l-AB. 35. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe. Dise.e. 



Genus Disa. 



Disa elegans, ReichenbachfiL, in ''Flora," 1865,/'. 182 — (5 Ortbo- 

 carpa). — Herba glabra erecta, 10-20 cm. alta ; folia pleraque radicalia, 

 5-6, lineari-ligulata acuminata, 4-8 cm. longa, iu bracteas foliaceas lan- 

 ceolatas erectas abeuutia; racemus abbreviatus subcorymbosus, 2-4- 

 tlorus ; bracteae membrauaceae lauceolatae vel ovatae acutte erectte 

 coloratae, ovaria nunc amplectentes, nunc eis approximatae et aequilongae ; 

 sepala ovata obtusa patenti-erecta, circa 2 cm. louga, vel impar anticum 

 lateralibus paullo brevius ; petala recliuata oblique oblonga obtusissima, 

 apice incurva imbricantia, circa 1 cm. longa ; labellum lanceolato- 

 rhombeum obtusum subcarnosum, petalis aequilougum ; antbera 

 resupiuata; rostellum erectum retusum; stigma pulviuatum 3-lobum ; 

 ovarium cylindricmn, costis tortis prominentibus, 1-8 cm. longum. 

 [Ex exempli. jAur. liv.) Penthea ele^ans, Sunder, in Linnaa, vol. xx, 

 /^ 220 (1847), (nomen). 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Appel's Kraal, 

 district of Caledon, near the Zondereinde E., fl. Nov., Kcklon d- Zeyher, 

 3934 ; in moist peaty soil on the rocky sides of the Skurfdebergen, 

 near the village of Ceres, at about 1060 meters altitude, Dec. 17, 1891, 

 A. Bodkin (No. 7872 in my herb.) ; on the Langebergen near Zuur- 

 braak, Swellendam, deflorate in .Jan., Schlechter. 



Plate 35. Fig. 1, flower ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, a side sepal, — all the 

 foregoing of the natural size; 4, flower, the sepals being removed, side 

 view; 5, ditto, viewed from above, — the latter figiu-es enlarged; 

 6, Peritrichia sp., magnified 2 diameters. 



An erect glabrous herb, 10-20 cm. high; leaves chiefly 

 radical, 5-6, linear-ligulate acuminate, 4-8 cm. long, passing 

 into leaf -like lanceolate erect sheaths ; raceme very short sub- 

 corymbose, 2-4-fl., bracts membranous, lanceolate or ovate, 

 acute netted-veined coloured, often enwrapping the ovary and 

 equally long ; sepals ovate obtuse spreading- erect, about 2 cm. 

 long, or the anticous odd sepal a little shorter than the side 

 sepals ; petals reclined, obliquely oblong, very obtuse, incurved 

 at the apex and folding over each other ; lip lanceolate-rhom* 



