TAB. 70. 



Tribe Ophrydk.k. 



Sub-tribe DiSK.K. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa Telipogonis, Reichoibacli fll. in Liniuca, vol. xx. 

 (1847), p. 689. — Herba humilis erecta subglabra, 5-14 cm. alia ; 

 caulis foliatus strictus vel saipius decumbens flexuosusve ; folia 

 caulina 8-6 linearia, erecta vel laxe adscendentia, basi vaginantia 

 acuta, 8-10 cm. long-a ; racemus abbreviatus saipe subcapitatus, 

 dense 8-8florus, rarius laxiusculus ; bracteai lanceolata; setaceo- 

 CLispidata;, flores superantes ; flores in genere inter minores ; 

 sepala lateralia patenti-adscendentia ovato-lanceolata acuta sub 

 apice setaceo-aristata, cum arista circ. 0*8 cm. longa ; sepalum 

 impar anticum sub-galeato-cucullatum, ore late ovato, sub apice 

 obtuso setaceo-acuminatum, sepalis lateralibus ajquilongum, dorso 

 in calcar deflexum cylindricum, apice bilobulatum, 0"3 cm. longum 

 productum ; petala erecta oblique oblonga apice inccqualiter 

 biloba, basi antice in lobum obtusum dilatatum 0*8 cm. longa ; 

 labellum patenti-deflexum subulatum acutum vel acuminatum, 

 05 cm. long-um ; rostellum trilobum, lateralibus obscuris vel 

 minutis, intermedio multo majore triang-ulari ; anthera horizontalis ; 

 stig-ma excavatum. {Ex exempli, pliir. vivis exsiccali'sque.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Summit of 

 Table Mt., in crevices of rocks, alt. 1076 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1816), 

 Bergius, same locality, alt. 1076 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1904), Miss 

 H. M. L. Kensit! (No. 9855 in my herb.) ; mountains about Bain's 

 Kloof, dist. Wellington, alt. 706 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1896), R. 

 Schlechter, 9165 ! 



Plate 70. Fig. 1, flower with bract, front ; 2, ditto, side 

 view ; 8, side sepal ; 4, spur of the odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip ; 

 7, lip and further petal in situ ; 8, column with one petal, oblique 

 view ; 9, ditto, front view ; 10, column only, side view ; 11, one of 

 the poUinia ; 12, rostellum detached. 



An erect dwarf subglabrous herb, 5-14 cm. high ; stem leafy 

 straight or more often decumbent or flexuous ; leaves 3-6, linear 

 erect or laxly ascending acute sheathing at base, 8-10 cm. long ; 

 raceme abbreviated, often subcapitate, densely 8-8flowered, more 



