TAB. 28. 



Tribe Ophetde^. 



Sub-tribe Dise^. 



Genus Disa, 



Disa conferta, 71. sp. (j Monadeniat. — Herba glabra gracilis 

 spithamasa ; caiilis erectus rectus foliosus ; folia linearia vel lanceolato- 

 linearia acmninata erecto-patentia ; spica cvlindrica, dense miiltiflora, 

 bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis floras confertos superantibus ; flores 

 inter minimos, circa 3 mill, longi ; sepala lateralia late oblougo-ovata 

 subobtusa ; sepaluni impar fornicatum ovatum concavum obtusum, 

 basi muticuni vel pariim gibbosum ; petala oblique oblonga acuta sub- 

 exserta, sepalo imparl fere aequilonga ; labellmu lineari-oblongum 

 acutum undulatum, cceteris jequilongum ; rostelliun erectum, plicis 

 anticis rotundatis crenulatis majusculis exsertis, posticis minoribus; 

 glandula parvula ; stigma pulvinatum, antice rotundatmn. {Ej: 

 exempli. 2 vivis.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : near Hou-^ Hoek, 

 fl. Sept., Prof. Bodkin I No. 6231 in my herb.) ; in sandy downs of the 

 Cape Peninsula near Raapenburg, alt. 16 met.,fl. Oct., F. Guthrie (No. 

 7097 in my herb, and at Kew). 



Plate 28. Fig. 1, flower, with bract, magnified 4 diameters; 2, 

 flower; 3, one of the side sepals; 4, 5, odd sepal; 6,hp, flattened out, 

 — all the foregoing magnified about 6 diameters; 7, 8, column, with 

 petals, side and h-ont view ; 9, 10, column ; 11, poUinariiun, — all the 

 latter variously magnified. 



A. slender glabrous herb, a span high or less; stem erect leafy; 

 leaves linear or lance-linear acuminate erect-spreading ; spike 

 cylindrical, densely manj-fl., bracts lanceolate acuminate, longer 

 than the very small (3 mill, long) crowded flowers ; side sepals 

 broadly oblong-ovate subobtuse ; odd sepal arched ovate concave 

 obtuse, muticous or very slightly gibbous at the base ; petals 

 obliquely oblong acute half-exserted, nearly as long as the odd 

 sepal ; lip Unear-oblong acute undulate, as long as the sepals ; 

 rostellum erect, its lateral folds somewhat large rounded crenu- 

 late and exserted beyond the petals in front, the back folds 

 smaller ; gland rather small ; stigma cushion-like, rounded in 

 front. 



