Monadenia.] ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 195 
pedicels 7-1 in. long; flowers paihior large, with sulphur-yellow 
fleshy, 34-4 lin. long; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum 
erect, with reflexed arms ; seat prominent, rounded. otk 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 812. M. rufescens, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
356, partly, not of Sw. ; » Drege, Zwei Pf. nmgee 7 1 73, 83, 115. 
Disa afinis, N. E. Br. in Gard. Ohron. 1885, xx nb Bolus in 
Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 143, Orch. Cap. Pon 143, and 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 196. D. comosa, Schlechter in agi: Ja hrb. 
Xxxl. 206, 
SourH Arrica : without ime 3 capi tes gius, —— — ius! 
rhynsd 
: ége ! Div wellendam, 
Zeyher, 3925! Burchell, 7321! 7357 ! Visitas’. "3800 ft., Galpin, 4605! Geor, rge 
Div. ; Outeniqua Mountains above Montagu Pass, Schlechter 
6. M. sabulosa (Krinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 814); plant 3-8 in. 
high ; ; stem stout; leaves 5, suberect, linear-oblong, acute or 
acuminate, 1-2 in. long, somewhat fleshy, mostly withered at the 
flowering period, reduced upwards into narrow ee sheaths ; 
2-} in. long; pedicels about } in. long ; flowers rather a pale 
yellow, sometimes with red tips to the sepals, petals and lip rather 
brighter yellow ; dorsal sepal galeate, obovate, retuse or apiculate, 
4 lin. long ; spur slender, subacute, abruptly curved below the middle, 
4 lin. long : lateral sepals oblong, apiculate, deflexed, 34—4 lin. long ; 
petals broadly oblong, obtuse, somewhat dilated at the base, teshy, 
3-34 lin. long, deeply bilobed, with rounded obtuse lobes ; 
a pulvinate. Disa sabulosa, es Ie. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. 
; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 
Coast Recion : Cape Div. ; sandy flats and a places at Kenilworth Race 
pg near Wynbe hare Bolus, 7104! and in re me & Bolus, Herb. Norm 
Austr, -Afr. 1874! Schlechter ; Cape Flats, Harv 
17. M. ophrydea (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 358); plant 3-1} ft. 
high; stem stout, purple throughout; leaves 2-4 mostly basal, 
suberect, linear-oblong, acute, 2-4 i in. long, 3-¥ in. broad, somewhat 
fleshy, more or less involute at the margin; scapes 1-1} ft high, 
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