196 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [Monadenia. 
with several lanceolate acute sheaths ; spikes 3-6 in. long, lax, few- 
to many-flowered; bracts lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
#-+1 in. long; pedicels 9-10 lin. long; flowers rather large, deep 
red, with darker petals and lip ; dorsal sepal galeate, oblong, obtuse, 
34-44 lin. long; spur filiform, slightly curved, 8-9 lin. long; 
lateral sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse or esabened 4—5 lin. long; 
petals obliquely ovate-oblong, emarginate or shortly bidentate, 
ronda fleshy, 3-4 lin. long ; lip oblong, obtuse, 4—5 lin. long; 
mn short ; anther reflexed, connective narrow, as long as the 
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ft. Documente, 83; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr 112; 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 817, partly. M. sh dia “Sond. in 
Linnea, xix. 100. Disa ophrydea, pee in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. 
Soe. v. 142, Orch. Cap. Penins. 142, and Journ. "Lint Soc. xxv. 
196 ; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 104, 
SourH AFRICA: yc locality, — } <a yher, 242! Forster! Masson! 
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Coast RecGion: Paa v.; Drakenstein Mountains, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 
8290! iv. ¢ Mountain, 2 00 ft., Bolus, 45388! Harvey! L£cklon! 
Diimmer, 547! ges oe oree Muizenberg Mountain, 1400 ft., Bolus in 
oo & ee Herb, ustr.-Afr. 171! Schlechter ; marsh in a Kloof 
yn g Reservoir, “Wate y-Dod, 3067 ! Stellenbosch Div.; Hotten 
folland, Priog Caledon iver Zondereinde, near els Kraal, 
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Ze eyher, 3924! Pa appe ! Caledon, Prior! marshes near Palmiet realy 900 ft., 
sora frig Riversdale Div. ; Langeberg Range, Schlechter, 2027! Ge eorge 
iv. Prior! slopes of ’Outeniqua Mountains, near Montagu Pass, 
4000 te, Schlechter, Penther. 
18. M. atrorubens (Rolfe); plant 8-13 in. high; stem stout, 
leafy ; leaves suberect, t, linear-lanceolate, acute, the lower about 3 in 
long, 5 lin. broad, upper decreasing into the bracts ; scapes 8-13 in. 
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somewhat ‘aveluis ¢ at the apex, 3 in. long : spur deflexed, somewhat 
petals erect, fleshy, obliquely ovate, obtuse, 24 lin. long, inner “face 
about th ip d ng linear-oblong, hie 
broad, scarcely shorter than the cells ; <dtathen emarginate, pete 
lobes erect, longer than the stigma. M. ophrydea, Krénzl. Orch. 
Lh 
Gen. et Sp. i. 817, part tly. Disa atrorubens, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. 
xxiv. 427, and xxxi. 265. 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; sandy places near Zwartbosch Kraal, 1300- 
1600 ft., Schlechter, 5167 ! 
19. M. Basutorum weet plant 3-5 in. —? stem rather 
slender ; leaves radical, 2, suberect, ovate, acute , 2-1 in. | 
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