TAB. 39. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tnbe DiSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa multiflora, Bolus, in Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), />. 140. 

 — Herba erecta glabra, 7-25 cm. alta ; caulis strictus loliosus ; folia 

 erecto-patentia, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, basi 

 vaginantia, 5-10 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 

 floribus erecto-patentibus, 10-15 cm. longa ; bracteae ovatae acumi- 

 natae, floribus cequilongce vel longiores ; sepala lateralia reflexa 

 oblonga obtusa, 0*5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum concavum 

 oblongum obtusum, lateralibus cequilongum, calcare dependente 

 inflato, dorsale compresso, obtusum emarginatum, limbo breviore ; 

 petala erecta, falcato-oblonga vel oblonga, apice leviter dilatata, 

 subacuta, 0*3 cm. longa ; labellum deflexum ligulatum, medio 

 paullo angustatum, 0'4-0"5 cm. longum ; rostellum erectum ; 

 anthera valde resupinata, glandula unica ; stigma declinatum ; 

 ovarium 0'7 cm. longum. {^Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) 

 Monadenia multiflora^ So/id., in Linncea xix. (1847),/. 101. 



Hab- : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sand dunes 

 between Retreat Station and Muizenberg, fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 

 1479 ; Cape Flats near Claremont, and on the lower slopes of Table 

 Mt. above Wynberg, up to 180 met., fl. Nov., Bolus, 4885! Lion's 

 Head, towards Kamp's Bay, fl. Nov., Wolley-Dod , 3587 ! nr. Hout 

 Bay, fl. Oct., R. Marloth! (No. 4972 in herb. Bolus.) Zeyher, 

 1564, ex parte. Hermanns, fl. Sept., Bolus, 13,505 ! 



Plate 39. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, back view ; 

 3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals ; G, petal from another 

 plant ; 7, lip ; 8, column, front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, 

 poUinarium — all variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 7-25 cm. high ; stem straight leafy ; 

 leaves erect-spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 sheathing at base, 5-10 cm. long ; spike cylindrical, densely many- 

 flowered, the flowers erect-spreading, 10-15 cm. long ; bracts ovate 

 acuminate, as long as, or longer than, the flowers ; lateral sepals 

 reflexed oblong obtuse, 0-5 cm. long ; odd sepal erect concave 

 oblong obtuse, as long as the lateral ones, the spur pendent inflated, 



