TAB. 70. 



Tribe Ophryde.-e. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.^i. 



Genus DiSA. 



A. Disa brachyceras, Lindley, Gen. 6- Spec. Orch. (1838), 

 /». 355. — Herha erecla pusilla glabra, 4'5-7cm. longa; caulis strictus, 

 basi foliosus ; folia radicalia 5-10, erecta contorta, e basi lata 

 membranacea vaginante linearia acuta, 2-5 cm. longa, caulina 

 subdistantia, in bracteas sensim abeuntia ; spica oblonga densa, 

 2-3 cm. longa, floribus adscendentibus ; bractCcE foliaceae, marginibus 

 membranaceis, ovatse cuspidato-acuminat^e, inferiores flores multo 

 excedentes ; sepala lateralia patenti-deflexa oblonga obtusa, 03 cm. 

 longa ; sepalum impar suberectum galeatum, obtusum vel acutum, 

 lateralibus cequilongum, dorso in saccum conicum obtusum produc- 

 tum ; petala erecta, circuitu suborbicularia, apice in acumen obtusum 

 incurvum producta, 0'2 cm. longa ; labellum porrectum lineari- 

 oblongum, basi apiceque paullo dilatatum, petalis aequilongum ; 

 rostellum abbreviatum, brachiis glanduliferis brevissimis approxi- 

 matis ; anthera resupinata. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccntisque.) 

 D. tenella, Sv. — var. br.achyceras, Schllr., in Engl. Boi. Jahrb., 

 vol. xxxi., p. 245. 



Hab.: South-western Region; Caledon Div., Kleinriviers- 

 bergen, fl. Aug., Eckloii &■' Zeyher, 54 ! Nr. Grabouw, Palmiet R., 

 fl. Sept., C. H. Grishrook ! (No. 4917 in herb. Guthrie.) Steenbrass 

 R.. alt. 800 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 5403 I Worcester Div., 

 near the Matroosberg, fl. Oct., / D. C. Lamb/ (No. 13506 in 

 herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 70, A. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view; 

 3, one of the side sepals, back view ; 4, odd sepal, side view ; 

 5, one of the petals ; 6, lip, front view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 

 8, column, with petal and lip, side view; 9, column, front view; 

 10, bract. 



An erect dwarf glabrous herb, 4-5-7 cm. long ; stem straight, 

 leafy at base ; radical leaves 5-10, erect twisted, from a broad 

 membranous sheathing base linear acute, 2-5 cm. long, cauline 

 subdistant, passing off gradually into the bracts ; spike oblong 



