TAB. 80. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub-tribe Diseae. 



Genus Disa. 



Disa sanguinea, Soniler, in Limiaeo, vol. xis, p. 97 ( 18-47). — (§ Eu- 

 disa.) — Herba glabra erecta, spitbamaea ad pedalem ; caulis robustus 

 substrictus foliosus ; folia inferiora ad vaginas reducta, superiora 

 lanceolata acuta internodiis longiora, 3o-5 cm. longa, suprema in 

 bracteas abeuntia ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, 2-5-4 cm. longa, 

 braeteis ovatis acuminatis floribus subaequilongis ; floras parvi, 5 mill, 

 longi, externa velutini ; sepala lateralia adscendeutia late oblonga 

 obtusissima, 3 mill, longa ; impar subgaleatum bemispbaericum apice 

 mutico val interdum amarginato, calcare adscendente cylindrico obtuso, 

 galea breviore ; petala sub galea inclusa incurva e basi latiore margine 

 erosula lineari-falcata apice denticulata, sepalis multo breviora ; label- 

 lum rbomboideum acutum (vel, ex beato Sonder " nanum lineare 

 membranaceum ") apice glandula spbaeroidea pellucida ornata. {Ex 

 exempl. unico vivo.) — D. Huttonii, Beichenhach til., Otia Bot. Hamh., 

 p. 105 (1881). 



Hab: South-eastern Region; C.^pe Colony; moist stony places 

 on tbe Winterberg, fl. Dec, Zeyher ; Katberg, Hiitton, No. 53! inberb. 

 Kew; Mt. Kemp, alt. 800-900 met., fl. Nov., T. U. Sim, No. Ii97 ! 

 in my herb. 



Plate 80. Fig. 1, flower, magnified about 6 diameters ; 2, one of 

 the side sepals ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, one of tbe petals ; 5, 6, lip, front 

 and side view ; 7, column, with petals ; 8, ditto, front view ; 9, ditto, 

 side view ; 10, one of tbe pollinia, — all tbe latter magnified about 

 10 diameters. 



A glabrous erect herb, from a span to a foot high ; stem robust 

 somewhat straight leafy ; lower leaves reduced to sheaths, upper 

 lanceolate acute longer than the internodes, 3o-o cm. long, 

 gradually passing into bracts ; spike c3-lindrical densely many-fl., 

 2*5-4 cm. long, bracts ovate acuminate about as long as the 

 flowers ; flowers small, about 5 mill, long, the sepals externally 

 velvety; side sepals ascending broadly oblong very obtuse, 

 3 mill, long; odd sepal subgaleate hemispherical muticous or 



