558 OPHRYDES. 
6. MoNADENIA macrocera. 
M. foliis paucis ensiformibus canaliculatis distantibus caulem vestientibus, 
spicá strictissim4 floribus distantibus axi arcté appressis, bracteis ovario 
longissimo brevioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis calcare longissimo filiformi 
pendulo, petalis labelloque pendulo ovatis acutis. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thom. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Species palmaris, exilis, caule spicà tertià parte breviore. Ovarium 
unciale. 
7. Monaventa ophrydea, 
M. caule flexuoso folioso, foliis distantibus linearibus patulis basi vagi- 
nantibus, spicà 4-flora floribus long? distantibus, bracteis oblongis acutis 
ovarii longitudine, sepalis lateralibus oblongis supremo obtusissimo, 
calcare filiformi ovarii longitudine, petalis oblongis obtusissimis mar- 
gine posteriore dilatatis facie verruculosis, labello lato-lincari sepalis 
longiore. ` 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Draakensteensbergen, Drige. (hab. s. sp.) 
Caulis palmaris. Folia infima squamiformia, in caule 3. Ovarium fere 
2 poll. longum, internodio pauld longiore. Flores maximi generis. 
8. Monapenia prasinata. 
M. foliis radicalibus ensiformibus caulinis erectis canaliculatis acuminatis 
imbricatis patulis, spicà ovatà densà, bracteis oblongis acutis floribus 
subbrevioribus, sepalis lateralibus lineari-oblongis obtusis supremo cune- 
ato obovato fornicato calcare parùm breviore, petalis lanceolatis apice 
obliquis obtusis emarginatis supra basin puncticulatis, labello lineari 
acutiusculo sepalorum longitudine. 
Disa prasinata. — Ker. in Bot. Reg. 3. t. 210. 
Hab. ad Cup. B. Spei. 
This is very near the last species, and is perhaps the same ; but it ap- 
pears to differ in having denser flowers, a shorter spur, and emarginate 
petals. The flowers are green with 3 crimson stripes within the upper 
sepal, and a few dots of the same colour at the base of the lateral ones. 
CCI. SCHIZODIUM. 
Disa torta. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 211. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 10. Orchis 
biflora. Linn. Sp. 1330. Satyrium tortum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. 
Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, canaliculata ; supremo basi calcarato. 
Petala nana, apice carnosa, inzqualiter biloba aut oblique torta, basi se 
pits auriculata, per baseos medium columnz adnata. Labellum liberum, 
lineare, acuminatum, sepalis zquale, supra basin constrictum, hypo- 
chilio concavo membranaceo, epichilio carnoso canaliculato. Columna 
bipartita (stigmate antherisque sejunctis). Stigma carnosum, elevatum, 
truncatum aut excavatum, basi labelli situm. Anthera resupinata, aut 
horizontalis, rostelli brachiis nunc truncatis, nunc acuminatis contortis. 
Polliniorum glandule 2, nude ———. Herbe capenses, tuberculis 
pedunculatis, Folia radicalia, ovata aut obovata, petiolata, patentia. 
Caulis szpiüs flexuosus, ad flexuras squamis vaginatus. Racemi laxi, 
