TAB. 85. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.e. 

 Genus DiSA. 



Disa racemosa, Linn.fil. Suppl. (1781) 406, Hook. Bot. Mag., 

 t. 7021. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 25-70 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus vel subflexuosus, basin versus foliatus ; folia radicalia 3-7, 

 patentia vel erecto-patentia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 

 5-20 cm. longa, caulina similia in vaginas subdistantes sensim 

 transeuntia ; racemus laxe 4-9florus, floribus in genera inter 

 majores, adscendentibus ; bracteee late ovatae acuminatas coloratae, 

 ovario longiores ; sepala lateralia patentia ovato-elliptica obtusis- 

 sima, subapice apiculata, 2-2*5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum 

 concavum, late ovatum vel suborbiculare, dorso infra medium 

 saccatum ; petala erecta, oblique oblonga, apice incurva, supra 

 antheram conniventia, margine posteriore erosulata, 1-1-3 cm. 

 longa ; labellum porrecto-deflexum, lineare acutuni 1 cm. longum ; 

 rostellum erectum trilobum, glanduliferis divaricatis, appendice 

 petaloidea postice ornatis, intermedio obtuso concavo ; anthera 

 adscendens. {Ex exempli, pluribus vivis exsiccatisqiie.) — Satyn'um 

 secundum, T/iunb. Prodr. Plant, Cap. (1794) 4 ; D. secunda, Swarls 

 in Kongl. Velensk. Acad. Handl. Vol. xxi. (1800) p. 213. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Moist places 

 in sheltered ravines on the eastern slopes of the mountains of the 

 Cape Peninsula ; fl. Dec. -Jan. Zcyher 3915, Bolus, 4888 ; Schlschter, 

 94 ; Wolley Dod, 860. Du Toit's Kloof, alt. 610-914 met., Drege ; 

 Tulbagh, near the Waterfall, Oct., Zeyher ; Zitzi-Kamma, alt. 60 

 met. fl. Nov. , R. Schlechter ; South-eastern Region ; near 

 Howison's Poort, alt. 540 met., fl. Dec, R. W. Read, No. 1293! 

 in my herb. ; near Grahamstown, alt. 610-760 met. fl. Nov.-Dec, 

 E. Galpin, 292 ! 



Plate 85. Fig. 1. One of the lateral sepals ; 2, odd sepal 

 front view ; 3, ditto, side view ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, column petals 

 and lip ; 6, column, side view ; 7, one of the pollinia. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 25-70 cm. high ; stem straight 

 or subflexuose, leafy towards the base ; radical leaves 3-7 spreading 



