356 OPHRYDEJE. 
36. Disa cernua. Thunb. l. c. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thunberg. 
Tuberculum difforme. Caulis foliosus, pedalis et ultra. Folia carinata, 
rigida, subcoriacea, margine membranacea. Spica pedalis, apice cernua, 
subdensa. Galea erecta, fornicata. Calcar subinflatum, venosum. Se- 
pala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, erecto-patentia. Petala galea tecta, e basi 
lata lanceolato-acuminata, falcata, venosa. — Labellum lineare, obtusum. 
An Monadenia? An potius Corypheis affinior ? 
37. Disa physodes. Thunb. l. c. 12. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, infra Paarlberg, Thunberg. 
Caulis foliosus, pedalis et ultra. Folia equitantia, spithamea. Spica pe- 
dalis, apice cernua ; laxiuscula. Galea erecta, fornicata, emarginata, 
calcare gibbo subdidymo dependente. Sepala ovata, obtusa, reflexa. 
Petala galeá tecta, sublinearia, basi latiora concava, apice emarginata, 
crassiuscula, saturate purpurea. Labellum lineare, obtusum, integrum. 
An Monadenia ? 
38. Disa cylindrica. Thunb. l. c. 
Caulis pedalis. Folia alternatim vaginantia, pollicaria v. ultra. Spica 
subcylindrica, digitalis. Flores minuti, numerosissimi. Galea fornicata, 
ovata, calcare brevi. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, vix acuta, patentia. Pe- 
tala lanceolata erecta. Lubellum lineari-oblongum, apice obovatum. An 
Monadenia, densiflore affinis ? 
39. Disa (Coryphea ?) excelsa. Swartz. l. c. Thunb. l. c. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in collibus Houtniquas, prope rivos in Langekloof; 
et Kramrivier, florens Novembri, Thunberg. 
Folia radicalia, 6 v. plura, lanceolata, acuta, erecta, digitalia. Scapus fili- 
formis, bipedalis. Spica rara, palmaris et ultra, floribus 20-30. gus 
calcare brevissimo obtuso porrecto. Sepala ovato-lanceolata. Petala 
minima, lanceolata, falcata. Labellum integrum, concavum, leviter 
margine undulatum. 
The Orchis tripetaloides of Linnæus is apparently the D. venosa of n 
berg, although quoted by that author to the present species, ieri 
seems quite different, so far as can be judged by the description in the 
Flora Capensis. 
CC. MONADENIA. 
Perianthium ringens. Sepala membranacea, libera, supremo gale 
basi calcarato. Petala carnosa. Labellum liberum, oblongum, car- 
nosum, planum. Columna nana, bipartita (stigmate antheràque se- 
junctis). Stigma carnosum, elevatum, truncatum, basi labelli situm. 
Anthera resupinata, caudiculis in glandula unica connatis. oe om 
sterilia, libera ————. Herbs Capenses, radicibus testiculatis, foliis 
facieque Ophrydis. 
Genus a Disà ceterisque affinibus optime distinctum glandulis pou 
in unam concretis petalisque subaequalibus carnosis nunc conformibus 
nunc labello lineari. 
ato 
1. Monapenia rufescens. 
M. foliis radicalibus binis oblongis, caule vaginato, bracteis oblongis eric 
floribus multo brevioribus, calcare lineari pendulo sepalis multo longiort* 
