea incumbens, infundibularis. Labellum oblongum. Petala supina, 
falcata, libera. Flores laxé spicati. Folia setacea. 
§ 10. Trichochila. Galea incumbens, calcarata. Labellum lacerum, sessile vel sæpiùs 
unguiculatum. Flores laxe spicati, nunc subsolitarii. Folia setacea. 
ll. Disella. Galea postica, basi saccata. Labellum filiforme. Petala erecta.—— 
Flores dens? Spicati, minuti. Folia szpiüs filiformia. 
A. ANTHERA ERECTA. 
§ 1. Macranthe. 
l. Disa grandiflora. Linn. Suppl. 406. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 210. 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed Sch. 7. Bot. Reg. t. 926. 
D. caule folioso sub-bifloro, foliis lanceolatis acutis, sepalis oblongis acumi- 
natis, galeà cucullatà obtusà vel acutà, calcare supra basin brevi conico 
pendulo, petalis semilanceolatis denticulatis erectis, labello lineari-lan- 
ceolato, : 
Disa uniflora. Berg, Fl. Cap. 348, t. A, f. 7. 
Satyrium grandiflorum. Thunb. Prodr. 4. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell (858) ; in summitate montis Tabularis, 
Thunberg, ad margines paludum turfosarum, estate siccatis, hyeme in- 
undatis, temperie inter 314° et 96° Fahr. Herschel ; ad Dutoitskloof, 
Drege, (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) ; 
A most beautiful species with flowers 3 or 4 inches in diameter. The 
lateral sepals are bright crimson ; the dorsal one is paler on the outside, 
and on the inside blush-coloured, delicately veined with crimson. Of the 
habits of this and some other Cape Ophrydeze, an account is given by Sir 
John Herschel in the Proceedings of the Horticultural Sociely,vol. 1. p. 75. 
