218 ORCHIDE# (Rolfe), [ Disa. 
Racecourse, Schlechter, 1552, eon & Zeyher ; eastern side of Table Mountain, 
near Constan ntia, Ecklon & Zeyher. Stellen bosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland, 
Thunberg! near Stellenbosch, Lloyd in Herb. Sanderson, 928! Miss Farnham in 
MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. dude; -Afr. 309! Prior | Uitenhage Div. ; 
i lon 
ENTRAL REGION: Ceres Div.; Cold Bokkeveld, 3500 ft., Marloth, 578, 
Schlechter, 8913 ! 
The aac station rests on the authority of Ecklon, and requires 
confirmatio 
- D. micropetala (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 7) ; 
‘ike at 23-8 in. high; stem stout; leaves radical and cauline, sub- 
erect or somewhat spreading, linear, acute or acuminate, 23 in. 
long; scapes 23-8 in. hi gh: spikes cylindrical, 11-5 in. long 
bracts ovina moi , 4-5 lin. long; pedicels 14-2 lin. tee ; 
; 1 
one-third as ong as the sina ‘mae sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 14 lin. long ; petals linear or falcate-linear, obtuse, } lin. 
long ; lip linear-oblong, es about } lin. a 10P§ 3 column short 3 
anther reflexed; rostellum m a pulvinate ; capsu 
ovoid-oblong, about 2 lin. oa " Behlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 246, 
t. 3, fig. A-D. 
Coast Reaion: Caledon Div. ; mountains near Genadendal, 4800 ft., Schlechter, 
ae Swellendam Div. ; moist grassy slopes above Voormansbosch, Ecklon & 
The specimens cited here are very distinct in ce Smmingrg: and the Wer 
also slight floral differences. Ecklon and Zeyher’s specimen is the type 0 
species, but the specimen illustrated in Engler’s Jahrbiicher is + Schlechter, bss, 
which, cay enough, is not cited in the text. Further materials a 
ecessary to decide if both are forms of the same species 
7. D. picta (Sond. in Linnea, xix. 99) ; plant 6-9 in. high ; 
sito! stout ; leaves radical and cauline, romero suberect, io 
h; spikes 24-5 in. long, 
; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, very 
yaar pe 3-2 in. long; pedicels 3-4 lin. lon 3 flowers oe 
long ; Spur broadly oblong, obtuse, abou uarter as aa, as the 
limb, conspicuously sulcate behind ; Literal resi oblong, obtuse, 
spreading, 2 lin. long ; petals linear-oblong, subacute, wi th a small 
rounded lobe in front, about 3 ong; lip linear-oblong, oben: 
13-17 lin. long ; column short ; anther refl tellum suberect, 
short, 3-denticulate ; stigma pulvinate. S, Linnea, xx. 219 ; 
; ond. in 
Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv Ages: Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fi. 
Afr. v. 106; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. « t Sp. i 745, and in Ann. Natur- 
hist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 7 ; Schlechter i in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 247. 
Coast Recion: Swellendam Div.; rod sa paige River near Appels 
Beton papel gee Pappe, —— ar Puspas Valle ait 1500-2500 ft., 
cklon ersdale Div. gras ‘a Langeberg Range, near 
Riversdale, “71500-8000 ft. , Schlechter | Y slopes pti 
