Monadenia.] ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 193 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 111; Kréinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 815. 
Disa cernua, Sw. in Vet. Acad. Hand. Stockh. 1800, 211; Thunb. 
Fi. Cap. ed. Schult. 12 ; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 356 ; Bolus in Trans. 
S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 141, Orch. Cap. Penins. 141, Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxv. 196, and Ie. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 91, excl. several syns. ; 
— in | Engl Jahrb. xxxi. 210, partly. D. prasinata, Ker in 
Bot. Reg. t. 210. 
SoutH ths al without locality, Thunberg ! Masson 
Coast Recion: Cape Div. ; lower slopes of os tions fot 200 ft., te 
4973 ! Cape Flats, near Riet Vallei, Zeyher,\1569 ; Pappe, 49! Ecklon and Ze eyher 
sandy plains between Cape Town and ae ae gs by the Tote 
Chapmans Bay, W% 0 fe 3635! George Div. ntagu Pass, 1200 ft., Young 
L 34! 
Quite distinct from M. densiflora, Lindl., and M. physodes, Reichb. f., which 
are referred here by Schlechter. 
M. reticulata (Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 112) ; 
a —l ft. high ; stem stout; leaves cauline, 5-6, erect, ‘cise 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, eshy, —3 in. long, about } i in. broad ; 
scapes 11 ft. high; spikes 23-6 in. long, rather gga many- 
flowered ; —— ovate-lanceolate, ‘aate or acuminate, 
pedicels eee + in. long; flowers medium-sized, per pk # with dull 
red on the dorsal sepal and lip, and sometimes on the whole flower ; ; 
dorsal sepal galeate, broadly elliptic- oblong, apiculate or obscurely 
3-denticulate, 3 lin. long, about 2 lin. br oad ; ; spur slender, slightly 
curved, slightly narrowed towards the apex, 5-6 lin. long ; lateral 
sepals ‘ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 25-3 lin. long; petals obliquely 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, — about 21 lin. long ; lip oblong, obtuse, 
somewhat fleshy, 24 lin. long; column short; anther ‘Teflexed ; : 
connective broad ; postal erect, broader than long, tubercled on 
each side, with a shallow cleft between it and the short obtuse 
stigma. Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 816. Disa reticulata, Bolus 
4 rani ais Soc. xxii. 73, xxv. 196, Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soe. v. 
16, ch. Cap. Penins. 143, t. 16. D. “inncratackya, 
eae: in Bagl. Jahrb. xxxi. 209, partly, not of Bolus 
oast Recron: Cape Div. ; slopes of Table Mountain, 2800 ft., Bolus, 4987 ! 
as places on owes Berg, behind Tokay, pees igre Bodizin in Herb. Bolus, 
988! Geo Div. ; Outeniqua Moun tah Mon ntagu Pass, 2000 ft., 
Schlechter. Kavins Biv. ; ; Zitzikamma River, Pantha 815! 
3. M. macrocera (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 358) ; plant 4-14 ft. 
high ; ; stem usually stout; leaves cauline, 3-5, suberect, tine eolate 
or r oblong-lanceolate, acute, 14-3 in. jong + in. b decreasing 
0 tee into the bracts ; scapes }—14 ft. long ; spikes 3-8 in. long, 
somewhat lax , many-flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
sepal galeate. ri 
ea nee curved, 7-9 lin. long; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, 
, 3-34 lin. long ; petals obliquely oblong, emarginate, 
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