TAB. 61. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe DiSE^E. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa Bodkinii, Bolus, ui Journ. Liyni. Soc, vol. xxii. (1885), 

 p. 74. — Herba erecta glabra robusta, 6-30 cm. alta ; caulis saepe 

 flexuosus foliosus ; folia 3-9, erecta, linearia vel late linearia, basi 

 ampliata vag"inantia, acuta vel acuminata, 4-10 cm. longa, superiora 

 inflorescentiam superantia ; flores 1-6, corymbosi, corymbis majori- 

 bus 5 cm. latis, post anthesin saepe in spicam brevem productis ; 

 bractese late ovatae acuminatae, floribus aequilongae vel paullo 

 breviores ; sepala lateralia erecto-patentia concava ovato-elliptica 

 subacuta, 1*6 cm. longa, O'8-l cm. lata; sepalum impar anticum 

 adscendens galeato-concavum, basi breviter unguiculatum, apice 

 angustatum, lateralibus aequilongum ; petala recurvato-adscenden- 

 tia carnosa oblonga subfalcata obtusa, 0*7 cm. longa ; labellum 

 adscendens oblongum obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 0'5 cm. latum ; 

 rostellum erectum altissimum, brachiis approximatis ; anthera 

 resupinata ; ovarium rectum, 1 cm. longum. [^Ex exempli, pliir. 

 viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab,: South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, in moist 

 places on Table Mt., on the lower plateau behind Klassenbosch, 

 alt. 690 met.; and in the long valley behind the upper plateau, 

 900 met., fl. Nov., A. A. Bodkm ! (No.' 4968 in herb. Bolus, Herb. 

 Norm. Aust.-Afr., 333.) Near streams, Mostertshoekberg, nr. 

 Ceres, alt. 1650 met., fl. Nov., A. Bolus! 



Plate 61. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 3, 

 side sepal ; 4, lip ; ;"i, petal — all X 2 diams. ; 0, column with lip 

 and petals ; 7, column, showing one gland in position, the other 

 removed- both x 4 diams.; 8, pollinium — magnified. 



An erect glabrous robust herb, 6-30 cm. high ; stem often 

 flexuous leafy ; leaves 3-9, erect linear or broadly linear, widened 

 at base sheathing, acute or acuminate, 4-10 cm. long, the upper 

 reaching beyond the flowers ; flowers 1-6, corymbose, the larger 

 corymbs 5 cm. wide, often produced after flowering into a short 

 spike ; bracts broadly ovate acuminate, as long as the flowers or a 

 little shorter ; lateral sepals erect-spreading concave ovate-elliptical 



