densely many-fl., 5-9 cm. long ; bracts ovate acuminate shorter 

 than the flowers ; side sepals oblong acute, bristle-tipped on the 

 under-side shortly below the apex, projecting forward, about 1'25 

 cm. long ; odd sepal galeate ovate-funnel-shaped, tapering and 

 acuminate at the apex, gradually tapering at base into an 

 ascending filiform spur, the whole about 2 cm. long ; petals very 

 small, hidden under the galea, falcate-acuminate, widened at 

 base ; lip lanceolate acuminate, minutely waved, 1*2-1*4 cm. 

 long; rostellum very short and broad; glands somewhat distant. 



Described from numerous living specimens. Colour varying 

 from a bright to a dark orange vermilion. I have seen one or 

 two plants with deep cream-coloured flowers ; these are very 

 rare. The species is abundant on Table Mt., and largely sold in 

 bouquets in the streets. It was for long confused with D. 

 porrecta, Swartz, an error originating with Thunberg, continued 

 by Ker and Lindley, and only finally cleared up by Mr. N. E. 

 Brown, of the Eoyal Herbarium, Kew, who examined the type 

 sheets in the Swartzian herbarium, now at Stockholm. He 

 found that D. porrecta was the plant that had been called by 

 Sender D. Zeyheri, and which is figured in our next plate. So 

 far as is at present known the present species is an exclusively 

 western plant, the easternmost recorded station being Swellen- 

 dam; while D. porrecta is chiefly south-eastern in its distribution, 

 only just touching the South-western Eegion at Eland's Eiver 

 and Long Kloof. 



