short conical sac at the base ; petals very small, reclinate, 

 included in the odd sepal, nearly oblong, with a small incurved 

 tooth at the apex, about 4 mill, long ; lip posticous oblong or 

 obovate, very obtuse or truncate, 3 mill, long ; anther reclined ; 

 arms of the rostellum shortly divaricate, with a rounded inter- 

 mediate boss ; glands distant. 



Described from numerous living specimens. Colour of the 

 sepals pure white, the side sepals tipped with pink ; petals and 

 lip golden yellow. A small but very lovely and delicate little 

 species hitherto only recorded from Table Mt., where, with D. 

 rosea, Lindley, it studs the little ridges of turf below or between 

 the rocks which face the rising sun on the eastern side of the 

 mountain. The specimen drawn is considerably above the 

 average size, in fact the largest I have ever seen. More 

 usually they are less than a span high, and the lower part of the 

 stem is sunk deeply in loose turfy soil. To see this and its com- 

 panion in their glory the lover of nature should climb the 

 mountain very early in the morning after rain in September, 

 when the rays of the low sun darting through each tiny drop of 

 water on the flowers shows alternately the brilliant sparkle of the 

 diamond and the softer restful clouding of the opal. 



