302 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). | Disperis. 
cohering with the dorsal sepal, obliquely semicordate, falcate, acute, 
lin, long ; lip ascending, shortly angled, lanceolate, acuminate, 
3—4 lin. long, with a gland-fringed claw over ‘the convex face of the 
column ; appendage broadly oblong, short, gland-fringed ; column 
short ; rostellum large, convex, obtuse, ible revolute margin ; 
arms distant, divaricately spreading ; capsule fusiform, oe 
ong. nd. in Linnea, xix. 112, xx. 221 ; 
Thes. dy i ii. 30, ¢. 148; Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. ’ Phil. Soc. v. 176, 
t. 19, Orch. Cap. Penins. ‘176, t. 19, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 206 ; 
Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v ; N. H. Br. in Gard. 
Chron. 1885, xxiv. 232; Schlechter in Bull Herb. Boiss, 1*° sér. vi. 
916 ; Kréinal. agg Gen. et Sp. i. 834, and in Ann. Naturhist. 
Hofmus. Wien, x 
Coast Recion: Paarl Div. ; ee h Hoek Pass, 3000 ft., Harvey! Schlechter, 
9306 ! Cape Div. ; marshy places t Van Kamps Bay, Harvey! Table Mountain, 
. Austr.-Afr. 339! 4 
iv.; banks of the Zondereinde River, near Appels Kraal, Zeyher, 3935 ! George 
Div. ; above Montagu Pass, 1500 t., Penther. Knysna Div. ; near Knysna, 
Forcade. Fort Beaufort Div. ; Kat River, Hutton ! 
18. D. capensis (Bw in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 220, 
t. 3, fig. F.); plant 4-1} ft. high ; stems erect, rather slender, some- 
wliat canna, covered eiih long spreading hairs below the paiddia. > 
leaves cauline, sessile, with sheathing base, usually 1 or 2, suberect, 
lanceolate or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, a cute or acuminate, 1—2 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3-1 in. lon g; pedicels }—} in. long ; 
flowers large, yellowish or greenish, often with the Oe purple or 
lilac and darker at the margins ; dorsa 1 sepal erect, galeate, 10-12 
lin. long, obovate-oblong, broad and angled above, then suddenly 
contracted into a setaceous point about as long as the limb ; lateral 
sepals spreading, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 12-14 lin. long, 
at the base, acuminate, decurved and usually hooked at the apex, 
6—7 lin. long ; appendage linear or oblong, somewhat lacerate, short 
or sometimes absent; column short; rostellum broadly cordate- 
ovate, subobtuse, with cuecuad margins ; arms linear from a broader 
base, spirally twisted, acuminate. Ker in Quart. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 
Natal. 158; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. rer, xxiv. 232; Bolus in 
Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soe. v. as peo Cap. het a 175, Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxv. Ne and Ie. Orch. A tr.-Afr. i. t. 89; Du rand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 118; Sebleehes in Bull, Herb. Boiss. 1° sér. vi. 
915; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 830, and in Ann. Naturhist. 
