250 ORCHIDEA (Rolfe). [ Disa. 
— or subfalcate-linear, obtuse, recurved, with a ee basal 
uricle in front, 7-9 lin. long ; lip linear, obtuse, about ? in. long ; 
nance short; anther reflexed ; rostellaiiy. 6 rect, 3- tc Te front 
lobe subretuse, side lobes acute ; stigma pulvina ate. Bolus in 
Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 158; Or ch. Cap. Penins. 158, and in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xxv. 200; Durand d Schinz, Conspect. Fi. Afr. 
v. 3 Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 775. D. Draconis, var. 
harveyana, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 231. 
Coast ReGion: Cape Diy.; Table Mountain, 1000-3000 ft., Harvey! Bolu 
3304! Prior! Schlechter, 90 ! Kiissner ; Lower Piabese: Wolley- Dod, 2504 
Devils Peak, Bolus in MacOwon & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 
between Constantia Mountains and Hout Bay, Wolley-Dod, 801 
65. D. schlechteriana (Bolus in Trans. 8S. Afr. Phil. Soc. xvi. 149); 
plant 14-1? ft. high; stem moderately stout ; leaves radical, 7-11, 
erect, narrowly linens: acuminate, rigid, prominently veined, about 
1 ft. long; scapes 1 ft. high, with several narrow acuminate 
pressed sheaths above ; spikes. 3-5} in. long, lax, 6—12-flowered ; 
ong: column short; anther reflexed: rostellum erect, oblong, 
tridentate at the apex, eeMy incurved ; stigma pulvinate. Bolus, 
Le, Orch. Austr-Afr. ii. t. 75, 
ast Recion : Riversdale Div. ; rocky mountain sides at Kleenberg, between 
Garcia Pass and Muis Kraal, 1800 it., Mrs. Luyt in Herb, Bulus, 10571! 
66. D. ferruginea (Sw. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 210) ; 
plant $-1} (rarely 2) ft. high; — Digest teged stout; leaves 
radical, 4-8, arching, linear, acute, 5-10 in. long, generally withered 
at flowering time ; scapes $-1} P arely 2) ft. high, with numerous 
w acuminate sheaths above ; Yr oblong, 14-3 in. long, 
acuminate and setaceous, 5-8 lin. long ; : eodnale 3-} in. long; 
flowers medium-sized, submembranous, orange-vermilion or rarely 
ere ooiomred: dorsal sepal gpleate, broadly ovate, subobtuse, 
somewhat pena and subacute above, 10-12 lin. long ; lateral sepals 
maps obtuse, with a fare slender bristle behind the apex, — 
Ae ‘in. long ; petals faleate-ovate, acuminate, with a rounded auri 
culate basal lobe in front, about 24 ‘in. long ; lip lanceolate or blog 
