Monadenia. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 191 
curved, about half as long as the limb ; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, 
e, 1% lin. 
somewhat recurved, 1} ‘lin long ; peta blong, 4 
long, with a short ovate lobe at the posterior basal le ; lip 
Soc, xxii. 72, xxv. 196, and in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 140, t. l7; 
Bellackios ¢ in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 213. 
Meg EGION: Cape Div.; sandy places on the Steenberg Range, 1400- 
bg 
‘s Powe ° Herb, Bolus, 4970! between Constantia i ay and Steen Berg, 
Wobe, 1 Dod, 3636 
M. densiflora (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 357, partly); plant 
ae 1 ft. high; stem rather stout ; sores 8 auline, lanceolate- 
oblong, subacute, Romer ase fleshy, 25-3 in n, long; scapes about | ft. 
obtuse, 24 lin. long; colu mn short : anther “reflexed ; rostellum 
with short obtuse arms; stigma pulvinate. Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 112; Kranal. Orch: Gen. et Sp. i. 814. Disa 
densiflora, Bolus in Journ. Lin nn. Soc.xxv. 197. D.cernua, Schlechter 
in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 210, partly, not of Sw. 
Soutu Arrica: without locality, Thom, 732! 
n from the original specimen in dley’s Herbarium. Drége’s 
Only kno 
specimen bite by Lindley belongs to M. p ioites, Reichb. Both are distinct 
from M. prasinata, Lindl., with which they have been confus 
9. M. physodes (Reichb. f. in Flora, 1883, 461); plant 1-1} ft. 
high ; stem very stout; leaves cauline, ianceols te or ois ong- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, somewhat fleshy, 3-5 in. long ; 
scapes 1-11 ft. high; spikes 4-7 ong, dense, many-flowered ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, {-1} in. long ; pedicels 5—7 lin. 
long ; flowers medium-sized, dusky rege. with dark purple petals 
a nd lip; ; dorsal sepal galeate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 5—6 lin. long ; 
spur ovoidly inflated, two-thirds as long as the limb ; lateral sepals 
oblong, obtuse, 34-4 lin. long; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. 
; column short ; anther reflexed ; rostellum with short obtuse 
Fl. Afr. v. 112, partly. Disa physodes, Sw. in Vet. Acad. Handl. 
Stockh. 1800, 211; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 12; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. 356 ; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 197, partly: Krénal. 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 788. D. cernua, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 
210, partly, not of Sw. 
