TAB. 90. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 



Genus DiSPERis. 



Disperis paludosa, Harv., in Hook., Lond. Joiirn. BoL, vol. i., 

 (1842), p. 14; Thes. Cap. L 148.— Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 

 12-50 cm. alta ; caulis subflexuosus, basi univag^inatus, distanter 

 2-4foliatus, raceme l-7fl. ; folia erecto-patentia, basi vaginantia, 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta, 2*5-6 cm. longa ; bracteas foliace^e ovatce 

 acutae, ovario breviores ; sepala lateralia divaricata, apice deflexa, 

 oblique ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 1*2-1 '4 cm. longa, fere basi 

 calcarata, calcaribus subarcuatis obtusis, 0*4 cm. longis; sepalum 

 impar erectum, dimidio superiore porrectum, fornicatum, cum 

 petalis cohaerentibus galeam late apertam formans, lanceolatum 

 acuminatum ; petala unguiculata, lamina semi-ovata acuta, 

 margine anteriore undulata, 1'3 cm. longa ; labellum erectum, 

 deinde rostello incumbens, lineare glanduloso-ciliatum, 0*6 cm. 

 longum, appendicis segmento anteriore porrecto lanceolato 

 acuminato, concavo, 0*4 cm. longo, posteriore erecto incrassato, 

 apice truncato, papilloso, 0*2 cm. longo ; rostellum cucullatum, 

 brachiis glanduliferis porrecto-divaricatis ; stigmata duo lateralia. 

 [Ex exempli, piur. viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, marshy 

 places, Van Kamp's Bay, Harvey ; Table Mt., alt. 720-750 met., 

 fl. Nov.-Dec, Ecklon, 393, Bolus, 4499! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 339) ; French Hoek, alt. 900 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 9306 ! 

 Harvey; Matroosberg, alt. circa 1800 met, fl. May, F. Travers- 

 Jackson! (No. 13498 in herb. Bolus.) Outeniquabergen, nr. 

 Montagu Pass, alt. 450 met., A. Penther ; Knysna Division, fl. 

 Oct., Forcade. 



Plate 90. Fig 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, back view ; 

 3, column, side view ; 4, ditto, front view ; 5, ditto, back view ; 

 6, pollinium ; 7, one of the petals ; 8, odd sepal — all variously 

 mag-nified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 12-50 cm. high ; stem sub- 

 flexuous, with one sheath at the base, distantly 2-4foliate, raceme 

 l-7fl. ; leaves erect-spreading, sheathing at base, linear-lanceolate 



