(47) RUDOLF SCHLECHTER. MONOGRAPHIE DER DISPERIDE.E. 915 



III. Laubblätter drei. 



a. Mittleres Sepalum helmförmig. Blüten gross. . 31. D. FannimceUa.rv. 



b. Mittleres Sepalum schmallinealisch, Blüten mittelgross. 



1. Pflanze aus Ostafrika 32. D. mozambicensis Schltr. 



2. Pflanze von den Gomoren 33. D. comoorensis Schltr. 



1. Disperis capensis Sw. 



Herba erecta, tenella, 12-50 cm. alta; caule flexuoso, e basi usque aci 

 medium (vel rarius altius) villoso, ima basi unisquamato, medio 2-foliato, 

 apice 1-2 floro; foliis distantibus linearibus suberectis apice breviter acu- 

 minatis vel acutis, glabris, basi caulem amplectentibus, inferiore 3-6 cm. 

 longo, superiore paulo minore vel subeequimagno, 4-6 cm. lato; floribus 

 erectis, in genere maximis, sepalis virescenübus, petalis roseis, vel con- 

 coloribus flavescentibus, bracteis late ovatis acuminatis herbaceis erectis, 

 ovarium paulo brevius basi amplectentibus; sepalis lateralibus divari- 

 catis, lanceolatis apice elongatis setaceis, dimidio inferiore sacculo pen- 

 dulo obtuso donatis, 2,2-2,3 cm. longis, supra basin, 0,4-0,5 cm. latis, 

 sacculo 0,3 cm. alto, sepalo dorsali erecto, galeato concavo apice deflexo 

 gibboso in appendicem setseformem producto, ore oblongo-obtuso 1 cm. 

 longo, seta usque ad 1 cm. longa; petalis oblique late oblongis apice alte 

 mucronulatis, margine anteriore valde ampliatis, sepalo dorsali sequi- 

 longis supra medium 0,8-0,9 cm. latis; labello lineari adscendente apice 

 inflexo acuto, dorso infra apicem aut appendiculo brevi lineari ornato, 

 aut exappendiculato; rostello permagno alte acuminato, marginibus revo- 

 lutis, processibus glanduliferis spiraliter contortis, apice porrectis; ovario 

 oblongo vel cylindrico 0,7-1 cm. longo. 



Disperis capensis Sw., in Act. Holm. (1800), p. 220, t. III, f. F. ; Ker, in 

 Journ. Sci.R. Inst. Lond. v. Y (1818), t. J, f. 3; Thbg., Fl. Cap. (1823), 

 p. 25; Ldl., Gen. Spec. Orch. (1839), p. 370; Bol., Orch. Cape Penins. 

 (1888), p. 176; Ic. Orch. Austr. Afr. v. I, pars 2 (1896), t. 89. 



Arethusa capensis L. f., Suppl. (1781), p. 405; Thbg., Prodr. PI. Cap. 

 (1794), p. 3. 



Dipera capensis Sprgl., Syst. Yeg. v. 3 (1826), p. 696. 



Dipera teuer a Sprgl., Syst. Yeg. v. 3 (1826), p. 696. 



Habitat in Africa australi. 



Loco incerto : Masson; Lalande; Leibold; Trimen. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In dunis arenosis et in montibus Penin- 

 sute capensis, alt. 50-3500 ped., frequentissima, Juni-Sept. — Burchell, 

 n° 8527, Bergius et Mund (1816), Eklon et Zeyher, P. Mac Owan (1883, 



