TAB. 45. 



Tribe Ophrvde.e. 



Sub-tribe DiSE-£. 



Genus DiSA. 



A. Disa filicomis, Thunberg, Flor. Cap. ed. 1823, p. 361. 

 — VAR. LATiPETALA, Bolus. Petala apice rotundata, basi anteriore 

 rotundato-lobata, latiora, ceteris typicis. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Caledon Div., nr. Grabouw, 

 fl. Nov., C. H. Grisbrook! (No. 6885 in herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 45. A. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, one of the side 

 sepals, under side ; 3, odd sepal, front view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 

 5, one of the petals, inner side ; 6, column, with petals and lip, 

 side view ; 7, ditto, near petal and lip removed ; 8, lip ; 9, ditto, 

 from another flower ; 10, column, front view ; 11, anther, with 

 the appendage pulled outwards — all variously magnified. 



Petals rounded at the apex, with a rounded lobe at the base en 

 the anterior side, and broader throughout — otherwise as in the 

 typical form. 



Drawing made from a living plant sent by Mr. Grisbrook. 

 [Bolus, 6885.) 



B. Disa filicomis x patens. — Sepala lateralia patentia, leviter 

 adscendentia, eis D. pattutis basi angustiora ; sepalum impar sub- 

 concavum, pallide roseum, angustius ceteris D. patente. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, Steenberg, 

 fl. Dec. C. B. Fair! > Xo. 13508 in herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 45. B. Fig. 1, column and petal ; 2, one of the petals, 

 inner view ; 3, lip — variously magnified. 



Lateral sepals spreading slightly ascending, narrower than 

 those of D. patens at the base ; oc^d sepal subconcave, pale rose 

 coloured, narrower, — otherwise with the characters of Z). patens. 



Drawn from a living plant (the only one found) brought by 

 Mr. Fair. 



