long, passing into bracts ; spikes cylindrical many-fl., bracts 

 leaflike ovate acuminate keeled, exceeding the flowers ; side 

 se]3als deflexed lanceolate acuminate ; odd sepal ovate-oblong 

 vaulted, 6-7 mill, long ; petals undivided, obliquely ovate, ad- 

 hering to the odd sepal ; lip spreading 3-lobed somewhat fleshy, 

 side lobes linear deflexed, the middle lobe ascending, wider and 

 loDger, spur filiform slender pendulous, much longer than the 

 ovary (2"5-3 cm. long) ; clinandrium very obtuse ; anther-cells 

 somewhat divaricate; rostellum tricuspidate, the caudicle-bearing 

 arms very short; stigmatiferous processes very short very obtuse 

 incurved. 



Described from several living and dried specimens ; the 

 drawing made from a plant sent by Dr. Schoenland from Gra- 

 hamstown. Colour of the flowers green, the odd sepal and lip 

 darker. A distinct species with the habit of a Disa of the 

 Monadenia section. The long thin spur is very characteristic. 



