TAB. 72. 



Tribe Ophryde^:. 



Sub-tribe DiSE^:. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa tenella, Sivarfn, in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. vol. xxi. 

 (1800), />. 212. — Herba pusilla erecta glabra, 5-15 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus, vel rarius subflexuosus, foliatus ; folia 5-14 erecta spiraliter 

 torta linearia acuta basi membranacea dilatata vagfinantia, 2-5-8 cm. 

 long'a, circ. 0'15 lata ; spica oblonga vel cylindrica, subdense 

 4-multiflora ; bracteae foliaccce, marginibus membranaceae, ovatae 

 erectae acuminatissimae, flores excedentes ; sepala lateralia patula 

 oblonga obtusa, 0*5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar suberectum 

 g"aleatum, ore obovato, lateralibus aequilong"um vel paullo brevius, 

 dorso in calcar cylindricum rectum vel decurvum productum limbo 

 aequilong-um ; petala erecta, oblique late ovata vel suborbicularia, 

 acuta, 0'2-0'3 cm. longa ; labellum porrectum lineari-oblong-um, 

 apice paullo dilatatum, 0'3-0*4 cm. long-um ; rostellum abbreviatum, 

 lobulis g-landuliferis brevissimis approximatis ; anthera resupinata. 

 {Ex exevipll. phir. viv. exsiccatisque.) — Orchis tenella, Linn. f. 

 Snppl. (1781), p. 400 ; Satyrlum tenellum, Thunb. Prodr. Plant. 

 Cap. (1794), p. 5. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sandy 

 flat (Kenilworth Racecourse), alt. 25 met., Sc/ilcc/iter, 1552!; 

 Stellenbosch, alt. 100 met., fl. Aug., Miss M. F. Farnham (in herb. 

 Norm, Aust. Afr. 309) ; near Wellington, Miss M. E. Citnimings^ 

 6094 in my herb. ; Eland's Fontein, Koude Bokkeveld, alt. 

 1000 met., fl. Oct., R. Marloth, 3264 ! ; Cederbegen, near 

 Clanwilliam, C. L. Leipoldt, 573 ! ; Cederbergen, near Sneeuwkop, 

 fl. Oct., A. Bodkin! 



Plate 72, Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, ditto, sepals removed ; 4, 4, side sepals ; 5, 5, petals from 

 diff'erent flowers ; 6, 6, lip from ditto ; 7, column viewed from 

 above ; 8, ditto, side view. 



A small erect glabrous herb, 5-15 cm. high ; stem straight, or 

 more rarely subflexuous, leafy ; leaves 5-14 erect, spirally twisted 

 linear acute, membranous dilated and sheathing at base, 2-5-8 cm. 

 long, about 0*15 cm. wide ; spike oblong or cylindrical, rather 



