TAB. 96. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Disperis. 



Disperis micrantha, Lindley, in Gen. <5r Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 370. — Herba gracilis glabra, 10-24 cm. alta ; caulis debilis sub- 

 flexuosus, basi univaginatus, distanter 2foliatus, apice 2-7fl. ,* 

 folia patentia amplexicaulia ovato-cordata, acuta vel acuminata, 

 2-4-5 cm. longa ; bracteae patentes, foliis consimiles, infimae ad 

 3 "3 cm. long-se, ovarium superantes, superiores ovario breviores ; 

 sepala lateralia porrecto - deflexa, oblique ovato - lanceolata, 

 acuminata, 0'4-0'5 cm. longa, medio sacculo obtuso praedita ; 

 sepalum impar galeatum erectum, apice deflexum, acuminatum, 

 0*5 cm. longum ; petala sub galea agglutinata, subfalcata concava, 

 breviter unguiculata, lamina circuitu late ovata, acuminata, 0*5 cm. 

 longa ; labellum erectum lineare, vix 0*2 cm. longum, appendice 

 rostello incumbente, apice inflexa, circuitu late ovata, basi concava, 

 utrinque sagittato-auriculata, apicem versus oblonga, parum 

 ampliatum, truncata villosa, 0*2 cm. longa ; rostellum concavum 

 obtusum, brachiis glanduliferis porrecto - adscendentibus. {Ex 

 exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab. •' South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Fern Kloof, 

 nr. Grahamstown, alt. 690 met., fl. March, B. South, 509! woods 

 near Komgha, alt. 600 met., fl. March, H. G. Flanagan, 2593! 

 valleys near Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. April, Alice Pegler, 799 ! — 

 Trans-Vaal : Abbotts' Hill, Barberton, alt. 1080 met., fl. March- 

 April, W. Culver, 83 ! Houtboschberg, alt. 1650 met., fl. March, 

 R. Schlechter, 4739. 



Plate 96. Fig. A, entire plant of B. Soulh, 509 ; 1, flower, 

 front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 3, odd sepal; 4, one of the petals; 

 5, lip, back view ; 6, column and lip, side view ; 7, ditto, front 

 view ; 8, ditto, back view ; 9, ditto, lip removed, oblique view ; 

 10, rostellum, pulled downwards so as to show the anther covered 

 by it ; 11, one of the pollinia ; B, entire plant of Flanagan, 2593 ; 

 46, one of the petals ; 56, longitudinal section of lip - all the parts 

 variously magnified. 



A slender glabrous herb, 10-24 cm. high ; stem weak sub- 

 flexuous, with one sheath at the base, distantly 2foliate, 2-7fl. at 



