TAB. 56. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe DiSE-4^:. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa tabularis, So?tdc'r, in Linucea^ vol. xix. (1847), p. 99. — 



Herba erecta glabra, 10-80 cm. alta ; caulis strictus foliosus ; 

 folia erecta linearia acuta, basi ampliata, 5-15 cm. long-a ; spica 

 cylindrica, dense multiflora, 5-15 cm. longa, 2-2*5 cm. diam. ; 

 bractecC foliacece lanceolatce acuminatae, inferiores flores superantes, 

 superiores minores ; sepala lateralia patenti-deflexa oblonga obtusa, 

 0"6cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum galeatum, ore suborbiculari, 

 sepalis lateralibus aequilongum, dorso in saccum obtusum, \ ix 0*2 

 cm. longum productum ; petala adscendentia oblonga genuflexa, 

 apice obtusa vel bilobulata, 0*3 cm. longa ; labellum deflexum 

 lineare obtusum, 0"5 cm. longum ; rostellum erectum Slobum, 

 lobo intermedio complicato, in antheram reflexo, brachiis glandu- 

 liferis longiore vel breviore ; anthera resupinata ; stigma anteriore 

 plicatum, rostello brevius ; ovarium 0"6-0'8 cm. longum. {^Ex 

 exeynpU. plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), /. 15. 



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

 slopes on the north eastern corner of Table Mt., alt. 990 met ; also 

 on the lower plateau, alt. 750 met., fl Oct. -Dec, Harvey^ Ecklon 

 &' Zeyher, 1827, Bolus, 4819! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-.\fr., 406). 

 Riversdale Div., south face of the Kampsche Berg, nr. Garcia's 

 Pass, alt. 360 met., fl. Oct., E. E. Galpin, 4611 ! 



Plate 56. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view; 3, 

 side sepal ; 4, lip ; 5, petal ; 6, ditto, from another plant ; 7, 

 column and petals, front view ; 8, ditto, side view ; 9, column, 

 side view — variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 10-80 cm. high ; stem straight leafy ; 

 leaves erect linear acute, widened at base, 5-15 cm. long ; spike 

 cylindrical, densely many-flowered, 5-15 cm. long, 2-2*5 cm. diam. ; 

 bracts leafy lanceolate acuminate, the lower equalling the flowers, 

 the upper smaller ; lateral sepals spreading-deflexed oblong obtuse, 

 06 cm. long ; odd sepal erect galeate, the mouth suborbicular, as 

 long as the lateral sepals, produced at the back into an obtuse sac, 

 scarcely 02 cm. long ; petals ascending oblong knee-bent, obtuse 



