TAB. 89. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus DiSA. 



Disa rufescens,, Swarf z m Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (1800), 

 p. 210. — Herba erecta glabra gracilis vel subrobusta, 12-40 cm. 

 alta ; caulis strictus, basi foliatus ; folia erecta lanceolata acuta, 

 6-8 cm. longa, sensim in vaginas erectas sursum transeuntia ; 

 spica cylindrica, laxiuscule multiflora, 6-20 cm. longa, floribus 

 adscendentibus ; bracteae erectae herbaccEe ovatas acuminatae, 

 ovaria superantes ; sepala lateralia erecta vel patenti-recurva, 

 oblonga obtusa, 0"6-0'7 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum 

 oblongo-galeatum obtusum, sepalis lateralibus aequilongum, basi 

 in calcar subfiliforme stricte dependens, 1"6-1'8 cm. longum, 

 productum ; petala erecta ovato oblonga sepalis subaequilonga ; 

 labellum patenti-deflexum linguiforme obtusum ; rostellum erectum 

 semi-lunatum, brachiis acutis, stigma superans, rima inter id et 

 stigma tenuissima vix perspicua ; anthera valde resupinata ; 

 stigma excavatum. {Ex exenipl. unico viv. sub numero 4551 

 /ec/o, delineatoque phir. exsiccaiisque.) — Monadenia macrocera, 

 Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. {IQm), p. 858; M. leptostachya, Sonder 

 in Linn. xix. (1847), p. 101 ; M. rufescens, Dur. & Schinz, 

 Consp. fl. Afr. v. (1895) ; Satyn'um rufescens, Thtmb, Prodr. 

 PL Cap. (1794), p. 5. 



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

 usually in damp spots between Claremont and Wynberg, near 

 Capetown, alt. 15-30 met., fl. Aug.-Sept., Belus, 4551, Schlechter, 

 1550 ; Table Mt., lower plateau, alt. circ. 760 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 

 4969; Kloof, near Wynberg Reservoir, on Table Mt. , fl, Oct., 

 Wolley Dod, 3066 ! ; near the Matroosberg, dist. Worcester, early 

 Oct., /. D. C. Lamb ! ; Sandy places near Groene Kloof, dist. 

 Malmesbury, Thunberg. 



Plate 89. Fig, 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 3, one of the lateral sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, petals and lip in 

 situ ; 6, lip ; 7, one of the petals ; 8, column and one petal, side 

 view ; 9, column, front view ; 10, pollinarium. 



An erect glabrous slender or somewhat robust herb, 12-40 cm. 

 high ; stem straight, leafy at base ; leaves erect lanceolate acute, 



