Disperis. | ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 297 
cD: ee (Rolfe) ; plant 10-14 in. high ; stem moderately 
stout ; eaves or 4, suberect and sheath-like, ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, ate or shortly acuminate, sheathing at the base, 
4-12 in. long; sca 10-14 in. high ; spikes 3-4 in. long, lax 
bracts ovate- ager ee acuminate, rr ay 4-1 in. long; aes 
; 5 
a ne Pioyier jeetk Ae subobtuse, cucullate, rather longer 
than the limb; column short; rostellum broadly triangular. ovate, 
obtuse, large ; arms cartilaginous, twisted, sa oblong, obtuse, 
23 lin. long ; capsule oblong, about 7 lin, long. D. Cooperi, Harv. 
Thee. Cap. ii. 47, partly. 
EAsTERN REGION: Natal ; Dargle Farm, Mis. Fannin, 91! 
Quite distinct from the plant ae as D. Cooperi by Harvey, though included 
under the same name by that author 
y figs | eat (Rolfe) ; plant tek 10 in. high ; stem moderately 
stout ; leaves 4, suberect, o or ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 
sheathing at the base, about 1 in. ie scapes about 10 in. high ; 
spikes 4 in. long, rather lax; bracts distichous, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, #-1 in. long, rather lax ; pedicels 7-9 lin. long; ff 
ieedinen-sinkd, carmine-rose ; derail pal 1 POR 4-4! lin. long, 
with triangular obtuse defiexed limb and a broadly saccate galea ; 
lateral sepals spreading, apa Puan en acuminate, 4 lin. long 
with a short conic-oblong sac about middle ; petals falcate- 
oblong, subobtuse, 4-4§ lin. long, ioe ma argin undulate ;_ lip 
broadly unguiculate ; limb pandurate, acute, 2 lin. long ; appendage 
triangularlanceolate, acute, cucullate, nearly as long as the lim 
column short ; rostellum broadly cordate, obtuse,. deflexed at the 
apex, broader ‘ian Jong, with sinuate margin ; arms cartilaginous, 
twisted, oblong, obtuse, about 2 lin. long. 
Eastern Recon: Natal ; Oliviers Hoek, 5000 ft., Allison, 8! 
D. kermesina (Rolfe) ; plant 8-12 in. high (base not seen) ; 
stem moderately slender ; leaves 2, suberect, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
sheathing at the base, 10-14 lin. long: ; Scapes 8-12 in. high ; spikes 
23-5 in. long, lax ; bracts _~ or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-10 lin 
long ; pedicels 5-8 lin. ; flowers medium-sized, carmine ; dorsal 
sepal galeate, 34—4 lin. ae with short triangular acute deflexed 
i and conic-oblong obtuse galea; lateral sepals spreading, 
elliptic-oblong, acuminate, concave, 3 lin. long, with a short conic- 
oblong sac about the middle; petals faleate-obovate, acute, 3 lin. 
long, outer margin obscurely undulate ; lip narrowly unguiculate, 
