TAB. 44. 



Tribe Ophetde^. 



Sub-tribe Coeyciejg. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis Lindleyana, Eeichenbachjll. in ''Flora," 1865, p. 181. — 

 Herba glabra 20-28 cm. alta; caiilis erectus debilis, mediura versus 

 folium unicum cordatum acutum semi-amplexicaule interdum promi- 

 nenter veuosum gerens, apice 1- vel rarius 2-fl., flora inferior! sessili, 

 superiori (dum adsit) in pedicello 1-3 cm, longo, bractea foliacea cor- 

 data acuta, ovario multo breviore ; sepala lateralia patentia, cii'cum- 

 scriptione ovato-lanceolata acuta, fere 1 cm. louga, calcaribus truncatis 

 majusculis aucta ; sepalum impar altigaleatum nervatum apice deflexum 

 acuminatum; petala oblique lanceolata, margine exteriori dentata, 

 intus fasciculi pilorum glanduliferum prsdita ; labeUum erectum, basi 

 lineare sursum valde ampliatmn, marginibus revolutis, deinde con- 

 tractum et in apicem subtruucatum alatum pilosum desinens, antice 

 appendice peudula curvata acuta marginibus revolutis ornata ; rostelli 

 bracbia patentia, apicibus glanduliferis recurvatis. {E.v exempli, pliir. 

 viv.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony ; " Dr. Krebs " (in 

 the year 1833) ; in a kloof 5 miles south of Grahamstown, fl. Dec, 

 A. C. Galpin (No. 6232 of my herb.); on the Kagaberg Mt. near Bed- 

 ford, alt. about 1300 met., Dec, A. Bodkin (in my herb.) ; Katberg 

 Forest, Jan., IT', C. ScuUi/, 19 J: ! ; woods near Komgha, alt. 610 met., 

 Dec, H. G. Flanagan, 176 !. — Natal : Buchanan (in herb. Kew). — 

 Teaxs- Yaal Republic : Kloofs on tbe Saddleback range near Barberton, 

 alt. 1230 met., fl. Dec, Cidrcr, 85 ! 



Plate 44. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal, side view ; 3, a 

 petal, h'ont view, — all the foregoing magnified 2 diameters ; 4, 5, 

 column, with Hp, side and front views, magnified 8 diams. 



A slender glabrous herb, a span or more high ; stem erect sub- 

 flexuous, rather flaccid; leaf solitary, about half-way up the 

 stem, cordate semi-amplexicaul acute veined, •2"5-6'o cm. long; 

 flower usually solitary sessile, sometimes 2-fl. the upper on a 

 slender pedicel 1-1'3 cm. long, bract foliaceous shorter than the 

 ovary ; side sepals ovate acuminate horizontally spreading, the 

 upper portion deflexed, about 1 cm. long, widely saccate in the 



