TAB. 98. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE/E. 



Genus DiSPERis. 



Disperis circumflexa, Durand 6-' Schinz, Consp. Flor. Afr., 

 p. 118. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 8-20 cm. alta ; caulis 

 subflexuosus, basi 2foliatus ; folia erecta, subapproximata vel 

 distantia, basi vaginantia, linearia acuta, 5-10 cm. longa ; spica 

 laxe 2-lOfl. , floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae foliaceae, ovarium 

 amplectentes, lanceolatae acutae, inferiores flores multo excedentes, 

 superiores sensim minores, ovarium aequantes ; sepala lateralia 

 divaricata, ambitu oblique lanceolata, acuta, 0"7-0'8 cm. longa, 

 medio calcarata, calcaribus subquadratis, 0*2 cm. longis ; sepalum 

 impar erectum, apice deflexum, acuminatum, depresso-galeatum, 

 dorso obtuse saccatum ; petala sub galea agglutinata, falcata, 

 breviter unguiculata, semi-ovata acuminata, 0"6 cm. longa ; 

 labellum erectum lineare, appendice 2partita, segment© anteriore 

 porrecto-decurvo, apice adscendente, ovato acuto concavo, intus 

 sparse papillose, posteriore rostello incumbente, apice adscendente, 

 hispido lineari obtuso ; rostellum convexum, brachiis glanduliferis 

 subdivaricatis tortis ; stigma bipartitum, post rostelli brachias 

 dispositum. {Ex exempli, plur. vi'v. exsiccatisque.) — OfChl's 



circumflexa, Linn., Spec. PI. ed. 2 (1763), p. 1344; Arethusa 

 secunda, Thimb., Prodr. PL Cap. (1794), />. 3; Di'spens secunda, 

 Sw., in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. vol. xxi. (1800), p. 220. 



Hab.i South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, hills near 

 Cape Town, alt. 15-90 met., fl. July-Sept., Thnjiberg, Bergitis, 

 Ecklon & Zeyher, Drege, 8279, Bolus, 4817! R. Schlechter ; 

 Drakensteenbergen, alt. 600-900 met., fl. Oct., Drege ; near 

 Wellington, M. E. Cummings ! French Hoek, alt. 300 met., 

 Bolus, 8407! near the Tulbagh Waterfall, alt. 150 met.. Bolus, 

 13497! R. Schlechter, 1413; Piquenier's Kloof, alt. 255 met., 

 R Schlechter, 4945 ; Saldanha Bay, Bachmann. 



Plate 98. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, odd sepal; 3, column 

 with lip, viewed from the front obliquely ; 4, ditto, viewed from 

 behind obliquely ; 5, lip ; 6, pollinia — all variously magnified. 



