( 4091 ) 



DlSA CORNUTA. HoRNED-FLOWERED DlSA. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, asqualia, inter- 

 medio galeato, calcarato vel saccato. Petala minora, erec- 

 ta, basi columns adnata. Labellum liberuin, filiforme aut 

 dilatatum, integrum aut multifidum. Columna bipartita 

 (anthera et stigmate sejunctis). Anthera bilocularis, erecta 

 vel supina, glandulis duabus distantibus nudis. Stigma 

 truncatum vel convexum, disco obscure trilobum, sa?pe 

 tuberculitbrme, ad basin columnar situm. Semina m pluri- 

 bus speciebus (an omnibus ?) atra, Crustacea, nitida, testa 

 adhaerente apice et basi tantum libera. — Herba? terrestres, 

 Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali uni-multifloro. 

 Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Disa cornuta ; foliis lanceolatis erectis basi cucullatis, spica 

 multiflora, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis floribus longi- 

 oribus, sepalis oblongis orbicularis, galea orbiculata in 

 calcar infundibulare producta, petalis falcatis supinis 

 basi auriculatis, labello nano oblongo obtuso velutino. 

 Lindl. 



Disa cornuta. Swartz Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 26. Thunb. 

 Fl. Cap. p. 7. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 349. 



Satyrium cornutum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. 



Orchis cornuta. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1330. 



This charming plant was imported from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, together with the more splendid Disa grandi- 

 fiora, figured at our Tab. 4073, and other rare Orchidej;, 



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