152 ORCHIDS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. 
twisted, erect or spreading, 1-2 in. long, the upper gradually shorter 
and passing into leafy bracts, of which the lower are much longer than, 
and the upper about as long as the flowers; spike somewhat dense ; 
side sepals oblong, very obtuse, 2-24 lines long; odd sepal galeate, the 
limb ovate, subacute, with a conical, straight, tapering spur, about as 
long as the limb, the whole about 4 lines long; petals obliquely 
faleate-ovate, acute; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 lines long; glands of 
the pollinia approximate ; stigma round, margined. Thunberg, Flor. 
Cap., ed. 1828, p. 11; Orchis tenella, Linneus the younger, Suppl. 
(1781), p. 400; Satyrium tenellum, Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. (1794), 
p. 5. 
Has. ‘On the eastern side of Table Mt., near Constantia,’’ also, ‘‘ var. lutea, 
on the Cape Flats, near Wynberg,” Ecklon d& Zeyher, according to Sonder, in 
Linnea, vol. xix., p. 98.—Extends eastward to Tulbagh, and, according to Lindley, 
to Uitenhage. 
The flowers are reddish, and very fragrant with the scent of daisies. 
There is a variety with yellow flowers. I have found neither on the 
Peninsula, though I have gathered it in the Tulbagh Valley, and 
I include it on the entirely trustworthy authorities above named. My 
description is from living plants sent by Miss M. F. Farnham from 
Stellenbosch, which were distributed in the Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 
under No. 309. The species is quite distinct, and not likely to be con- 
fused with any other, except perhaps D. brachyceras, Lindley, which 
has a similar habit, but a short blunt spur. The latter does not 
occur within our limits. 
17. Disa tabularis, Sonder, in Linnea, vol. xix. (1847), p. 99.— 
Glabrous, erect, 5-14 in. high; leaves densely clothing the stem, 
erect, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, passing into lanceolate bracts, as 
long as or a little longer than the stem; spike densely many-flowered, 
half as long as the plant, 3-1 in. wide, bracts leaf-like, about as long 
as the flowers ; side sepals oblong, spreading, about 3 lines long; odd 
sepal galeate, mouth oval or orbicular, 24 lines wide, obtuse, the 
margin sometimes spreading, spur very obtuse, 3 line long; petals 
oblong, suddenly knee-bent in the middle, 2-toothed at the apex; lip 
linear, acute, deflexed, 23 lines long; rostellum wide and low, with 
an acute middle lobe longer than the arms and turned back over the 
anther, a small tubercle on either side between the petals and the 
column ; stigma with the two anterior lobes cut and folded in front. 
Has. Grassy slopes on the north-eastern corner of Table Mt., alt. 3300 ft. ; also 
on the lower plateau at 2500 ft., ti. Oct.—Dec., Harvey; Bolus, 4819; Herb. Norm. 
Austr.-Afr., 406 
Flowers tawny yellow with darker spots on the back of the odd 
sepal, and on the margins of the sepals; petals yellow. Allied to 
D, obtusa, and generally difficult to distinguish in the dried state, when 
