TAB. 64. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.E. 



Genus Disa. 



Disa versicolor, Reichetibach f., in '^ Flora''' (1865),/'. 181. — 

 Herba erecta valida glabra, 25-55 cm. alta ; folia radicalia 3-5, 

 e g-emma distincta ad basin caulis, erecto-patentia, lanceolata vel 

 ensiformia, acuta vel acuminata, 10-40 cm. longa ; caulis strictus 

 foliatus ; folia linearia, lanceolata vel ovata. acuta, basi vagin- 

 antia, in vaginas sensim abeuntia, 7-15 cm. longa ; spica oblonga 

 vel cylindrica, dense multiflora, 5-25 cm. longa ; bracteae mem- 

 branaceaelanceolato-ovatcB, longe acuminatae, apice ScCpe subtorta?. 

 Acres excedentes, vel rarissime eos baud aequantes ; sepala lateralia 

 patenti deflexa, lanceolato-oblonga vel oblonga, obtusa, sub apice 

 apiculata, 0'5-0"7 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum galeatum 

 obtusum, lateralibus aequilongum, supra basin in calcar defiexum 

 filiforme obtusum, limbo paullo brevius, productum ; petala 

 erecta, circuitu oblique ovata, subacuta, margine posteriore supra 

 medium in antheram inflexa. 0-4-0-5 cm. longa ; labellum porrectum 

 lineare, apicem versus paullo ampliatum, acutum, petalis aequi- 

 longum ; rostellum erectum 31obum, stigma excedens, lobis 

 glanduliferis abbreviatis, intermedio reflexo, callo viridi inter- 

 loculari preedito ; anthera horizontalis ; stigma subdeclinatum ; 

 ovarium O'7-l cm. longum. [Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) 

 D. MacOwani, Reichb.f., in Otia Bot. Hamh. (1881),/. 106. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Boschberg, 

 Somerset East, alt. 1920 met., fl. Feb., MacOzcan, 1123! Cathcart, 

 nr. Thomas River, alt., 780 met., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1686 ! 

 Griqualand East, Insiswa Mt., alt. 1950 met., fl. Jan., i?. Schlechter ; 

 Fort Donald, alt. 1500 met., fl. Jan., W. Tyson, 1598 ! Tembuland, 

 Engcobo Mt., alt. 1350 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 10304 !— Natal : nr. 

 Lambonjwa River, fl. Jan.,/. M. Wood, 3421 ! Knoll, Hilton Rd., 

 alt. 1200 met., fl. Dec, T. R. Sim, 4226 !— Orange Free State : 

 Cooper, 1095 \ Bester's Vallei, nr. Bethlehem, alt. 1650 met., fl. 

 'DQc.-]?in., Bolus, 13507 ! — Trans-Vaal : marshy places nr. Botsabelo, 

 alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, R. Schlechter. 4060! Lomati Valley, nr. 

 Barberton, alt. 1170 met., fl. Jan. -Feb., E. E. Galpin, 1152! 

 Middelburg Div., nr. Wonderfontein Railway Station, alt. 1800 

 met., fl. Jan., Bolus. 12324! 



