TAB. 94. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub-tribe Corycieae. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis cucuUata, Swartz, in Konr/l. Vetensk. Acad. Xya HandL, 

 vol. xxi, p. 220 (1800) ; Ker, in Journ. Sci. B. Inst. Loud., vol. vi, t. 1, 

 /. 4 (1819). — Herba erecta, 7-20 cm. alta ; caulis subvalidus bifoli- 

 atus breviter pubescens ; folium inferius ovatum acutum 3-nervum 

 ciliatum, superne glabriim, inferne secus nervos pubesceus, folium 

 superius subconfortne angustius, 1-5-2-0 cm. longa ; flos solitarius, 

 rarissime 2, bractea ovata foliacea, saepius flore breviori ; sepala 

 lateralia pateutia lanceolata acuminata, circa I'-i cm. longa, medio 

 calcare conico 4 mill, longo donata ; sepalum impar galeatum coui- 

 cum acutum, apieem versus lateraliter compressum, lateralibus sub- 

 aequilongum ; petala auguste falcata acuminata ; labellum basi 

 lineare, medio cruciforme, sursum in processum cyathiforme dila- 

 tatum, postice in appendicem liuearem longam rectam apice pube- 

 scentem productum ; rostelli bracbia remota patenti-deflexa. {Ex 

 e.vempll. phir. viv.) 



^ Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: on tbe slopes of 

 tbe mountains of tbe Cape Peninsula, alt. 60 to 250 meters, fl. Sept., 

 Boliis, No. 4887; Stellenboscb, Herb. Xonn. Anstr.-Afr., No. 338; 

 Paarl, Zeyher, No. 3938, as to part; Frencb Hoek, 340 met., Sept., 

 Bolus, No. 8408. 



Plate 94. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, odd sepal, side view; 

 3, one of tbe petals ; 4, column witb lip, side view ; 5, one of tbe 

 pollinia as revolute immediately after witbdrawal, — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect herb, mostly less than a span high ; stem stoutish, 

 shortly pubescent, two-leaved ; lower leaf ovate acute 3-nerved 

 ciliate, glabrous above, pubescent on tbe nerves below, the upper 

 leaf similar but narrower, length from l'o-2"5 cm. ; flower soli- 

 tary, very rarely 2, bract ovate leaflike, generally shorter than 

 the flower ; side sepals spreading lanceolate acuminate, about 

 1*4 cm. long, furnished in the middle with a conical spur about 

 4 mill, long ; odd sepal galeate conical acute, the high ascending 



