TAB. 37. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.4<:, 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa pygmaea, Bolus, in Jouni. Linn. Soc, vol. xxii. (1885), 

 p. 72. — Herba erecta pusilla g'labra, 5-15 cm. alta ; folia B-5, 

 erecta vel erecto-patentia, ovata vel lanceolata, acuminata, basi 

 vaginantia, l'2-2-5 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica densa, 8-24 flora, 

 3-10 cm. long-a ; bracteas ovatae vel ovato-lanceolata;, acutae vel 

 acuminatae, flores cequantes vel paullo superantes ; sepala lateralia 

 patenti-recurva ovato-oblonga obtusissima, 0'4-0'5 cm. longa ; 

 sepalum impar galeato-concavum, porrectum vel suberectum, 

 oblongum obtusum, breviter apiculatum, lateralibus aequilongum, 

 calcare incurvo subinflato obtuso, ovario duplo breviore ; petala 

 suberecta, circuitu rhomboidea vel triangularia, subacuta, margine 

 posteriore lobulata, sepalo imparl fere aequilonga ; labellum 

 deflexum oblongum obtusum, basi leviter angustatum, 0'3 cm. 

 longum ; rostellum erectum, stigma excedens, brachiis apice 

 truncatis, processibus lateralibus reflexis ; anthera valde resupi- 

 nata, glandula unica, semi-lunata ; ovarium obovatum, papillosum, 

 0*5 cm. longum. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) Orch. 

 Cape Pennis., t. 17. Monadenia pygmaea, Dnr. elSchinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr., \'.,p. 112. 



Hab, : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sandy places 

 on the Muizenberg, towards the Steenberg, alt. circ. 390 met., fl. 

 Nov., A. Bodkin! (No. 4970 in herb. Bolus.) Between Constantia- 

 berg and Steenberg, fl. Nov., Wolley-Dod, 3636 ! Caledon Div., 

 mts. near Onrust R., alt. 750 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechier, 9501 ! 

 Mts. near Jan Zwart's Kraal, Elim, alt. 420 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 

 13504 ! 



Plate 37. Fig. 1, flower, oblique view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, one of the petals ; 4*, ditto, from another flow^er ; 

 5, side sepal ; 6, column, front view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, ditto, 

 with ovary, back view ; 9, pollinarium ; 10, lip — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect dwarf glabrous herb, 5-15 cm. high ; leaves 3-5, erect 

 or erect-spreading, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at 



