TAB. 74. 



Tribe Ofhryde.*:. 



Sub-tribe DiSK.K. 



Genus Dis.v. 



Disa draconis, Sicnr/a, in Kongl. Vefetisk. Acad. Handl. 

 (IHOO), p. 210. Herba erecta g-labra, 20-50 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus vel flexuosus, vag'inis membranaceis acuminatis dense 

 vestitus ; folia radicalia '2-4 linearia flaccida acuta per anthesin 

 marcescentia S-20 cm. longfa, 1-2 cm. lata ; racemus sub- 

 corymbosus, laxe 6-llflorus, floribus in g-enere inter majores ; 

 bracteae erectae membranaceae oblong-o-lineares acuminatae, srepius 

 ovario paullo longiores ; sepala lateralia patentia oblong^a obtusa, 

 2 cm. lonj^a; sepalum impar oblongum vel subobovatum truncatum, 

 infra subcucuUatum, sursum recurvum, basi in calcar patenti- 

 deflexum filiforme, ovario pedicellate saepius paullo long-ius, pro- 

 ductum ; petala erecta linearia vel oblonga obtusa vel acuta, basi 

 rotundata et antice lobata, sepalis lateralibus subaequilong'a ; 

 labellum adscendens, apice deflexum, lineare obtusum petalis 

 aequilongum ; rostellum subquadratum adscendens ; anthera pen- 

 dula ; ovarium cum pedicello 2 "5-4 '5 cm. long-um. [Ex exempli, 

 plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) — Orchis draconis, L. f. Suppl. (1781), 399 ; 

 Satyrium draconis, Thunh. Prod. PI. Cap. (1794),/. 5. 



//a6. ; South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Slopes of 

 Table Mt., above Orang-e Kloof, alt. 805 met., fl. Dec, very rare 

 on the Cape Peninsula, R. Schlec/iler, 90b ; hills near Stellenbosch, 

 in clayey soil, alt. 91 met., fl. Dec, Miss Farnham, in Herb. Norm. 

 Aust. Afr., 334!; Paarlbergf, fl. Nov.-Dec,, Dregc \ Tulbag^h 

 Kloof Waterfall, 245 met., fl. Nov., Bohis, 5280; near Ceres, 

 alt. 450 met., fl. Nov., A. IV. Goatcher ! ; foot of Ezel's Kop, near 

 Lelie Fontein, fl. Nov., 1219-1524 met., Namaqualand, Drege \ in 

 the region called Rog-gfeveld, Nov.-Dec, Thunherg. 



Plate 74. Fig-. 1, odd sepal; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 3, 4, petals 

 from dift'erent flowers ; 5, 6, lip from ditto ; 7, column, side view ; 

 8, ditto, front view ; 9, poUinia, all variously mag^nified. 



An erect g-labrous herb, 20-50 cm. hig:h ; stem straig-ht or 

 flexuous, densely clothed with membranous acuminate sheaths ; 

 leaves radical 2-4, flaccid linear acute, withering- during^ the 



