Disa.) ORCHIDE (Rolfe), 245 
galeate, broadly ovate, subobtuse, about 5 lin. long; spur ve 
narrowly conical, quite slender towards the apex, subobtuse, rashae 
shorter than the limb ; lateral sepals oblique, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
with a short dorsal apiculus, about 5 lin. long; petals narrowly 
ovate-triangular, acute, 2 lin, long; lip oblong, obtuse, about 5 lin 
ong; column short; anther reflexed ; rostellum erect, shortly bifid, 
with a pair of diverging arms ; stigma palvinate. Sond. in sey 
xix. 90; Reichb. f. in Linnea, xx. 692; Bolus in Journ. Lin 
xxv. 198; Krénzi. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i: 768.0 1D, pulchra, var. 
montana, Schlechter én Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 259. 
Coast ReGion: Queenstown Div.; Winterberg Range, between Tarka and 
Katherg, 5000-6000 ft., Zeyher ! 
ASTERN REGION : Griqualand East ; Vaal Bank, near Kokstad, 4000-5000 ft., 
Haygarth, 856 
=. - Fest is sled seen a single flower of the type specimen, preserved in the Lindley 
Boo D. patula (Sond. in Linnza, xix. 94) ; plant 3-1} ft. high ; 
stout ; leaves cauline, numerous, su abersebs lanceolate to ovate- 
satiebolete, ‘acute or acuminate, 2—5 in. long, reduced upwards into 
the bracts; scapes 3-1} ft. high; spikes 2-6 in. long, dense or 
d, 
sepal galeate, broadly oblong, obtuse, with a somewhat = alah 
margin, 4—6 lin. long ; spur cylindrical from a narrowly conical base, 
rather slender, subobtuse, somewhat curved, rather longer than the 
limb ; lateral sepals oblong, obtuse, with a b obtuse ca 
apiculus, 4-6 lin. long ; petals obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse. 
lin. long ; lip linear slightly thickened above, 5-6 lin. long ; ae 
. Linn. 
773. D. stenoglossa, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 173, 199, 
Np Ge WE dowd leydenbergensis, Kréanal. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 811. 
Coast Recion: Albany Div. ; on a flat hill bs Aiasan i Featherstone Kloof, 
near Grahamstown, 2300 ft., lodges 678! H ms Hills, 2200 ft., 
Galpin, 3089! Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Heke 2000 S.J Hutton eenstown 
Div. ; slopes of the Bal codes ag oo Mrs. Ba 
stern Recon: Transkei; Tsomo, Mrs. Barber, ae Krielis geo 
Bowker, 353! and without precise locality, Hallack! Natal; hill near Moo’ 
River, 420 ood, ot Oliviers Hoek, 5000 ft., see "N! and without 
precise locality, "Mrs. Boe! 
This has smaller flowers and relatively much longer leaves than D. nervosa, 
Lindl., with which it has be n confused by Schlechter. I cannot, however, 
separate D. mpmcarecees — of which Mrs. L. Bolus has kindly sent a flower 
from the type specim 
56. D. nervosa (Lindl Gon. & Sp. Orch. 352) ; plant 1f-2 ft. 
high ; stem stout; leaves cauline, s berect, 5-8, linear or narrowly 
