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apex incurved, enclosed in the hood, oblong obtuse, transversely banded with 
red, 4 — 6 mm. long; lip projecting forward, incurved at the apex, narrow 
linear, very inconspicuous, nearly as long as the petals; anther spreading or 
slightly ascending, the connective produced a little beyond the anther-lobes; 
rostellum erect suboblong, the gland-bearing lobes somewhat divergent; 
stigma cushion-shaped ; capsule cylindrical, up to 2 cm. long, 4 mm. diam. 
The drawing was made from living specimens received from Dr John Muir, 
summit of the Langebergen, Riversdale Div., Nov. 1913 (Bolus Herbarium, 
No. 18374). 
Disa Vasselotii, Bolus ex Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxi, 373. 
Gracilis glabra, 8 — 17 cm. alta; folia radicalia4 — 6, adscendentia vel patentia, 
oblongo-lanceolata acuta, ad 4-5 cm. longa, caulina 3 — 6, plus minusve vagini- 
formia, internodiis longiora, acuta; racemus quasi subcorymbosus, 2 — 
10-fL, floribus adscendentibus, niveis vel dilute roseis; bracteae herbaceae 
ovato-lanceolatae acuminatae, T4 — 0-9 cm. longae; pedicelli 3 — 4 mm. longi; 
sepala lateralia subporrecta obovato-oblonga obtusa, 1 — 1-4 cm. longa, 
sepalum impar erectum galeatum, ore late ovato, 0-8 — 1-2 cm. longo, calcare 
decurvo conico-cylindrico, 3 — 4 mm. longo ; petala adscendentia vel retro- 
patentia, apice incurva, oblonga subfalcata obtusa, 4 — 6 mm. longa; labellum 
porrectum, ad apieem incurvum, subspathulato-lineare obtusum petalis 
subaequilongum ; anthera reclinata; rostellum suboblongum, lobis glanduliferis 
subdivergentibus; stigma pulvinatum. Rolfe in Flor. Cap. v, § 3, 235. 
Hab.: Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., mountains 
near Riversdale, 2000 — 3000 ft., fl. Nov. 1892, Schlechter, 2219. Summit of the 
Langebergen, fl. Nov. 5, 1913, Dr John Muir, 1123. Knysna Div., mountains 
near Knysna, 3000 — 4000 ft., fl. Sept. 1886, Vasselot de Regnier (Bolus Her- 
barium, No. 10485!). 
Slender glabrous, 8 — 17 cm. high; radical leaves 4 — 6, ascending or 
spreading, oblong-lanceolate acute, up to 4-5 cm. long, cauline leaves 3 — 6, 
more or less sheath-like, longer than the internodes, acute; raceme with a some- 
what corymbose appearance, 2 — 10-fL, flowers ascending, white or pale rose; 
bracts herbaceous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 1-4 — 0-9 cm. long; pedicels 
3 — 4 mm. long; lateral sepals somewhat projecting forwards, obovate-oblong 
obtuse, 1 — 1-4 cm. long, odd sepal erect hooded, the mouth broadly ovate, 0-8 
— 1*2 cm. long, the spur decurved conico-cylindrical, 3 — 4 mm. long; petals 
ascending or spreading backwards, incurved at the apex, oblong, somewhat 
falcate, obtuse, 4 — 6 mm. long; lip porrect, incurved at the apex, somewhat 
spathulate-linear obtuse, about as long as the petals ; anther reclinate ; rostellum 
suboblong, the gland-bearing lobes slightly divergent; stigma cushion-shaped. 
The drawing was made from living specimens received from Dr J ohn Muir 
in Nov. 1913. 
Disa Baukii, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv, 174, fig. 12, 203. Planta 
robusta in sectione, 22 — 45 cm. alta; tuberus oblongo-ovatus, 6-5 cm. longus, 
