OPHRYDEX. 357 
Satyrium rufescens. Thunb. Prodr. 5. 
Disa rufescens. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 210. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 13. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Forbes; in arenosis Groenekloof, Thunberg ; in 
Draakensteenbergen et prope Gnadenthal, Drege (hab. s. sp.) 
Corolla purpurascens. Thunb. 
I know no plant to which the definitions of Swartz and Thunberg exactly 
apply. It would seem as if they had not distinguished M. brevicornis 
from rufescens, and had described the leaves of one and the flowers of 
another. The description however in Thunberg’s Flora Capensis applies 
exclusively to this, à 
2. MoNapENrA brevicornis. 
M. foliis ensiformibus acuminatis caulem vestientibus, bracteis oblongis 
acuminatis floribus longioribus, calcare inflato compresso sepalis ' vix 
longiore. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Mundt. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 
À precedente bracteis longis foliisque acuminatis erectis caulem loco 
squamarum vestientibus primo intuitu distinguenda. Petala praterea 
breviora sunt, et magis emarginata. Statura palmaris. 
3. Monapenia micrantha. 
M. foliis ensiformibus acuminatis caulem vestientibus, bracteis apice 
foliosis longè acuminatis, sepalis petalisque acutis, calcare filiformi ob- 
tuso sepalis longiore. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; Thom, Burchell, (no. 6139) ; ad Nieuwekloof, et 
Ruigtevalei, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 
Facie omnino M. brevicornis ; foliis bracteisque long? acuminatis, flori- 
busque multd minoribus diversissima. Galea apice acuta inflexa. Se- 
pala ovata, acuminata. Petala ovata, acuminata, apice inflexa. La- 
bellum lineare, obtusum, membranaceum, sepalis brevius. 
Folia lutescentia. - Flores maleolentes, apicibus roseis. Thom in Herb. 
ooker. 
4. Monapenta densiflora. 
M. foliis erectis lanceolatis canaliculatis acutis caulis longitudine, spicd 
densà cylindraceà bracteis oblongis acutis concavis florum longitudine, 
sepalis lateralibus oblongis superiore brevioribus, calcare pendulo bye 
formi antice alato, petalis ovatis subtortis apice carnosis obtusis gale 
dupld brevioribus, labello lineari-spathulato carnoso sepalis longiore. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thom ; prope Paarl, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) 
5. Mowapzxra macrostachya. ; 
atis erectis caulis brevis longitudine, spicà 
anceolatis florum longitudine, sepalis 
branaceis calcare inflato pendulo semi- 
cie subverruculosis margine pos- 
abello lineari obtuso sepalorum 
M. foliis radicalibus lanceol 
elongatà apice rariore bracteis 1 
lanceolatis acutis lateralibus mem 
cylindraceo, petalis oblongis obtusis fa 
tico in angulum obtusum producto, 
longitudine. 
Hab. ad Cap. D. Spei ; in Camiesbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp-) 
