TAB. 90. 



Tribe Opheydeae. 



Sub-tribe Coeycieae. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis stenoplectron, Eeichenbach fil., Otia Bot. Hamb. p. 102 

 (1881)?. — Herba glabra erecta, spitbamaea vel ultra ; caulis strictus 

 laxe foliosus ; folia 3-4, sparsa erecto-patentia internodiis aequilonga 

 vel longiora, oblonga vel lanceolata acuta, 2-6 cm. longa, racemus 

 laxe 3-12-fl., bracteis lauceolatis flores saepius superantibus ; sepala 

 lateralia deflesa lanceolata acuminata basi angustata, 9 mill, longa, 

 calcare obtuse 2 mill, longa ; sepalum impar aequilongum cucullatum 

 acuminatum, fundo obtusissimo ; petala e basi lineari ovato-lanceolata 

 oblique torta 1-nerva ; labellum ungue lineari adnato, deinde bipar- 

 titum subpanduraeforme, parte anteriori majore explanata marginibus 

 reflexis vel patentibus, medio coustricto, subtus per sacculum conicum 

 geniculato-inflexa, secus longitudinem seriebus pluribus papillarum 

 suberectarum cristata, parte posteriori lineari marginibus involutis, 

 totum circa 1 cm. longum ; rostelli braebia borizontalia porrecta 

 linearia stricta divaricato-patentia, apice cocbleariformia ; anthera 

 brevisissima. [Ex exempl, unico vico plur. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : soutb side of Mt. 

 Currie, Griqualand East, alt. 1700 met., fl. Febr., W. Tyson, No. 

 2525 ! ; grassy ridges, Dobne Mt., March, T. R. Sm, No. 25 !, 

 Flanagan, 'i^o. 2309!. 



Plate 90. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view; 3, one 

 of the side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 6, column with 

 lip, viewed from above; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, one of tbe pollinia, — 

 all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, a span or more high ; stem straight 

 loosely leafy ; leaves 3-4, scattered, erect-spreading, as long as 

 or longer than the internodes, oblong or lanceolate acute, 2-6 

 em. long; raceme laxly 3-1'2-fl., bracts lanceolate usually longer 

 than the flowers ; side sepals deflexed lanceolate acuminate 

 narrowed at base, 9 mill, long, spur obtuse 2 mill, long ; odd 

 sepal of equal length hooded acuminate, with a very obtuse base ; 

 petals from a linear base ovate-lanceolate, obliquely twisted, 

 1-nerved: lip with a short linear claw adnate at base, thence 



