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Disa cernua

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Name

Identification
Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Orchis
  • Satyrium cernuum
  • Monadenia inflata
  • Disa cernua
  • Monadenia cernua
  • Disa physodes

Flora

Entry for MONADENIA densiflora Lindl. [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
MONADENIA densiflora Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. & Sp. Orch. 357, partly;—Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 112; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 814.
Disa densiflora Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 197.
Disa cernua Schlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 210, partly, not of Sw.
Information
plant about 1 ft. high; stem rather stout; leaves cauline, lanceolate-oblong, subacute, somewhat fleshy, 2 1/2–3 in. long; scapes about 1 ft. high; spikes 4 in. long, dense, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, 6–9 lin. long; pedicels about 4 lin. long; flowers rather small; dorsal sepal somewhat galeate, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3 1/2 lin. long; spur oblong, obtuse, two-thirds as long as the limb; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; petals obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 1/2 lin. long; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum with short obtuse arms; stigma pulvinate. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thom, 732!
Notes
Only known from the original specimen in Lindley's Herbarium. Drège's specimen cited by Lindley belongs to M. physodes, Reichb. f. Both are distinct from M. prasinata, Lindl., with which they have been confused.

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