Herschelia.| ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 201 
abruptly narrowed, oblong, about 2 lin. long ; lateral sepa elliptic- 
oblong or ovate-oblong, subacute, 6-7 lin ; pe somewhat 
limb ; lip broadly ovate, ep parse ® with crenulate margin, abou 
6 lin. long; column broad, about 2 lin. long ; anther | sae 
rostellum erect, shortly 3-lobed ; stigma pulvinate. Disa purpura- 
scens, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 482, xxv. 203, Trans. S. a 
Phil. Soc. v. 169, Orch. Cap. Ponink 169, and Ie. Orch. Aus 
Afr. i. t. 86 ; Durand = was: Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 106 ; Sohlechtor 
an Brug Jahrb. xxxi. 291 
ne ae ca: without ocality, Grey! 
So cion: Cape Div.; by a mountain stream in Farmer Pecks Valley 
eieen gle ue 0 ft. , Bolus, 4893! hills near Simonstown, 800 0 ft., Bolus! Bose ! 
McKellars Far near Cape Point, Marloth; Red Hill, Mrs. pone Klay 
Viey, Wolle, Dot, 2005 ! 
. H. celestis (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 363) ; plant 1-2 ft. high ; 
mak slender ; leaves vane 4—6, narrowly linear, acute, usually 
recurved a ve, —12 — ; ce 1-2 Sei ve Be with oe 
hehe. about 14 lin. ong:; lateral alg ovate-oblong g, su ae 
e 
the middle, about 5 lin. long, dilated at the base in front i 
rounded auricle, apex rounded and cuneate ; lip bilipe dhihe, 
d, 
with linear lobes ; ge Perle 2 Reichb. f. in Reichb. Fl. 
Germ. xiii. p. vViil. t. , fig. 18-20; Walp. Ann. ili. 590. 
H. graminifolia, pode e Schinz, Conspect. Bt Afr v. FETS 
Kriinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 802. Disa graminifolia, Ker in at 
é ; 1 : : : 
Cap. Penine. 168, and Ic. Oreh. Austr.-Afr. i. ¢. 37; Warn. Orch. 
lb, ix. #399: ialcader in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 290. 
SourH AFRIC ithout locality, Masson! Mund, Bergius, Alexander! Prior, 
i: athe Cape Div Table Mo dived 1000-1500 ft., MacOuie, 1045! 
. Ne 
Co. erage 
arvey | Bolus! and in isin & Bolus, vif orm. ustr.-Afr. 167 ! Trimen 
berg : i iv 
adendal, 1200-2000 it., Bolus, Bowie! Roser, 43! Bredasdorp 
ear Zoetendals Vley, Joubert. Swellendam Div. ; grassy slopes on the 
bine Range, 900 ft., Schlechter, 2061 
5. H. barbata (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 236); plant 1-2 ft. 
high ; stem slender; leaves radical, 3-7, ped somewhat 
