TAB. 38. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa micrantha, ^<9/«5, in Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), />. 142. 

 — Herba erecta glabra, 7-40 cm. alta (saepius 20 cm. alta) ; caulis 

 strictus foliosus ; folia erecta vel patenti-incurva, linearia acuminata, 

 basi pauUo ampliata, 5-15 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica, dense multi- 

 flora, 3-20 cm. longa ; bracteae patenti-incurvs ovatae acuminatae, 

 flores superantes vel superiores aquantes ; sepala lateralia patenti- 

 recurva, oblique ovata, subacuta vel obtusa, 0'3 cm. longa ; 

 sepalum impar erectum galeato-concavum oblongum obtusum, 

 lateralibus aequilongum, calcare dependente subfiliformi, galeae 

 subaequilongo ; petala erecta, circuitu oblique obovata, subfalcata, 

 margine posteriore medio ampliata, obtusa, sepalis pauUo breviora ; 

 labellum porrectum vel deflexum, lineari-oblong'um obtusum, 

 petalis aequilongum ; rostellum erectum, brachiis brevibus obtusis, 

 stigma paullo excedens ; anthera valde resupinata, glandula unica; 

 ovarium 0'5-0*7 cm. longum. [Ex exempli. pi iir. viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Monadenia micrantha, Lmdl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),/. 357. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; damp places near Tulbagh 

 Kloof, alt. 300-600 met., fl. Oct., Drege ; near Genadendal, Ecklon, 

 Zeyher ; near Stellenbosch, fl. Oct., Miss Farnham ! Cape Penin- 

 sula, sandy moist places on the Cape Flats and mountain-sides up 

 to 1050 met., fl. Sept. -Nov., Drege, 1261, Ecklon & Zeyher, 4680 ! 

 Bolus, 3859 ! Langebergen, near Riversdale, alt. 300 met., fl. Nov. 

 R. Schlechter, 2031 ; Zwarteberg Pass, Prince Albert Div., alt. 

 1590 met., fl. Dec, Bolus! South-eastern-Region; Cape 

 Colony: nr. Port Elizabeth, fl. Oct., Florence Paterson! nr. East 

 London, fl. Nov., G. E. Oliver! 



Plate 38- Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 

 odd sepal ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, lip ; 6, column, viewed from above ; 

 7, ditto, side view ; 8, ditto, front view ; 9, pollinarium. 



An erect glabrous herb, 7-40 cm. high (usually 20 cm. high) ; 

 stem straight leafy ; leaves erect or spreading-incurved linear 

 acuminate, widened a little at base, 5-15 cm. long ; spike cylin- 

 drical, densely many-flowered, 3-20 cm. long ; bracts spreading- 



