TAB. 99 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 



Genus DiSPERls. 



Disperis circumflexa, Durand &" Schinz — var. aemula, 

 Schlechter, in Bull. Herb. Boiss., vol. vi, (1898), p. 923.— Herba 

 ad 34 cm. alta ; sepala lateralia 1"1 cm. longa ; sepalum impar 

 alte galeatum ; labelli appendicis segmentum posterius longius, 

 ceteris typicis. {Ex exeiyipll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque. ) 



Hab.: South-western Region; Olifant River, alt. 120 met., 

 fl. Aug., 7?. Schlechter, 5010, 5013! Olifantriverbergen, alt. 300 

 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter. Gift Berg, alt. 300-600 met., fl. 

 Sept., E. P. Phillips! (Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, 7563, 

 7640) ; near Clanwilliam, C. L. Leipoldt! near Wupperthal, on the 

 Koudeberg, alt. 720 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 9091 ! 



Plate 99. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, oblique view ; 

 3, one of the side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 

 6, lip, front view, flattened ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, column and 

 lip, oblique view ; 9, rostellum, front view. 



A herb attaining 34 cm. in height ; lateral sepals 1"1 cm. long; 

 odd sepal deeply galeate ; posterior segment of the appendage of 

 the lip longer than in the typical form — all the other characters as 

 in the latter. 



Described from several dried and living specimens. The 

 drawing was made from plants collected near Wupperthal. 

 {Bolus 9091.) 



