234 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Disa. 
oblong, subacute, submembranous, 2-4 in. long; scapes 14-1? ft. 
gh, with numerous broad acuminate sheaths above : ; * spikes 
3-6 in. long, rather dense, many-flowered ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, ee 1} in. long ; pedicels 8-10 ‘lin long ; flowers rather 
large, somewhat fleshy, rose- coloured ; dorsal sepal galeate, very 
broadly ovate, subobtuse or apiculate, 4-5 lin. lon ng ; spur ascending, 
strongly curved, cylindrical from a narrowly conical base, slightly 
thickened and acute above, 14—15 lin. long ; lateral sepals ovate, 
obtuse, 5 lin. long, with a verrucose dorsal apiculus ; petals 
broadly cordate-ovate, obtuse, 34-4 lin. long; lip narrowly ovate- 
oblong, very obtuse, minutely papillose, 34-4 lin. long ; column 
short : anther reflexed; rostellum mn 
Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv . 199; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 108; Krénzl. Orch. ow. et Sp. i. 796. D. Cooper, has 
Scullyi, Schlechter 4 in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi, 236, eael. syn. D. Thode 
Coast REcion: Stockenstrom Div. ; Menzies Berg, near Stockenstrom, Scully, 
5915! Chumie Berg and Gaikas s Kop, Mrs. Ba rber, 23! 
nnd distinct from D, Cooperi, Reichb. f., to which Schlechter has referred it 
as a variety. 
36. D. Cooperi (Reichb. f. in Flora, 1881, 328) ; plant Mel a 
high ; stem very stout; leaves radical nod sealing e, the tor 
Springing from a distinct bud, suberect, ‘labobalate, 4—16 in. foie 
the latter erect, ovate-oblong, merits: 1-3 in. long, somewhat fleshy ; 
— 1}-2 ft. high, Ages very broad acuminate imbricate sheaths 
; Spikes 6-10 in. long, usually dense, many- flowered ; bracts 
ovateoblong, acute or a l- | me 
spur ascending, strongly curved, 
2 in 
auricled about the middle in front, about 34 lin. long ; lip broadly 
rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, crenulate, about lin. long; col 
short ; bates reflexed ; Oo m 3-lobed ; stigma pulvinate. 
Boh Lin 
ge Bre . EB. Br. in 
1892, xii. 268, 269, fig. 45; Divina & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 101; Krénal. Oreh. Gen. et Sp. i. eee Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. 
XXXi. 236, excl. syn. and var. Seully 
KataHarr REGIon: Orange River Colony ; near Besters Viey, 5000 ft., Miss 
Jacobs: in Herb. Bolus, Flanagan ; near Zaai Hoek, Thode; near Harrismi th, 
ey, 266! Basutoland ; Mametsana, Dieterlen, 132! 
ransvaal ; near Lydenburg, Atherstone ! vara ja of marshes near Middelburg, 
4900 ft., Schlechter, 4104! Ermelo, Miss Leen Zz, 30 
STERN REGION : Griqualand East ; Metatiele’ 5000 . , Tyson, 1606! Natal ; 
near Mooi River, 4000-5000 ft., Wood, 4493, 5859; Van Reenen, 5500 ft., 
yor, he esi Hoek, 5000 ft., Allison, 27 | arm, Mrs. Fannin, 2! 
n Swaziland and Carolina,’ 6900 ft. (fide Bolus). 
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