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DlSA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOWERED 



DlSA. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide*:. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, aeqnalia, interme- 

 dio galea to calcarato vel saccato. Petala minora, erecta, 

 basi columnar adnata. Labellum liberum, filiforme aut di- 

 latatma, integrum aut multifidum. Columna bipartita. An- 

 tkera bilocularis, erecta vel supina, glandulisduabus distan- 

 tibus nudis. Stigma truncatum vel convexum, disco obscure 

 trilobum, saepe tuberculi forme, ad basin columns situm. 

 Semina in pluribus speciebus, (an omnibus?) atra, Crus- 

 tacea, nitida, testa adhsrente apice et basi tantum libera. — 

 Herbs terrestres, Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali, 

 unimultiflora . Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Disa grandifiora ; caule folioso subbifloro, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, sepalis late ovatis acutis maximis superiore 

 galeato supra basin calcare breviusculo pendulo, peta- 

 lis oblique obovatis parvis, labello nano lanceolato. 



Disa grandiHora. Linn. Suppl. p. 406. Sw. Act, Holm. 



1800, p. 210. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 2. p. 7. Ker, in 



Journ. of Sc. v. 4. p. 205. tab. b.f. 1. LindL in Hot. 



Reg. t. 926. Sertum Orchid, t. 49. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 



p. 347. Spreng. Sj/st. Veget. v. 3. p. 697. 



Oisa uniflora. Berg. PL Cap. p. 348. t. 4.f. 1. 



Satyrium grandiflorum. Thunb. Prodr. Fl. Cap. p. 4. 



Of all described terrestrial Orchide^, this is unquestion- 

 ably the most beautiful, the " well-known pride of Table 

 Mountain/' where, Mr. Harvey assures us, that every 



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