46 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
Descr.— Bulb not seen. Leaves 4-8, subulate-attenuate, 3-4 inches 
long, 1-2 lines wide, tapering to a fine point, ciliate, finely striate, 
flattish or channelled, spreading or reflexed, curved or spirally twisted, 
grass-green. Scape 6-12 inches high, 6-10 flowered. Raceme lax ; 
bracts membranous, lanceolate, 2-8 lines long. Flowers erecto-patent? 
Perianth 2 inch long, 14 lines diameter, brownish-green, its lobes of 
nearly equal length ; ¢xner semi-lanceolate, slightly undulate, subacute ; 
outer much narrower, mucronulate; all with thick ribs and membra- 
nous edges. 
This little plant was distributed by E. and Z. under the MSS. name 
U. ciliare: 1 cannot find that i€ has been any where described. Pos- 
sibly it may be the ‘* U. erispum” of Burchell, also, so far as I know, 
undescribed. It is well characterized by its foliage, and the very short 
mucrons of the outer lobes of the perianth. 
Fig.1, a plant in flower; the natural size. Fig. 2, perianth, laid open; 3, astamen; 
4, pistil; 5, one of the placentz, bearing many ovules ; magnified. 
171. DISPERIS FANNINIA, Harv. ( Orchidea.) 
D. Fanninie: glabra, caule 3-4 foliato stramineo, foliis basi cordato- 
amplexicaulibus lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis tenuibus 
venulosis, spica pluriflora subsecunda, bracteis foliis conformibus, sepalis 
lateralibus patentibus laté unguiculatis saccatis acuminatis, postico 
cucullato cum petalis cuspidatis hinc valde undulatis in galeam cohe- 
rente, labello mutico? concavo sigmoideo-lanceolato acuminato. 
Haz.—Dargle Farm, Natal, Mrs. G. Fannin, 88. Draakensberg, Orange State, in 
woods, T. Cooper, 1092. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Terrestrial. Stem 5-15 inches high, pale green, or straw 
colour, weak, bearing 3-4 distant leaves. eaves 2-24 inches long, 
4-14 inch wide at base, cordate-amplexicaul, tapering to an acute point, 
flat, thin and membranous, veiny. /owers 1-4 in a leafy spike; the 
bracts like the leaves, but smaller. Perianth pure white, with a purple 
tinge, and purple raised dots on the petals. Galea much inflated, the 
petals with the front margin strongly waved, apex cuspidate. Lateral 
sepals saccate in the middle, much acuminate. Labellum not perfectly 
seen. ‘ 
Among the many curious forms found in the genus Disperis few are 
more remarkable than this delicate and fragile species, which I have 
great pleasure in naming after its discoverer, Mrs. George Fannin, to 
whom I am indebted for specimens and a coloured drawing. As yet I 
have seen but few specimens; and in the flower which I sacrificed for 
analysis, the labellum was torn across; its perfect form, therefore, re- 
mains a desideratum. 
Fig. 1, a plant; the natural size. Fig. 2, perianth; 3, side view of same; 4, 4 
oe 5, 6, back and front views of the lateral sepal; 7, fragment of labellum ; mag- 
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