308 ~ ORCHIDE (Rolfe), [ Disperis. 
middle ; ice obliquely rhomboid-ovate, acute, 14-2 lin. long, 
angled at the outer margin ; lip narrowly unguiculate ; limb ovate, 
somewhat fleshy, reflexed, very short ; appendage linear, obtuse, 
curved, shortly bifid at the apex, about thrice as long as the limb; 
column short ; rostellum very short, broadly dilated ; arms carti- 
esta linear-oblong, obtuse, under 1 lin. long; ca psule sage 
3-4 lin. long. Schlechter in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1" sér. 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 840, excl. syn., and in Ann. Naturhist. 
Hofmus. Wien, xx. 10. 
Coast Reaion: Cape Div. ; Claremont Flats, near Wynberg, 86 ft., Bodkin in 
Herb. Bolus, 7970! 
27. D. micrantha (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 370); plant 5-7 in. 
high; stem rather slender, glabrous; leaves cauline, 2 or 3, 
amplexicaul, aie cordate, subacute or apiculate, $4 in. long, 
4-1 in. broad, with rather broad basal lobes ; scapes 5-7 in. hig 
spikes short and lax, 2-5-flowered ; bracts leaf-like in shape and 
texture, 4-10 lin. long ; pedicels 3-5 lin. | g; flowers very small, 
lateral sepals spreading, obliquely ovate-oblong, acuminate, 15 lin. 
long, with a short broadly conical obtuse sac above the middle ; 
petals cohering with the margin of the dorsal sepal, obliquely 
falcate-ovate, acute, 1} lin. long ; ; lip narrowly unguiculate ; limb 
reflexed, with 2 short diverging lobes; appendage ‘broadly oblong, 
oblong, obtuse, twisted, over $ lin. long. Sond. in Linnza, xx. 22 
Bolue in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 206 ; Durand & Sc gre Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 120 ; : Rihlachter tn Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1° sér. vi. 934 ; Krénal. 
Orch. Gen, et Sp. i. 835, excl. both syn 
oe Arrica: without locality, Mund! and the type, without collector's 
name 
ae REGION : beers Div. ; shady mountains near Grahamstown, 2300 ft., 
South, 509. Bedford ; Kaga Forest near Bedford, Hutton! Komgha Div. ; 
Prospect Farm, near tke 2000 ft., Flanagan, “ne 3! Maastimi Forest, 
rs. pales Beaumont, Hutton! Highlands, Mrs. Barbe 
RI Reeion: Transvaal; near Barberton, 3600. ‘ Culver, 83 ; Hout- 
bosch rea 5500 ft., Schlechter, "4739. 
. dD. diszeformis (Schlechter i in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 
; plant 3-7 in h; stem s: : 
1-2-flowered ; bracts cordate-ovate, acute, 3-5 lin. long ; perc 
about 4 lin. long; flowers rather small, pola a dis aca 
galeate, 24-3) lin. long, with a triangular acute ‘limb and an 
oblong ‘obtuse curved spur about half as long as the limb ; lateral 
sepals spreading, obliquely ovate-oblong, acuminate, 2-3 lin. long, 
