what laxly 12-18-fl., bracts acuminate shorter than the flowers; 

 side sepals erect-incurved ovate acuminate concave, 8 mill, long ; 

 odd sepal anticous horizontally projecting, somewhat spoon- 

 shaped, margin toothed, clawed at base, as long as the side 

 sepals ; petals lying upon the odd sepal, approximate lanceolate 

 recurved or hooked and ciliate beyond the middle, emarginate 

 and keeled within; lip posticous erect-recurved, somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, obscurely trilobulate and ciliate at the apex, 

 4-5 mill, long ; anther suberect ; rostellum short, produced on 

 either side the column into adnate ciliate wings ; glands rather 

 large, with short caudicles ; stigma flat ; ovary straight clavate. 



Described and drawn from a specimen received April, 1895, 

 from Miss C. B. Newdigate, gathered near Plettenberg Bay. 

 Colour of the sepals greenish yellow with bands of a steely blue 

 j)urple ; lip petals and anther crimson. I am greatly indebted 

 to my kind correspondent above named for the opportunity of 

 figuring this rare plant. Examination of fresh specimens shows 

 that there is nothing whatever to separate it from Disa ; in floral 

 structure it agrees well with the other members of the group 

 Orthocarpa, differing only in habit and leaves. It does not, 

 however, seem to me to be advisable to place it in a distinct 

 section on that account only. I may add that a careful 

 examination of fresh buds did not confirm Lindley's description 

 of the aestivation. He says, " [sepalo] intermedio mutico majore 

 antico lateralia aestivatione imbricante." I found the lateral 

 sepals exterior, and to a considerable extent, though not entirely, 

 covering the odd sepal. 



