TAB. 58. 



Tribe Ophryde.^.. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.^. 



Genus Disa. 



Disa Draconis, Szvarts — var. Harveyaxa, Schlechter,in Evgl. 

 Bot. Jahrb., v. 31 (1902), p. 231. - Flores dilute purpureo-coerulei ; 

 labellum forma typica sublatius ; habitus persjepe gracilior. [Ex 

 exenipll. plur. vi'v. exsicca/isque.) D. Harueyana, Lindl., in Hook, 

 Lnrid. Joiirn. Bot. i. (1842), p. 15. 



Hab.: South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, rocky clefts 

 and ridges on Table Mr., 450-900 met., fl. Dec. -Jan., Harvey, 

 Bolus, 3304! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 162.) R. Schlechfer, 90. 



Plate 58. Fig-. 1,1, side sepals ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, 3, petals ; 

 4, lip ; 5, column, viewed from above ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, 

 ditto, side view : 8, ditto, at an earlier stage ; 9, poUinium — 

 variously magnified. 



DitTers from the typical form in having the flowers coloured a pale 

 purplish-blue ; the lip somewhat broader ; and usually of a more 

 slender habit. 



The drawing was made from living specimens collected on the 

 Peninsula. 



