Disa.) ORCHIDE& (Rolfe), | 223 
slightly compressed at the apex, as long as the limb; lateral fe 
oblong, obtuse, concave, with a conical dorsal apiculus 8, Pe 
long ; petals oblique, broadly ovate, obtuse, with a rounded le 
obe in front, 14 lin. long ; lip oblong, obtuse or apiculate, slightly 
thickened near ‘t e apex, 2-2} lin. long; column short; anther 
reflexed; rostellum shortly 3-lobed ; stigma poles ate. Bolus in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 198; Duran a & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 108; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 755, and in Ann. Naturhist. 
Hofmus. Wien, xx. 7; Schlechter in Engl. Ja a xxi. 262, °Q), 
gracilis, Krauss in Flora, 1845, 306, and Beitr. Fl. Cap- und Natal. 
158, not of Lindl. D. hemispherophora, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. 
ii. 106. 
Katanart Recion: Orange River Colony; Harrismith, Sankey, 262! and 
Eat precise locality, Cooper, 975! Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Atherstone! 
Fall Creek, Mudd! summit of Saddleback Range, ee apie 4000-5000 ft., 
Galpin, 715! Culver, 7! Elandspruit Mounta 0 ft., gare $088 ! 
Pilgrims Rust, Greenstock. Houtbosch Mountains, yee 7000 ft., Schlech 
STERN REGION buland; ia Mountains, 2500-3000 ft., sine “591! 
Griqualand East ; near Fort Donald, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1595! in 
Bolus, Herb r.-Afr. 549! Insizwa‘Range, 0 ft., re) ! sim 
er, 150 ; near Newmarket, X7roo, rigracg 116. Na ear y; 
Krauss, 22; Inanda, 2000 ft., Wood, 1 ! 770! near Liddlesdale, 4000-5000 it., 
ood, 842; near Weenen, 4000 it., Wood ; Drakensberg Range, 5000-6000 ft., 
! 
Wood, 5146! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 92! Ixopo River, Mrs. Clarke 
without precise locality, Buchanan! psa 2182! Mrs, Saunders. Zululand 
Hay ygarth in Herb. Wood, 7422! 
16. D. aconitoides (Sond. in Linnea, xix. 91); plant 3-2 ft. 
high ; stem moderately debt leaves SaiAioad and cauline, suberect, 
the former linear or lin -oblong , acute, 3-5 in. long, the latter 
oblong or invigcclata SEI acute, 1-3 in. long, reduced upwards 
into the bracts ; scapes 7-2 ft. high, with oblong-lanceolate acute 
sheaths above ; spikes 3-8 in. long, usually lax, many-flowered ; 
i 7 lin. 
b, 
with a small rounded basal lobe in front, 14 lin. long ; lip elliptic. 
spathulate, obtuse, convex, about 1} lin. long; column short ; 
anther reclinate; rostellum erect, subquadrate, ‘shortly and ob- 
tusely 3-lobed ; stigma pulvinate. in Linnea, xx. 21 
Harv. Thes. Cap. i. 26, t. 41; Bolus in Journ. Dina. She. sev. 198, 
and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i i. f 79; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 99; Krénzl. Orch. et 'Sp. i. i. 780, and in Ann. Naturhist. 
Hihass Wien, xx. 8; Gilledior in Engl. Jahrb, xxxi, 255. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Hallack! Miss Bowker! Mrs. Barber, 523, 
! 
Coast REGION : George Div.; near George, Penther, 102. Knysna Div. ; 
