TAB. 59. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa ocellata, Bohis, in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xx. (1884), 

 p. 477. — Herba glabra erecia, 10-30 cm. alta ; caulis flexuosus, 

 foliatus ; folia 3-4, erecta vel erecto-patentia, linearia acuta, in 

 vaginas sensim abeuntia, 4-9 cm. longa ; spica laxe 8-16fl., 

 7-12 cm. longa ; bractes foliacese ovato-lanceolalae acuminalse, 

 inferiores flores superantes, superiores breviores ; sepala lateralia 

 porrecta oblonga acuta, interdum subfalcata, 0'6-0"8 cm. 

 longa ; sepalum impar erectum galeatum, ore subrotundato, 

 acutum, lateralibus aequilongum, calcare patenti, apice inflato, 

 obtuso, 0"3 cm. longo ; petala erecta falcata oblonga, apice 

 attenuata, columnse adnata ; labellum porrectum lineare acutum, 

 0*4-0"6 cm. longum ; rostellum erectum 3dentatum, dcntibus 

 subaequalibus, lateraliter processubus carnosis ciliatis prsditum ; 

 anthera horizontalis, glandulis arete approximatis ; ovarium 

 0*7-1 cm. longum. (Ex exempli, plur. viv. exnccatisque.) D. 

 maculata, ffarv., in Hook. Loud. Journ. Bot i. (1842), p. 15, non- 

 Linn, f. Orch. Cape Pcnins. (1888), /. 6. 



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

 on Table Mt., alt. 990 met., fl. Nov.-Dec, Harvey, Bolus, 4849! 

 R. Schlechler, 86, Wolley-Dod, 2267 ! Zwarteberg Pass, Prince 

 Albert Div., alt. 1800 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 12330! 



Plate 59. Fig. 1, flovi^er, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 3, 

 odd sepal, from above ; 4, side sepal ; 5, lip — all x 4 diams. ; 6, 

 column with petals, front view ; 7, ditto, side view, x 10 diams. ; 

 8, pollinia — magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 10-30 cm. high ; stem flexuous, leafy ; 

 leaves 3-4, erect or erect-spreading, linear acute, passing off 

 gradually into the sheaths, 4-9 cm. long; spike laxly 8-16fl., 7-12 

 cm. long; bracts leaf-like ovate-lanceolate acuminate, the lower 

 ones exceeding the flowers, the upper ones shorter ; lateral sepals 

 projecting forwards oblong acute, sometimes subfalcate, 0*6- 

 0*8 cm. long ; odd sepal erect galeate, the mouth subrotund, acute, 

 as long as the lateral sepals, the spur spreading, inflated at the 



