TAB. 95. 



Tribe Ophrydej^.. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^:. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis disaeformis, Schlechter, in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 V. XXXV., p. 47 (1893). — Herba gracilis, 8-17 cm. alta ; caulis debilis 

 subflexuosus, basin versus puberulus, basi 1-2 vag-inis auctus, 

 distanter 2foliatus, l-3fl. ; folia patentia amplexicaulia cordato- 

 ovata acuta glabra, 2-3 cm. long-a ; bracteae foliacea?, patentes vel 

 erecto-patentes, ovario sequilongae vel breviores ; sepala lateralia 

 patula, oblique ovata, acuminata, medio fere sacco brevi obtuso 

 prcedita, 0-6 cm., long-a ; sepalum impar g-aleatum, dorso in calcar 

 dependens conicum 0*3 cm. long^um productum ; petala breviter 

 ung-uiculata, lamina oblique late ovata, apice acuminata falcato- 

 incurvo, 0*6 cm. long-a ; labellum unguiculatum, "supra rostellum 

 in calcar galeae recurvatum, subito galeato-cucullatum, basi 

 (laminae) subhastatum auriculatum, apice inflexum acuminatum, 

 dorso apice in appendicem sensim attenuatum, apice incrassatum 

 emarg-inato-excisum subito refractum in lig-ulam ang-uste oblong-um 

 obtusum dense papillis elong-atis piliformibus tectam productum, 

 labelli ung-ue 0*3 cm. long-o, lamina (si licet g-alea) cum processu 

 0*4 cm. longa (basi auriculata 0'3 cm. lata), processus lig-ula 

 papillosa 0*2 cm. long-a ; rostellum circuitu suborbiculare 

 marginibus reflexis, apice obtusissimum, brachiis g-landuliferis 

 porrectis subtortis, pro mag-nitudine rostelli long-issimis." (Fide 

 jR. Schlechter.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : margins of 

 shrubby places on the slopes of the Langebergen nr. Riversdale, 

 fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 2143 ; Knysna District, Forcadc. — South- 

 eastern Region; Albany Division, nr. Fort Brown, "in grass 

 on the highest part of the Fish River Randt," fl. Oct., H. Htitton, 

 (No. 6307 in herb. Bolus). Kentani, alt. 360 met., fl. July, Alice 

 Pegler, 1784! 



Plate 95. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, one of the side sepals; 

 3, ditto, seen from above ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip, front view ; 

 6, ditto, side view. 



A slender herb, 8-17 cm. high ; stem weak, somewhat flexuous. 



