240 ORCHIDEA (Rolfe). [ Disa. 
Gen. & Sp. Orch. 350 ; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 93. Bolus in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxv. 200, and Te. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 32 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7403 ; 
eile & Schinz, tage Fl. Afr. ¥. 107; Krinal. Orch. Gen. el 
Sp. i. 770, and in Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 8 ; patrgioe 
in Engl Saket XXXi. "932, D. attenuata, Lindl. Gen. & ae Ore 
351; Drége, Zwei Pf. Sage 121, 130 ; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 
93, e 219; Bolus in Journ, Linn. a Son xxv. 200. Orchis sagittal 
Linn. f. Suppl. 399. Satyrium sagittale, Thunb. Prodr. 5. 
Sour AFRICA: asp esearch Masson! Verreaux! Hesse, 16! moe, 3920! 
Coast Reeton: Swellendam Div. ; mountains near Swell endam, Bowie! Mund! 
Langeberg Range, near rsa 1200 ft., Schlechter ; Buffeljagts River. ‘Penther, 
310. Mossel Bay Div.; Gauritz River Bridge, 400 ft., Schlechter. George Div. ; 
! rock 
Phattenbeces coon mere ll, 5344! Mund é Mave, Bowie ! Humansdorp Div. ; 
Human ste cag 974, Galpin, 4620! Uit enhage Div. ; hill near the mouth 
307 ; e 
Grahamstown, Bolt id and without erie as Mrs. Hutton! Stocken om 
; Kat Berg, Seully, 262! Kin ih ie! illiamstown Div. ; Perie Forest, Sim. 
pte Pocuities ‘of cone Colony, Hutt 
47, D. racemosa (Linn. f. Suppl. 406); plant 1-21 ft. high; 
stem rather stout, somewhat flexuous ; leaves radical or subradical, 
spreading or suberect, numerous, lanceolate; acute, membranous, 
3-5 
. long; scapes 1-21 ft. high, with several narrow 
acuminate sheaths ; spikes short, lax, 1—4-flowered ; bracts ovate 
about 1 in. long; flowers large, bright rose; dorsal sepal sub- 
galeate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, subobtuse, 10-12 lin. long 
spur broadly sac-shaped, obtuse, very short ; lateral sepals broadly 
10-12 li 
elliptic, pa - in. long ; ; petals broadly falcate- as 
incurved over the anther and subacute at the apex, 5-6 lin. long 
lip aay acute, about 4 lin. long; column about 5 lin. long ; 
anther ascending ; rostellum | erect, 3-lobed ; side lobes divaricate 
jig. 25; Warn. Orch. 
20. 2. 786 ; Durand &é Schinz, Con mspect. Fl. Afr. v. 107 ; Kranzl. 
Orch _Gen. et Sp. i. 740; Sch lechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 226. 
in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 213 ; Thunb. Fl. 
a be Schult. 14; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 348 ; Drege, Zwei Pf. 
