TAB. 57. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa fasciata, Lindley, Gen. & Spec. Orch. (1838), p. 350. — 

 Herba erecta glabra, 8-22 cm. alta ; caulis subflexuosus vel strictus, 

 basin versus 2-;^foliatus, vag-inis foliaceis, apice patentibus, laxe 

 vaginantibus, acutis vestitus ; folia erecto-patentia ovata, acuta vel 

 acuminata, margine undulata. 1-2 cm. longa ; flores 1-6, corymbosi ; 

 bracteae late oblongo-obovatce, obtusae mucronats vel acut«, laxe 

 ovarium amplectentes id, aequantes vel pauUo excedentes ; sepala 

 lateralia horizontali-patentia late oblonga fere truncata, sub apice 

 apiculata, 1*2 cm. longa ; sepalum impar horizontale cuneatum vel 

 subobcordatum, lateralibus aequilongum, calcare dependente conico, 

 ore inflato, 0"8 cm. longo ; petala patentia, sepalis lateralibus 

 adpressa, auriculiformia, apice basique lobulata, brevissima ; label- 

 lum patens obovatum, 0*9 cm. longum ; rostellum erectum excisum, 

 stigma excedens ; anthera valde resupinata ; stigma subexcavatum ; 

 ovarium 1'4-1*8 cm. longum. {Ex exe7npll. pltir. viv. exsiccatisqtie.) 

 Harv., Thes. Cap. i. (1859), /. 85; Bolus. Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), 

 /. 36. 



Hob.: South-western Region ; Caledon Div., Houw Hoek 

 Mt., alt. 750 met., fl. Oct. -Nov., R. Schlechter, Bolus; mts. nr. 

 Grabouw, alt. 600 met., fl. Oct., F. Guthrie I nr. Elim, alt. 420 

 met., fl. Oct., Bolus! mts. above Sir Lowry's Pass, alt. 450-600 

 met., fl. Oct., R. Schlechler, 5378. Cape Peninsula, in stony 

 places on the southern and south eastern slopes of the Constantia- 

 berg, alt. circ. 810 met., fl. Oct., A. A. Bodkin! (No. 4965 in herb. 

 Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. , 320.) Mts. south of Simonstown, 

 Miller! Table Mt., Hurvey. Outeniquabergen above Montagu 

 Pass, alt. 900 met., fl. Nov.. R. Schlechter. 



Plate 57. Fig. 1, flower, side view, nat. size ; 2, lip x 1^ 

 diams. ; 3, odd sepal x \\ ; 4, side sepal y, \\; 5, column, with 

 petals ; 6, one of the petals ; 7, column, viewed from front and 

 above ; 8, ditto, viewed from behind, — all the latter variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 8-22 cm. high, stem subflexuous or 

 straight, 2-3 foliate towards the base, clothed with leaf-like acute 



