Disa.) ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 225 
ovate, about 1 lin. long, with a small pellucid gland at the apex, 
“resembling a dew-drop ” (Bolus) ; column shor t: anther reflexed ; 
“paseger erect, shortly 3-lobed ; stigma pulvinat e. Bolus in Journ. 
n. Soc. xxv. 198, and Ic. Orch. Austr. -Afr. i. t. 80; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. ‘Afr. v . 107; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 7 ; 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 252, and in Ann. Naturhist. 
Hofmus. Wien, xx. 8. D. Huttonii, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. 
ii, 105. 
Coast etapa Swellendam Div. ; Zuurbraak, Penther, 338. Fort Beaufort 
Div. ; damp stony a on the Winterberg Range, 3000-4000 ft., Zeyher! 
Bhbidetstrcn "Div, Kat Berg, Hutton, 53! King Williamstown Div. ; ; Moun 
Kemp, 2660-3000 it, Sim, 1497. 
D. Phage (Rolfe) ; plant 5-7 in. high ; stem rather stout ; 
a caulin subradical, suberect, oblong or linear-oblong, 
he 
bracts; scapes 5-7 in. high, with several lanceolate acuminate 
sheaths above ; spikes oblong, 14—3 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; 
bracts ovate or ovate-oblong, 6-8 lin. long; pedicels about 4 lin. 
long; flowers rather small, green and purple, fragrant (Sankey) ; 
dorsal sepal subgaleate, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 3-3 lin. long ; 
spur linear or subclavate, about half as long as the limb and sea 
descending below its base ; lateral sepals oblong, 0 obtuse, 
3~31 lin. ong ; petals suboblique, obovate-oblong, chitin, 24-3 lin, 
long ; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, 3-34 lin. long ; column nearly 2 lin. 
long ; anther reclinate ; rostellum minute ; stigma pulvinate. 
Katanari Recion: Orange River Colony ; Harrismith, Sankey, 264 ! 
0. D. fragrans (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 40) ; 
nk 3—} ft. high; stem stout ; leaves cauline, 4-6, suberect or 
4~2 ft. long, with several imbricating sheaths he bracts ; 
spikes oblong, 2—4 in. long, very de bracts ovate or elliptic- 
galeate eliptie oblong, Pe tuse, 2} lin. long ; spur somewhat clavate, 
as long or nearly as ess as the limb ; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, 
2 lin. long ; petals scbepathulate-sblois, obtuse, 2} lin. long ; lip 
subspathulate-hinear, obtuse, as long as the orsal sepal ; column 
road, 14 lin. long; anther suberect, obtuse ; rostellum erect, 
3-lobed, with short side lobes and a triangular a front lobe ; 
stigma pulvin inate. Kréinzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 748, n. 
Naturhist Hofmus. Wien, xx. 7; Schlechter in Engl. ahrb. 
223, 
Parca HARI REGION e River Colony; slopes of Quaqua Mountains and 
Mopedis Peak, Witzies "Hoek, 6800-8100 ta hon 55! Mont aux Pegg 
8000-9000 ft., Thode ; mith, Aroo 124, Transvaa y 
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