TAB. 71. 



Tribe OPMRYDPLfC. 



Sub-tribe DiSEJ^:. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa vaginata, Harvey in Hook. Land. Journ. Bot.^ vol. i. 

 (1842), p. 15. — Herba erecta gracilis g-labra, T-O-IG cm. alta ; 

 caulis strictus basin versus foliatus, vaginis 4-5 erectis acutis sub- 

 membranaceis ciliolatis resinoso-punctatis dense vestita ; folia 3-4 

 erecto-patentia oblongo-ovata vel lanceolata subacuta, 2-4 cm. 

 long-a ; racemus subcorymbosus, laxe 2-9florus ; bracteae mem- 

 branaceae ovato-lanceolatae acutae saepius ovario aequilongae ; 

 sepala lateralia patentia, late oblonga, leviter concava obtusa, 

 0"6 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum galeatum ore elliptico, 

 dorso in calcar pendulum filiforme ovario duplo brevius productum ; 

 petala erecta falcato-oblonga obtusa, 0'4 cm. longa, sub galea 

 semi-abscondita ; labellum porrectum spathulato-oblongum, petalis 

 aequilongum ; rostellum brevissimum ; anthera horizontalis ; 

 stigma pulvinatum, medio subdepressum. {Ex exempli, pliir. vivis 

 exstccafisqtie.) D. modesta, Rcichcnhnch f. in Linncca, vol. xx. 

 (1847), p. 690. 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : moist grassy 

 places on Table Mt. near Capetown, and on other mountains of 

 the Cape Peninsular range, not very rare, but not frequent, alt. 

 425-1066 met., fl. Nov.-Jan., Harvey; Bolus, 8898, and in Herb. 

 Norm. Ansi.-Afr., 164 ; R. Schlechter, 205, 68 ; hills Houw Hoek, 

 alt. 305 met.. Bolus ; hills Hermanns, alt. 182 met., Bolus; Mts. 

 near Villiersdorp, Bolus, 3898Z'. 



Plate 71. Fig"- 1- flower with bract, side view ; 2, ditto, front 

 view ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, 4, lateral sepals ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip ; 

 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, seen from above ; 9, ditto, front 

 view — all variously enlarged. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 7'5-16 cm. high; stem straight, 

 leafy towards the base, densely clothed with 4-5 erect acute sub- 

 membranous resinous-dotted ciliolate sheaths ; leaves 3-4, erect- 

 spreading oblong-ovate or lanceolate subacute 2*4 cm. long; 

 raceme subcorymbose, laxly 2-9flowered ; bracts membranous 



