TAB. 85. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub-tribe Diseae. 



Genus Disa. 



Disa schizodioides, Sonder, in Linnaea, vol. xix, />. 92 (1847). — 

 (§ Orthocarpa). — Herba glabra erecta spitbamaea vel minor ; caulis 

 gracilis flexuosus rigidiusculus subapbyllus, vaginis arete appressis 

 iuternodiis aequilougis vestitus ; folia 8-10, radicalia pateutia obovato- 

 oblonga acuta, 2-3 cm. longa, cauliua 2-3 linearia multo minora in 

 vaginas abeuntia ; racemus subcorymbosus laxe 2-1-11., bracteis line- 

 aribus acumiuatis ovario brevioribus ; sepala lateralia patenti-de- 

 curva oblongo-obovata acuta, iuterdum apicem versus inciso-lobulata, 

 l-5-l'7 cm. longa ; sepalum impar cucullatum ovatum acutum, basi 

 productum quasi saccatum, sepalis lateialibus multo minus ; petala 

 sub galea inclusa supiua linearia obtusa apice ampliata incurva con- 

 cava obtuse dentata ; labellum patens cuneatoobovatum apice obtuse 

 lobulatum (vel, ex Sonder, " lanceolatum brevissime puberulum "), 

 sepalis 2-3plo brevius ; rostellum obovatum, glandulis subremotis ; 

 ovarium clavatum rectum. {Ex exempli, pliir. viv.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : on mts. near tbe 

 farm Puspas Vallei, distr. Swellendam, fl. Oct., Echion d- Zeyher ; in 

 rocky clefts on tbe Langebergen, near Zuurbraak, distr. Swellendam. 

 alt. 1000 met., fl. Jan., Schlechter, No. 2015 !. 



Plate 85. Fig. 1, 2, flowers, natural size; 3, one of tbe side 

 sepals ; 4, ditto, from auotber flower ; 5, odd sepal ; 6, one of tbe 

 petals ; 7, lip ; 8, a flower with tbe sepals removed ; 9, column, — all 

 the latter variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, a span high or less ; stem slender 

 flexuous rather rigid almost leafless, clothed with closely ap- 

 pressed sheaths as long as the internodes ; radical leaves 8-10, 

 spreading obovate-oblong acute, 2-3 cm. long, cauline 2-3 linear, 

 much smaller ; raceme subcorymbose, loosely 2-4-fl., bracts 

 linear acuminate little shorter than the ovary; side sepals 

 spreading decurved oblong-obovate acute, sometimes inciso- 

 lobulate near the apex, 1'5-1*7 cm. long ; odd sepal cucullate 

 ovate acute, produced as if saccate at the base, much smaller 



