﻿DISA CHARPENTIERIANA, Beicli. f. 

 Orchidacej;. Tribe Ophrtde^e. 



Charpentieriana, Eeichenbach f. in Unnma, vol. xx. (1847), 



8; Icon. ]■[,,,•. Crna. vol. xiii (18-51) t -'-*- «' 01 -''^ '« tr - 

 recta, glabra, tubere obovato vel ' 



radicalia 



scapus substrictus, vaginis acutis adpressis membranaceis 6-8 diV 

 Jtitua ; racemns laxe 3-5-florus, bracteis lanceolatis I 



plnra lmearia graminoidea acuta scapo multo breviora; 



lis adnrPssis mPm Uno„ fl ; A a ^;„ 



yaginantibus ; flores i 



patento-deflexa ; sepalum 

 ,~±u ouuiiinitnum emargm~" — 

 - biloba, lobo inferiore oblc 



- 

 lateralis ovata acuminata concava patento-deflexa; ser " 

 ga eatum acuminatum emarginatum adscendens, calcare c 



P°uu* Diiooa, lobo inferiore oblongo dilatato columnar adnato, superiore • 

 iaJcato-adscendente apice irregulariter dentato ; labellnm lnn£wm« 

 turn laciniatum ; rostelli 

 D. macroglo 



apice irregulariter dentato; labellum lonmssime 

 unguiculatumapcedi rostellum trilobum? ' 



Hab. In collibus prope Yilliersdorp, alt. circ. 400 metr., flor. 

 tTk TVo™' legi; N °- 5278 > in monte Winterhoek prope 

 lulbagh, alt. 900 metr., flor. Jan., A. ft Vein ; Zeyh r, ;i>.<18. 



Scapus 7-8 centim. longus. Galea (cum calcare 5 mm. longo) 

 1-8 cm. longa. Labellum 5-8 cm. longum. 



A very curious and distinct species of a group of which we are 

 yet tar from knowing the limits of variability. The long lip is very 

 remarkable, and as it sways about in the wind suggests a possible 



?• I. I' lower, front view x 2. 2. Odd 



tab x 3. 5. Apex of the lip. 



view. 8. Polhnia, with gland. All the latter 



