Orthopenthea. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 183 
QO. minor (Rolfe); plant 3-5 in. high; stem rather slender ; 
sana radical, 4-6, spreading or suberect, ‘linear- spathulate, sub. 
obtuse, attenuate at the bas in. long; seapes 3-5 in. high, 
e 
pedicels about in. long; flowers small, golden-yellow ; dorsal 
sepal galeate, subglobose, very pratt subsaceate behind, about 
lin. 
with linear side lobes ; stigma pulvinate. Penthea minor, Sond. in 
Linnea, xix. 104. Disa minor, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 182; Bolus 
. Journ, Linn. Soc, xxv. 202; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fi. Afr. 
neg iene in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 278; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. 
et Sp. 1 
Coast ce aiak Tulbagh Div. ; Great Winterhoek, near Tulbagh, 4000-5000 ft., 
Zeyher! Bol 
6. 0. triloba (Rolfe) ; mn 24-5} in. high ; stem slender ; leaves 
radical, 3-5, subspathulate or rye ome ‘subobbude, sithenuiite into 
a sheathed petiole at the base, }-1? in. long; scapes 24—5} in. long, 
with several narrow acute iaieaiie above; spikes subcorymbose, 
about 3. lin. tone ; flowers rather small, white with yellow petals, 
lip and column; dorsal sepal galeate, horizontal, 3-lobed, about 
3 lin. long ; aN lobes ample, rounded ; front lobe triangular-oblo ong, 
obtuse, concave ; spur reduced to a concave gibbosity ; lateral sepals 
broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3-3} lin. long; petals broadly 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about 2 lin. long; lip linear, obtuse, 2 lin. 
long; column short ; anther reflexed; rostellum erect, 3-lobed, 
with very short side lobes; stigma pulvinate. Penthea triloba, 
Sond. in Linnea, xix. 104. Disa oligantha, Reichb. f. in Flora, 
1865, 182; ne in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxv. 202, and Ie. Orch. 
Austr.-Afr. ii. tee ; paboge: & Schinz, Conspect Fl. Afr. v. 105 ; 
Kriinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 800; Schlechter in Engi Peet XXXi. 
2908. . D. sasetabeie Bolus in  ioliee: Linn, Soe. xix 
Coast Reeron : Worcester Div. ; ar untains near Hex River, Ecklon & Zeyher. 
Cape Div. ; Upper Platoon of Tabie Mountain, near Maclears Beacon, 3600 
Bodkin in | Herb. Bolus, Wolley-Dod, 21851 2338 ! Marloth in Herb. Bolus, 7984. 
Stellenbosch Div. ; Jonkers Hoek, Mar 
O. richardiana (Rolfe); plant 3-6 in. high; stem rather 
der; leaves radical, 6-8, spreading or “suberect, spathulate- 
lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, attenuate below, }-1} in. long; 
sea’ 3- 6 n. long, — several narrow sheaths above; spikes 
short, ides rym mbose, in. broad; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
subobtuse, 5-7 lin. long; eo about 1 in. long; flowers rather 
