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Disa aconitoides

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Identification
Disa aconitoides Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for Disa aconitoides Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
Disa aconitoides Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 91;—Sond. in Linnæa, xx. 219; Harv. Thes. Cap. i. 26, t. 41; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 198, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 79; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 99; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 780, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 8; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 255.
Information
plant 3/4–2 ft. high; stem moderately stout; leaves radical and cauline, suberect, the former linear or linear-oblong, acute, 3–5 in. long, the latter oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute, 1–3 in. long, reduced upwards into the bracts; scapes 3/4–2 ft. high, with oblong-lanceolate acute sheaths above; spikes 3–8 in. long, usually lax, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 4–7 lin. long; pedicels 3–5 lin. long; flowers small, white or lilac, with light purple spots; dorsal sepal galeate, erect, broadly ovate, obtuse, limb about 2 1/2 lin. long; spur conical, obtuse, longer than the limb; lateral sepals oblique, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, with an obtuse dorsal apiculus, about 2 1/2 lin. long; petals falcate, somewhat constricted below, dilated above into an elliptic obtuse limb, with a small rounded basal lobe in front, 1 1/2 lin. long; lip elliptic-spathulate, obtuse, convex, about 1 1/2 lin. long; column short; anther reclinate; rostellum erect, subquadrate, shortly and obtusely 3-lobed; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION George Div.; near George, Penther, 102. Knysna Div.; Zitzikamma River, Penther, 212. Humansdorp Div.; near Storms River, 250 ft., Schlechter, 5985; Coldstream River, Penther, 166. Alexandria Div.; Olifants Hoek, near Bushmans River, 200 ft., Ecklon & Zeyher! Zuurberg Range, Mrs. Barber, 446! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 699! Bolton! Miss Bowker! Schönland, Galpin, 306! Komgha Div.; near Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 1035. Eastern Frontier, Hutton!EASTERN REGION Natal; Umtshanga, near Richmond, 2000–2500 ft., Sanderson, 109 F! 498! 735; Grey Town, Mrs. Saunders! Dargle Farm, Sanderson, 745, Mrs. Fannin, 22! Inanda, Wood, 1418! near Howick, 3000–4000 ft., Wood, 5136, 11820!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; without precise locality, Cooper, 981! Transvaal; Elands Spruit Mountains, 7000 ft., Schlechter, 3851.SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Hallack! Miss Bowker! Mrs. Barber, 523, partly!

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