TAB. 97. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 



Genus DiSPERis. 



Disperis villosa, Swaris, in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (1800), 

 p. 220. — Herba gracilis, 7-20 cm. alta ; caulis strictus vel sub- 

 flexuosus, villosus, basi univaginatus, infra medium 2foliatus, 

 apice l-2fl. vel rarissime 3fl. ; folia erecto-patentia, distantia 

 vel rarius subapproximata, inferiora petiolata, superiora amplexi- 

 caulia, subcordato-ovata vel superiora lanceolato-ovata, acuta vel 

 obtusa, g-labrescentia villoso-ciliolata, 1-1 '5 cm. longa ; bracteae 

 foliis consimiles, erectse, ovarium subvaginantes, inferne pubes- 

 centes, inferiores ovarium villosum excedentes, superiores id 

 aequantes ; sepala lateralia patenti-adscendentia oblongo-obovata, 

 0*7-0"8 cm. longa, infra apicem saccule conico obtuso, 0"3 cm. 

 longo, praedita ; sepalum impar galeatum, galea fere horizontalis 

 depressa oblonga, dorso rotundata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, 

 extus pubescens, 0"6-0"8 cm. longa ; petala sub galea agglutinata, 

 columnae adnata, unguiculata subfalcata, margine anteriore lobata, 

 0"6-0"8 cm. longa ; labellum erectum, deinde rostello incumbens, 

 lineare, 0*7 cm. longum, appendice navicular!, marginibus inflexis, 

 basi connatts, sacculum formantibus, acuta, 0*4 cm. longa ; 

 rostellum concavum, brachiis glanduliferis porrectis approximatis, 

 spiraliter tortis. {Ex exetnpll. phir. viv. exsiccaiisqiie.) — Arethusci 

 uillosa, Linn.f., Suppl. (1781),/. 403. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : in moist 

 sandy dunes and lower mountain slopes on the Cape Peninsula, 

 alt 15-180 met., fl. Aug.-Sept. , Bergtus, Ludwig, Ecklon &y 

 Zeyher, Pappe, Rehmattn, 185S, MacOivan (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 178 !), Bolus, 3966 ! Wolley Dod, 603 ! 605 ! R. Schlechter, 1338 ; 

 Drakensteenbergen, Ecklon IS Zeyher, Miss Farnhnni, R. Marloth; 

 near Paarl, alt. infra 300 met., fl. Sept., Drkge, 481 ; near Saldanha 

 Bay, Drege, Bachmatui ; Clanwilliam Div. , Zwartbosch Kraal, 

 alt. 120-150 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 5175! near Sneeuwkop, 

 Cedarbergen, A. Bodkin (No. 13496! in herb. Bolus). 



Plate 97. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, ditto, lateral sepals removed ; 4, one of the lateral sepals ; 

 5, odd sepal, side view ; 6, one of the petals ; 7, lip ; 8, column 



