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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
Caules aggregati, basi 2 — 4-vaginati, vaginis ad 2 cm. longis ; folia 
erecta, supra canaliculata, nervo medio impresso, dorso convexa vel 
inconspicuissime carinata, laete viridia, subcoriacea, ad 6 cm. longa, 
basi vix 0 - 4 cm. lata ; pedunculi gracillimi, foliis breviores ; bracteae 
cuspidatae, 0'1 — 0'2 cm. longae ; sepalum impar oblongum acutum, 
lateralibus oblique late ovatis, acutissimis, 0‘6 cm. longis ; petala 
subspathulata, sepalis aequilonga; labellum breviter unguiculatum, 
circuitu transverse oblongum, 1 cm. latum, sepalis aequilongum, 
margine crenulatum, lobo medio lateralibus fere duplo latiore, parum- 
que longiore, 0'2 cm. longo ; columna superne gradatim ampliata, 
0'4 cm. longa. 
Tropical Africa: Southern Rhodesia; Umtali, B. H. Holland. 
Flowered in the National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, May — June 
1915, No. \ 3 /. 
Glabrous, without pseudobulbs, stems 1 -leaved, leaves narrow- 
linear attenuate mucronate ; peduncles 2 — 3-fld., fls. 0'6 cm. long, 
lip 3-lobed, lobes very obtuse. 
Disa Pillansii, L. Bolus, sepalo impari antico fornicato, ore lineari vel oblongo- 
lineari. 
Herba erecta, 20 cm. alta ; caulis substrictus, ad 02 cm. diam., 
basi 5-foliatus, sursum 4-vaginatus ; folia erecto-patentia oblongo- 
spathulata acuta subcoriacea, ad 4 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata ; vaginae 
acuminatae, 2'5 cm. longae; bracteae ovariis aequilongae, 1 — 1'5 cm. 
longae ; bores 6 adscendentes subcapitati, demum spicati ; sepala 
lateralia patentia concava ovali-oblonga obtusa, apicem infra apiculata, 
carinata, 1 — 1 - 4 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum, dorso obscure 
gibbosum, 0'8— 1 cm. longum ; petala erecta, margine posteriore 
columnae adnata, oblonga, basin versus leviter angustata, apice obliqua 
subcucullata, 0‘5 cm. longa ; labellum anguste lineare, petalis aequi- 
longum ; anthera adscendens ; rostellum oblongum, 0 - 2 cm. longum, 
lobo medio reflexo. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Hottentots’ Holland Mts., 
nr Sir Lowry’s Pass, b. Sep. — Oct., N. S. Pillavs, 2675. 
The fornicate odd sepal with a remarkably narrow mouth distin- 
guishes this species from all the other Disae. In general appearance 
it resembles D. falcata, Schltr., from which, however, it differs also in 
having the odd sepal anticous and not spurred. 
