TAB. 53, 



Tribe OPHRYDE^. 



Sub-tribe DiSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa spathulata, Swarfs, in KongU Vet. Acad. HandL, vol. 

 xxi. (1800),/). 213. — Herba erecta gracilis g"labra, 12-30 cm. alta ; 

 folia saepius 7-10, erecto-patentia radicalia, ang-uste linearia, 

 acuminata, basi vaginantia, 0'5-15 cm. longa ; scapus strictus vel 

 SLibflexuosus, vaginis 2-3 distantibus, arete appressis, acuminatis 

 submembranaceis vestitus ; racemus laxissime l-3fl., floribus 

 erectis ; bracteae ovatae acuminata^ membranaceae, ovario breviores ; 

 sepala lateralia patenti-porrecta, oblique ovata, subacuta concava, 

 1-1*3 cm. longa ; sepalum impar fere horizontale unguiculatum, 

 lamina galeata erecta suborbiculari obtusa vel acuta, lateralibus 

 paullo longiore, basi saccata vel breviter calcarata, calcare apicem 

 versus inflato ; petala decumbentia apicem versus erecta, falcata, 

 supra medium ampliata, irregulariter lobulato-dentata, basi anteriore 

 lobata, 0'7-0'8cm. longa; labellum patenti-deflexum unguiculatum, 

 ungue anguste lineari, 0*7-3 cm. longo, lamina undulata, cordata 

 vel subreniformi, acuminata, vel 3fid., segmentis acuminatis, 

 margine crenulata, 1-1*4 cm. longa ; rostellum erectum Sdentatum, 

 dentibus acutis ; anthera horizontalis vel resupinata, glandulis 2 ; 

 stigma rostello brevius ; ovarium 1*5-2*5 cm. longfum. [Ex 

 exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqtie.) Bauer, Ilhistr. Orch. Gen. t. xiv. ; 

 Ker, in Jour n. Sci. R. Inst. Loud., vol. iv., t. 5,/. 3; Harv., Thes. 

 Cap., vol. i., t. 86. Orchis spathulata, Linn.f. Snppl. (1781),/). 398. 

 Satijrium spathulatum, Thunb., Prodr. PL Cap. (1794), p. 5. 

 D. tripartita, Lindl., Gen. & Spec. Orch. (1838), p. 353. 

 D, propinqua, Sond., in Linncea xix. (1847), />. 95. 



Hab.: South-western Region; Dassenberg, between Paar- 

 deberg and Groenekloof, alt. infra 300 met., fl. Sept., Drege ; 

 between Paarl and Pout, id.; near Tulbagh, fl. Oct., Ecklon, 

 Zeyher, Guthrie, 871 ! Pappe ! Bolus! Kdssner, F. Teague ! near 

 Riebeck Kasteel, fl. Sept., Thunberg. Piquetberg, fl. Sept. -Oct., id. 

 Clanwilliam Div., near Modderfontein, Olifant's R., alt. circ. 160 

 met., fl. Aug., R. Schlechter, 4997 ; near Zwartbosch Kraal, alt. 

 120-150 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 5165! Near Twakfontein, 

 Nieuwoudtville, alt. 600 met., fl. Sept., C. L. Leipoldt, %0\\ nr. 

 Malmesbury, fl. Oct., R. Schlechter, T. Kdssner. 



