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a spur to the galea; but in Disa the spur varies extremely ; and in D. 
secunda is nearly as obsolete as in the present plant. 
Fig. 1, Disa melaleuca ; the natural size. Fig. 2, side view of flower, with bract; 
8, front view of flower; 4, view of galea; 5, a petal; 6, the labellum: 7, anther and 
stigma; all magnified. 
LXXXV. DISA FASCIATA, Lindl. ( Orchidee.) 
D. fasciata: caule foliis parvis latis cuspidatis squameformibus 
laxé vaginato, floribus solitariis geminisque terminalibus, sepalis oblon- 
gis obtusis, intermedio (galea) antico basi calcare conico acuminato 
brevi acuto, petalis nanis concavis auriculeformibus lobatis, labello sub- 
sessili ovali planiusculo. Lindl. Sp. Orch. p. 350. 
Has.—Cape, Ecklon. Summit of Table Mountain, October, W. H. H. (Herb. 
T.C. D.) 
Drscr.—Stem 4-6 inches high, completely sheathed with numerous, 
very short, horizontally patent or reflexed, ovate-acuminate leaves, 
whose loose sheaths are fasciated with purple streaks. Vowers 1-2, 
ending the stem, brilliant white, horizontally patent. Galea anterior, 
its small spur pendulous, its limb flat and obovate. Sepals equalling the 
galea, very blunt. Petals small, bullated and black-dotted, 2-3 lobed. 
Anther very small. 
A rare species. I never found more than one specimen, and have 
not received it from any correspondent. 
Fig. 1, Disa fasciata ; 2, side view of a flower; 3, galea; 4, sepals; 5, labellum ; 
all of the natural size. Fig. 6, petals; 7, petals and column in situ; 8 and 9, different 
views of stigma and anther; magnified. 
LXXXVI. DISA SPATHULATA, Sw. ( Orchidee.) 
'D. spathulata: foliis gramincis rigidis striatis acutissimis subfal- 
catis, vaginis 2-3 distantibus laxis breyibus membranaceis acuminatis, 
caule laxe 2-4-floro, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ovario subduplo bre- 
vioribus, sepalis ovatis apice inflexis tortis, galea unguiculata incum- 
bente ovata acuta calcare brevi recto obtuso aucta, labello longissime un- 
guiculato cordato trilobo crenato striato, petalis supinis falcatis apice 
spathulatis-bilobis basi auriculatis. Lindl, Sp. Orch. p. 353; Thunb. 
41. Cap. p. 15; Bauer, Illustr. Ger. t. 14. 
_ Has.—Hills hear Mosselbank, and Riebeck Castecl, and other places in Cape Dis- 
trict, Zhunberg. Between the Paarl and Paarlberg, Drege. In clayey soil, among 
shrubs, at Steendal, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Bulb ovate. Radical leaves very numerous, 4-5 inches 
long, setaceous below, widening upwards, and about 1 line wide above, 
grass-like, rigid, finely striate longitudinally, very acute, curved. 
Stem about twice as long as the leaves, with 3, sometimes but 2, dis- 
tant, short, membranous sheaths, and bearing 2-4 flowers at distances 
