TAB. 93. 



Tribe Ophkydeae. 



Sub-tribe Corycieae. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis Bolusiana, Schlechter, in Emjlers ButanUche Jahrlncher, 

 inecl. — Herba gracilis, 7-21 cm. alta ; caulis erectus, bifoliatus villosus 

 1-florus; folia 2 patentia ovata obtusa vel acuta. 1-2 cm. longa, 

 internodio pollicavi breviora ; sepala lateralia patentia lauceolata 

 acuminata, 7 mill, longa, sacco conico amplo 5 mill, longo praedita ; 

 sepalum impar altigaleatum, dorso obtuse conicum, apice apiculatum ; 

 petala oblique ovata acuta margine anteriori patente subundulata ; 

 labellum unguiculatum supra medium in processum spatbae instar 

 espansum, lobo postico lineari apice piloso, lobo antico multo breviori 

 acuto glabro ; rostellum ovatum, bracbiis tortis apice semiannularibus. 

 {E.V tu-emjAl. phn: viv.) — D. purpurata, Keichenhach jil.^ car. parvifoHa, 

 Bolus, in Juurn. Linn. Soc. [Bot.), vol. sxii, p. 79 (18S5). 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Coloxy : near Stellenboscb, 

 John Sanderson, Xo. 937!, in berb. Kew ; in sandy places near Greene 

 Kloof, alt. 90 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, No. 4337 ; near Hopefield, 60 met., 

 Sept., SchlecJuer, No. 5321 !. 



Plate 93. Fig. 1, 2, different tlowers ; 3, odd sepal; 4, petals; 

 5, lip ; 6, column with lip, side view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, one of 

 the pollinia, — all variously magnified. 



A slender berb, a span or less in height ; stem erect 2-leaved 

 villous 1-fl. ; leaves spreading ovate obtuse or acute, 1-2 cm. 

 long, shorter than the inch long internode ; side sepals spread- 

 ing lanceolate acuminate, 7 mill, long, with a conical wide sac, 

 5 mill, long ; odd sepal galeate, elevated and obtusely conical, 

 apiculate in front ; petals obliquely ovate acute, front margin 

 spreading subundulate ; lip clawed, expanded above the middle 

 into a spathe-like piece, the hinder lobe linear pilose at the 

 apex, the front lobe much shorter acute glabrous ; rostellum 

 ovate, the arms twisted semiannular at the apex. 



Described and drawn from living plants brought to me by 

 Mr. Schlechter from the Malmesbury district, and from several 



