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ovario breviore, petalis supinis falcatis basi auriculatis liberis, labello 
lanceolato. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell, no. 8199.) 
Flores coccinei 9 lineas longi. Caulis sesquipedalis, calamum corvinum 
crassus, Folia vix semipedalia. 
$ 10. Tnrcnocmira. Galea incumbens, calcarata. Labellum lacerum, sessile, 
vel sæpiùs unguiculatum. Flores laxè spicati, nunc subsolitarii. Folia 
angustissima. 
24. Disa spathulata. Swartz l.c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 15. Bauer's Illustr. 
Gen. t. XIV. 
D. foliis angustissimis rigidis striatis apice latioribus subfalcatis, caulis 
stricti foliis duplo longioris subbiflori vaginis 3 distantibus laxis acumi- 
natis, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ovario duplo brevioribus, sepalis 
ovatis apice inflexis acuminatis tortis, galeà ovata incumbente crenulatà 
calcare brevi recto intüs villoso supra basin auctà, labello subrotundo- 
cordato trilobo crenato longé unguiculato, petalis supinis falcatis bipar- 
titis serratis basi auriculatis. 
Orclis Spathulata. Linn. Suppl. 396. 
Satyrium spathulatum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in collibus prope villam Mosselbank, juxta Mossel- 
banks Rivier, prope Ribeck Casteel, Picketberg, in Roodezand et prope 
urbem Cap., florens Septembri, Octobri, Thunberg; inter Paarl et 
Paarleberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 
Caulis subpedalis, leviter flexuosus. Tubercula radicis testiculata lanata, 
Folia basi glabra. 
So ccotding to Thunberg, the Colonists of the Cape call this plant Moder 
aartslag. It is a pretty species with green and pink flowers. 
25. Disa tripartita. 
is striatis falcatis versus apicem latioribus, 
bbiflori vaginis 3 laxis acuminatis distan- 
ario duplo brevioribus, sepalis 
D. foliis angustissimis rigid 
caulis foliis paulo longioris su 
tibus, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ov 
ovatis apice inflexis, galeà ovatà incumbente obsolete crenatà calcare 
brevissimo recto obtuso supra basin auctà, labello tripartito laciniis 
linearibus intermedià flexuosà longissimà, petalis supinis bidentatis. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, prope Albany, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 
n of this remarkable plant, which re- 
but has quite a different lip. It has not 
the form of the petals. 
I have seen only one specime 
sembles Disa spathulata in habit, 
een in my power to determine with certainty 
26. Disa multifida. 
D. foliis filiformibus rigidis striatis, caulis gracilis calamiformis vaginis 
"T membranaceis acuminatis distantibus, floribus paucis secundis brac- 
teis ovatis acutis ovarii longitudine, sepalis ovatis patulis rectis apice 
mucronatis, galeà acutà basi conicà ovario dupló breviore, petalis . . . ., 
labello a latà basi unguiculato multifido. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in Cederbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 
L4 
Tubercula radicum fusiformia, fabricà internà in hac aliisque valde sin- 
