TAB. 50. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa maculata, Lmti.f., Suppl. (1781), p. 407, non Harvey. — 

 Herba adscendens tenella glabra, 12-22 cm. alta ; caulis subflexu- 

 osus, basi 3-7 foliatus, foliis sensim in vaginas 2-5, membranaceas 

 lanceolatas, acutas vel acuminatas, abeuntibus, apice uniflorus ; 

 folia erecta vel erecto-patentia, lineari-lanceolata acuta, basi in 

 petiolum attenuata, 3-8 cm. longa ; bracteae erectae membranaceae, 

 ovario pedicellate duplo breviores ; sepala lateraliapatentiaoblonga 

 obtusa, vel lanceolato-ovata acuminata, 1*6-1"8 cm. longa ; sepalum 

 impar patens vel suberectum, galeatum acutum, basi obtusum vix 

 saccatum, sepalis lateralibus subaequilongum ; petala decumbentia, 

 apicem versus genuflexa, linearia, apice ampliata crenulata, 

 I'l cm. longa ; labelluin porrectum lineari lanceolatum, 1'4 cm. 

 longum ; rostellum erectum bifidum, brachiis glanduliferis sub- 

 divaricatis ; anthera valde resupinata ; stigma umbonatum, rostello 

 multo brevius ; ovarium pedicellatum, 2-3 cm. longum. i^Ex exempli. 

 plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) Schizodium maculatum, Lindl., Gen. &>' 

 Spec. Orch. (1838), p. 360. 



Habr. South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, in moist 

 clefts of rocks, Muizenberg, alt. 360-480 met., fl. Oct. -Nov., 

 A. A. Bodkin! Bolus, 4843! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 160.) 

 Roodesand Mts., fl. Oct., Thiinberg ; Houw Hoek Mt., fl. Oct., 

 Bolus. 



Plate 50. Fig. 1, odd sepal, side view; 2, side sepal ; 3, lip 

 all X 2 diams. ; 4, petals, with column, side view ; 5, column, 

 front view — magnified. 



An ascending slender glabrous herb, 12-22 cm. high ; stem sub- 

 flexuous, with 3-7 leaves at the base, the leaves gradually passing 

 off into 2-5, membranous lanceolate acute or acuminate bracts, 

 flower solitary ; leaves erect or erect-spreading, linear-lanceolate 

 acute, attenuate at base into a petiole, 3-8 cm. longa ; bracts erect 

 membranous, half as long as the pedicellate ovary ; lateral sepals 

 spreading oblong obtuse, or lanceolate-ovate acuminate, 1 •6-1 "8 cm. 

 long ; odd sepal spreading or somewhat erect, galeate acute, obtuse 



