Disperis. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe), 311 
32. D. ——. arpauonhigs in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 431); plant 
5-9 in. high ; stem moderately slender, glabrous ; leaves cauline, 2, 
subopposite, ‘sessile or iwi Sati broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, 
j-1j in. long, 3-1 in. broad; scapes 5-9 in. high, 1-2-flowered ; 
bracts leaf-like in ain and hacer: 4—9 lin. long ; pedicels 6-7 
lin. long ; flowers rather small, white ; dorsal sepal galeate, 35—4 
broadl 
conical obtuse galea ; lateral sepals spreading, obliquely obovate- 
oblong, subacute or apiculate, 4 lin. long, with a conical subacute 
sac above the middle ; petals cohering with the dorsal sepal, almost 
2-lobed, a, faleate. happend acute, 3-34 lin. long, with an 
ample rounded in front near the base ; lip narrowly unguicu- 
late, about 3 . x Tg imb ane linear, reflexed ; appendage 
recurved, dilated into 4 spreading lobes, or bilobed at the apex and 
the segments shortly 2-lobed, about four times as long as the limb ; 
column short ; rostellum broadly ovate-orbicular, shortly bifid, with 
reflexed margin; arms cartilaginous, waaliets: see ery date about 
l lin. long. Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. ; Schlechter in Bull. 
Herb, Boiss. 1* sér. vi. 953. D. Kersteni, Sehlecbter i in Engl. Jahrb. 
xx. Beibl. 50, 43, not of Reichb. f. 
KataHariI Reaion: Transvaal ; woods on the Houtbosch Range, 6500-7300 
ft., Schlechter, 4453 ! 
33. D. Nelsonii Coltes ; plant 6-8 in. high ; stem slender, 
glabrous ; leaves cauline, 2, in an opposite pair, subsessile, broadly 
ovate, acute, 14-13 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, transparent (Nelson) ; 
scapes 6-8 in. high, 1—2-flowered ; bracts spreading, leaf-like, 
abruptly acuminate, 6-10 lin. long ; pedic els 7-9 lin. long ; flowers 
medium-sized, pink or rose-coloured (in the dried state); dorsal 
sepal galeate, 4-4} lin. long, with a triangular acute deflexed 
limb and a broadly saccate galea ; lateral sepals spreading, obliquely 
faleate-elliptic, shortly apiculate, 5 lin. long, with a very small 
ong sac below the middle ; petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 
bipartite, with subclavate acute lobes, thrice as long as the limb ; 
column short ; rostellum broadly ovate, truncate, 14 lin. long; arms. 
ahloiie: obtuse, 1 lin. long. 
Ka.anari Region: Transvaal ; Houtbosch Mountains, Nelson, 493 ! 
34. D. anthoceros (Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 103); plant 
3-8 in. high ; stem rather slender, glabrous ; leaves cauline, 2, sub- 
opposite, sessile o or su ile, = — or subeordate ovate, 
acute, —_ us, }-1? in. long, $-1 broad ; scapes 3-8 in. high, 
short or subcorymbose, BF ‘bracts leaf-like in shape and 
