TAB. 96. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub- tribe Corycieae. 



Genus Disperis. 



Disperis Bodkini, n. sj). — Herba teuera pusilla erecta spithamaea 

 vel minor ; caulis gracilliinus bifoliatus pubescens ; folium iuferius 

 2-4 cm. supra basin, cordatum acutum amplexicaule, 1-6-1 -9 cm. 

 longum, alterum conforme minus internodio parum brevius; flores 1-2, 

 bractea foliacea foliis conformi, ovario cum pedicello breviori ; sepala 

 lateralia defiexo-patentia lanceolata acuminata saccata, 4 mill, longa; 

 sepalum impar adscendens galeatum acutum, fundo obtuso latere 

 compressiusculo, circa 6 mill, longum ; petala rbomboidea concava 

 incurva, margine anterior! irregulariter sinuato ; labellum basi semi- 

 annulare columnae basin arete cingens, deinde lineare adscendens, 

 apice bifido, medio appendice retrorsa porrecta lineari apice concava 

 uncinata ornatum ; rostelli bracbia linearia incurva, apicibus glandu- 

 liferis oblique adscendentibus parum dilatatis. {Ex exempli, plur. viv.) 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: on tbe Claremont 

 flats near Cape Town, in shady places under shrubs, alt. about 25 met., 

 fl. Aug., A. Bodkin, No. 7970 in my herb., herb. Kew, &c. 



Plate 96. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view, — 

 magnified about 4 diams. ; 3, one of tbe side sepals ; 4, 5, petals ; 

 6, lip, side view ; 7, column with lip, front view ; 8, ditto, side view, — 

 all tbe latter variously magnified. 



A small delicate herb, a span or less in height ; stem erect 

 very slender 2-leaved pubescent ; lower leaf rising from 2-4 cm. 

 above the base of the stem, cordate acute amplexicaul, the upper 

 similar but smaller, scarcely shorter than the internode ; flowers 

 solitary, or 2, bracts leaflike in shape and texture, shorter than 

 the ovary and pedicel ; side sepals spreading- deflexed lanceolate 

 acuminate, shortly saccate in the middle, 4 mill, long; odd sepal 

 ascending galeate acute, obtuse at the bottom of the galea and 

 somewhat compressed at the sides, about 6 mill, long ; petals 

 rhomboidal concave incurved, the front margin irregularly sinu- 

 ate ; lip semi-annular at base, closely embracing the base of the 

 column, then ascending and linear, bifid at the apex, with a 



