TAB. 92. 



Tribe Opheydeae. 



Sub-tribe Cokycieae, 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis Woodii, Bolus, in Joum. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), vol. xxii, />. 78 

 (1885j. — Herba glabra pusilla, 5-7'o cm. alta; folia 2, radicalia 

 cordato-ovata acuta undnlata reticulate venosa, 1-5 cm. longa; 

 scapus gracilis uniflorus, bractea ovata subobtusa ovario brevior ; 

 sepala lateralia deflexa lanceolata acuminata, 6 mill, longa, medio 

 sacco brevi obtuso aucta ; sepalum impar altigaleatum vel in calcar 

 extinctoriiforme adscendentem productum, autice porrectum acutum, 

 1-1-5 cm. lougum ; petala subrliomboidea acuta; labellum in fundum 

 galeae extensum, 8-9 mill, longum, basi ligulatuin, medio lacinula 

 antica retrorsa decurva cordata acuta ornatum, postice caruncula 

 perulaeformi praeditum, deinde sursum filiforme apice nunc bifidum 

 lobis approximatis obtusis, nunc integrum abrupte deflexum acumi- 

 natum. [Ex exempli. 4 exsiccatis iconeqiie ad vivam delineata.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Natal: on a grassy bill, Inanda, 

 alt. about 600 met., fl. April, J. M. Wood'. ; Noodsberg, fl. May, ih., 

 No. 127 ! ; station not given, /. Sanderson, No. 1010 ! ; also Scldechter, 

 the number unknown to me. 



Plate 92. Fig. 1, odd sepal; 2, one of tbe side sepals; 3, one of 

 the petals ; 4, lip ; 5, ditto, side view ; 6, column with lip, front view ; 

 7, column, side view; 8, 9, lip, side and front view, from otber plants 

 (drawn by E. Schlecbter), — all variously magnified. — Note: the 

 analytical figures are drawn from dried specimens. 



A small erect glabrous herb, 5-7'5 cm. high : leaves 2, radical 

 cordate ovate acute waved netted-veined, 16 cm. long; scape 

 slender 1-fl., bract ovate subobtuse shorter than the ovary; side 

 sepals detlexed lanceolate-acuminate, 6 mill, long, a short obtuse 

 sac in the middle ; odd sepal galeate, from an inflated base pro- 

 duced into an ascending extinguisher-shaped spur, apex of the 

 galea bent downward acute, the whole 1-1"5 cm. long; petals 

 subrhomboidal acute, the outer margins irregularly sinuate ; lip 

 extending to the bottom of tbe galea, 8-9 mill, long, ligulate at 

 base, thence widened into a cordate acute leaflike appendage 



