TAB 65. 



Tribe Ophryde.^':. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.i:. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa stachyoides, Rcichenbach f. , in "-Flora'' (1881), p. 328. 

 — Herba erecta g-labra, lo-3;j cm. alta ; caulis strictus vel 

 flexuosus, foliatus ; folia 6-7, erecto-patentia, lanceolata vel ovato- 

 lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, in bracteas abeuntia, 5-10 cm. 

 long-a ; spica loblonga vel rarius cylindrica, dense multiflora, 

 floribus erecto-patentibus, 3"5-9 cm. longa ; bracteae herbaceae 

 lanceolatce acuminatce, inferiores flores superantes, superiores 

 breviores ; sepala lateralia porrecta concava oblonga obtusa, 

 sub apice obtuse apiculata, 0'5-0-6 cm. longa ; sepalum im.par 

 horizontale vel adscendens, galeatum obtusum, saepe emarg"inatum, 

 lateralibus aequilongum, calcare patente, saepe apice adscendenle, 

 oblong-o compresso, apice obscure bilobo, limbo paullo breviore ; 

 petala erecto-porrecta, circuitu oblique ovata, subfalcata, apice 

 obscure biloba, 03-0*4 cm. longa ; labellum porrectum lineare 

 obtusum, basin versus paullo angustatum, petalis asquilongum ; 

 rostellum breve, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis obtusis, intermedio 

 majore carnoso, in callum interlocularem producto ; anthera valde 

 resupinata; stigma excavatum, rostello fere sequilong-um ; ovarium 

 1 cm. longum. {^Ex exempli, pliir. vi'v. exsiccatisqiie.) — D. heniis- 

 phcerophora, Reichh.f., in Otia Bot. Hmnh. (1881), />. 106. 



Hab' : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : grassy slopes 

 near Baziya, alt. 750 met., fl. Dec, R. Baiir, 591 ; nr. Gatsberg, 

 Maclear, alt. 1440 met., fl. Jan., Bolus ^ 10303! Griqualand East, 

 grassy slopes round Fort Donald, alt. 1500 met., fl. Jan., 

 W. Tyson, 1595 ! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 549.) Engcobo, fl. 

 Dec, A. G. McLouohlin, 44 ! Summit of Insiswa Mt., alt. c 1950 

 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechler. — Natal: Inanda, alt. c 600 met., 

 fl. Nov.,/. M. Wood, 164, 770! Hills nr. Weenen, alt. 1200 met., 

 fl. Dec, id. In the valley of the Eland's R., nr. Mont-aux-Sources, 

 alt. 1800-2100 met., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1983 !— Tr.ws-Vaal : 

 Elandspruitbergen, alt. c 1800 met., fl. Dec, R. Schlechler, 3988! 

 Saddleback Range, Barberton, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Dec. -Jan., 

 E. E. Galpin, 715 I ]]\ Culver, 9 ! Between Carolina and 'Mbabane, 

 alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec. Bolus, 12329 ! 



