206 ORCHIDEZ (Rolfe). [ Herschelia. 
_ 14; Quart. Journ. Sci. & Arts, iv. 206, t. 6, fig. 3; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. "353 ; Drége, Zwei Pfl. Doe sagen 98, 102: Harv. Thes. Cap. 
i. 54, t. 86; Bolus in Journ. a Soc -. 203 ; Durand and Schine, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. 108 ; “inal. COVE: Gen. et Sp. i. T94; 
Schlechter in ap Jahrb. xxxi. 283, partly. D. propinqua, Sond. in 
nen xix. 95. D. propinqua, var. trifida, Sond. l.c. 96. 
SourH Arrica: without pe papas ! crs ! ety d & Maire, Roge 
C Reeion : Clan a: ein, Leklon & ch near 
Olifants River, behind Modder mpegs 500 e ere , 4997 ; near Zwartbosch 
Kraal, 4000-5000 se Schlechter, 5165. Piq uetberg Div a Piquetberg Mountains, 
Thunberg. Malmesbury Div.; near Malmesbur y, Kissner, Schlechter. oe 
Div.; near Tulbagh, £cklon & Zeyher, Pappe\ B Bolus! Kéissner. Paarl Div 
between Paarl and Lady Gray Paileae ae under 1000 ft., Drege! ‘Dea 
Berg, near Mamre, under 500 ft., Drége, 1234 
12. #. ae en Lgereus plant about 1} ft. high ; gs rather 
slender ; leave: suberect, filiform, ainte: a i 
with a few narrow since sheaths at the a. ce about 
1} ft. high, with several lanceolate acute sheaths ; spikes about 3 in. 
long, sont 4-flowered ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, ‘acuminate, 5-6 lin. 
long; pedicels 6-7 lin. long; flowers rather et ge : dorsal sepal 
galeate, ovate, with acuminate reflexed apex, about } in. long ; spur 
narrowly conical, with acute apex, about 4 lin. long ; ; lateral sepals 
narrowly ovate or triangular-ovate, very acuminate, 4—5 lin. long ; 
petals 2-lobed; lower lobe broadly roundish-oblong, obscurely 
the base, dilated, truncate, crenulate and obliquely apiculate at 
the apex; lip long-unguiculate ; claw } in. long; limb 
dilated and broken up int ral narrow, somewhat branched 
filaments ; column br lin. long; anther refiexed ; rostellum 
3-l igma pulvinate. Disa muiltifida, Lindl. Gen jp. Ure 
353; Drége, Zwe Documente, 7 nee Bolus in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
xxv. 203; Durand d&: Schinz, Conspect. Afr. v. 104 ; Schlechter 
in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 285. D. lacera, ia Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 
797, partly. 
Coast Recion : Clanwilliam Div. ; Blue Berg, 4000-5000 ft., Drége, 3577b! 
Only known from Drége’s original specimen preserved in Lindley’s Herbarium. 
The petals have ra prev ee been described. Krinzlin has confused the 
species with Disa lacera, Sw 
3. H. charpentieriana (Kriinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 807); plant 
oer ft. high; stem rather slender ; leaves 5-9, suberect or some- 
what arching ‘elongate-linear or su ubfiliform, acute, 8-15 in. long; 
scapes 1}-1} ft. high, with several lanceolate or acuminate sheaths ; 
spikes 3—5 in. long, 2—6-flowered ; bracts eee or ic-lanceolate, 
acuminate, sheathing, 4-6 lin. long ; pedicels }- i in. long ; ; flowers 
large, greenish suffused with dull 2 ta dorsal sepal galeate, 
ovate, acute or acuminate, 6—9 lin. long ; spur conical, with slender 
acuminate curved apex, 3—5 lin. long ; lateral sepals ovate, acuminate, 
