194 ORCHIDEZ (Rolfe). [ Monadenia. 
somewhat broadened at the base, fleshy, 3-3} lin. long ; lip oblong 
or narrowly ovate-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 3-34, lin, long ; column 
Krin al. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 818. Disa rufescens, Sw. in Vet. Acad. 
Handl. Stockh. 1800, 210 ; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 13 ; a in 
Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 144, partly, Orch. Cap. Penins. 144, 
partly, and Journ, Linn. Soc. xxv. 196; Sliecbiar in Engl a hrb. 
208. 
— H AFRICA: without mange — ! Rogers! Masson! Trimen : 
comes v.; near Groene Kloof, Thunberg ‘to Div. ; 
it fields 1 near ee ont, ale 100 ft., Bolus, 4551! near Kenilworth, 70 ft., 
of : 
rsh a 
ng Kop D ! ats, Ecklon ! 
Pap, fie ene nea ee 100 ft., Zeyher, 1570! Schlechter, 1550! 
Wo san 3066 ! Swellendam Div. ; near Swellendam, Bowie! Riversdale Div. ; 
as as owie | 
14. M. ees (Rolfe); plant 6-10 in. high; stem stout; 
leaves basal or nearly so, erect or suberect, 3— sf “lanceolate or 
Gilace aateats: subacute, fleshy, 2-3 in. long, vi 4 i d 
. . a 
scapes 6-10 in. high, with numerous lanceolate somewhat imbricate 
sheaths ; spikes 2-3} in. long, somewhat lax, often many-flowered ; 
bracts lanceolate or i oopeeae acute or subacute, $—} in. 
long ; pedice 6-7 lin. long ; flowers rather large, greenish-yellow, 
n. long, with 3 distinct nerves ; spur descending, 6—7 lin. long, 
slightly thickened near the apex, subobtuse ; lateral sepals spread- 
ing or deflexed, oblong, obtuse, } lin. long, with 3 distinct nerves ; 
saad a as ia as the alls ; eotcllien erect, broad Se ; 
stigma suberect, rae exceeding the rostellum. Disa bolusiana, 
Schlechter se Eng . Jahrb. xxiv. 426, and xxxi. 207; Kranal. 
Orch. Ge 820. D. rufescens, Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. 
Phil. Se v. “ad ake and Orch, Cap. Penins. 144, partly. 
Coast Recion: Cape Div.; grassy spots below Maclears Beacon on Table 
— 3500 ft., Bolus, 4903 | Swellendam Div. ; above Zuurbraak, *3100 ft., 
15. M. comosa (Reichb. f. in Linnea, xx. 687); plant 4-14 ft. 
high ; stem stout, — throughout ; leaves 2-3, suberect, lanceolate- 
oblong to elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 3-8 in. lon ng, 3-1} in. 
broad, i scapes 3-1 ft. high, with pe aes | spatha- 
ceous acute — ; spi es 2-7 in. long, usually lax, many-flow wered 5 
bracts ova a ae oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4-1 in. long; 
