Monadenia. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 189 
3-1 in. long; pedicels about } in. long; flowers medium-sized ; 
dorsal sepal galeate, obovate-oblong, obtusely apiculate, 4 lin. long, 
2 lin. broad ; spur somewhat seeks straight, obtuse, 4 lin. long ; 
fateral sepals ‘oblong g, obtuse, 34—4 lin. long ; petals obliquely ovate, 
suddenly narrowed. cfm the middle, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, 
short ; anther eineea: connective broad; rostellum erect, broad, 
with 2 acute incurved arms ; stigma pulvinate. aia Rati Pf. 
Documente, 69; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 812, ‘tly. Disa 
macrostachya, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 197; Schlechter in 
Engl. Jahro. xxxi. 209, partly. 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand ;. near Ezels Fontein and Roode Berg, 
Drége, 8289! 
Only known from Drége’s original specimen, for t 
the species are quite distinct. 
ys +7 
y referred to 
M. auriculata (emma ; plant 5-14 in. high; stem stout ; 
Seat cauline, suberect, ace Aviintans ate, abinewaat 
fleshy, 2—4 in. ‘Bei? scapes 5-14 in. high; spikes 3-5 in. long, 
cylindrical, dense, ennigtnwered bracts ‘narrowly lanceolate, 
ovate-elliptic, obtuse, concave, 13-2 lin. long ; spur broadly oblong, 
obtuse, 1 lin. long; lateral ite ivateobling, obtuse, spreading, 
1} lin. long; petals obliquely falcate-oblong, obtus 
concave, 14 lin. long; lip oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 14-13 lin. long; 
ones short = anther reflexed ; cote ape erect transverse, 
shiek ya, Rranal. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 812 2, “partly ial ra Lindl. Disa 
auriculata, Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr-Afr. i. ; Schlechter in Engl. 
ee xxi. 214 
oast Recon: Cape Div.; on the Steenberg Range, 1200 ft., Guthrie. 
“Senet ian Div. ; grassy fai near Storms River, 300 ft., Schlechter, 5958 ! 
5. M. leydenbergensis (Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 811); plant 
1-11 ft. high ; stem stout ; leaves cauline, suberect, * narrowly 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, conduplicate, sheathing at the base. 
14-21 in. long; scapes 1-1} ft. high, with a few leaf- like heats 
bove ; spikes oblong, 2-3} in. long, dense, many-flowered ;_bract 
ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, i 0 lin. ~~ pedicels 3-3 
bspathul : ; 
obtuse, with a thickened median nerve, minutely papillose ; column 
ort; anther reflexed; rostellum 3-lobed, with rounded divari- 
cate side lobes and abies triangular plicate front lobe; stigma 
