TAB. 46. 



Tribe OphryD£J£. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.«. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa glandulosa, Burchell, ex Lindley, Gen. &= Spec. Orch. 

 (1838), p. 351. Herba erecta, 10-20 cm. alta, foliis, vaginis, 

 bracteis glanduloso - pubescentibus ; caulis strictus vel sub- 

 flexuosus, subvalidus vel gracilis, basi 3-5foliatus, vaginis 

 foliaceis acutis, plus minus dense vestitus ; folia patentia ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata vaginantiaque, 1*5-5 cm. 

 longa ; racemus 2-12fl., subcorymbosus, floribus erectis ; bracteas 

 subherbaceas oblongo-ovatae, acutae vel acuminata, ovario subae- 

 quilongae ; sepala lateralia patentia, late oblonga, obtusissima 

 concava, 0"6-0*8 cm. longa ; sepalum impar suberectum galeatum 

 ovatum obtusissimum, lateralibus sequilongum, calcare dependente 

 conico, limbo paullo breviore ; petala suberecta, supra rostellum 

 incurva, oblique oblonga, concava, 0"4-0'5 cm. longa ; labellum 

 deflexum obovato-oblongum obtusissimum, petalis aequilongum ; 

 rostellum erectum, stigma vix superans ; anthera valde resupinata; 

 stigma anteriore excavatum ; ovarium apice breviter rostratum, 

 1-1 "2 cm. longum. {^Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisgue.) Orch. 

 Cape Peni7is. (1888), /. 35. 



Hab. : South- Western Region ; Cape Peninsula, moist 

 grassy ridges between rocks on Muizenberg, alt. 480 met. and on 

 Table Mt., alt. 900 met, fl. Dec-Jan., not common, Bolus, 4540! 

 Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 169 ! nr. French Hoek, fl. Dec, 

 A. Bolus! (No. 10059 in herb. Bolus.) Slopes of " Craggy Peak" 

 above the town of Swellendam, fl. Jan., Biirchell, 7337 ; Lange- 

 bergen, nr. Zuurbraak, alt. 870 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechler, 2107. 



Plate 46. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 3, 

 parts of the flower, one petal viewed from the outer, one from the 

 inner side ; 4, 5, column, side and front views ; 6, pollinium ; 7, 

 glandular hairs from the leaf — all variously magnified. 



An erect herb, 10-20 cm. high, with the leaves, sheaths and 

 bracts glandular-pubescent ; stem straight or subflexuous, rather 

 stout or slender, with 3-5 leaves at the base, more or less densely 

 clothed with leaf-like acute sheaths ; leaves spreading ovate or 



