TO SOUTH-AFRICAN BOTAT^Y. 67 



Satyrtum emakcidtjm, Bohes, n. sp. G-labrum, erectura, 10- 

 18 cm. altum ; folium radicale ovatum vel subrotuudum acutuiu, 

 basi caulem amplcctens, 5-6 cm. latum et longum, cauliua 3-4 

 ovata seusim niinora, superiora in vagiuas rcducta ; spica 6-12- 

 flora, 2-5 cm. longa; sepala lateralia subcymbiformia, medio con- 

 stricta quasi iucisa, acuta; sepalum alterum ligulatum acutuiu; 

 petala lateralia ovata acuminata ; labcUum galeatum, ovatum, apice 

 cristato, acuminatum, calcaribus filiformibus ovario sequiloiigis, 

 totis orectia ultc counatisque, apicibus cito marcescentibus, sepalo 

 intermedio defleso cxcepto ; galea 8 mm. longa, calcaribus 6 mm. 

 longis, ceteris 6 mm. longis ; columna deflexa; rostellum apice 

 umbonatum, stigmati emarginato sequilongum ; antliera> connec- 

 tivum in acumen liberum subulatum productum ; ovarium ellip- 

 ticum costatum G mm. longum. (Ex exempli, plur. viv. sub num. 

 4847 distrib.) 



Sab. In solo arcuoso Fish Hoek juxta oras sinus False Bay 

 Peuiuaulse Capensi?, fl. Sept., Bolus 4847 ; Herb. Norm. Afr.- 

 Austr. jNTo. 159. 



The flowers are a yellowish or dirty white, the tips of the 

 perianth-segments very soon twisting and withering. In floral 

 structure it comes next to S. ligidatitm^ Lindl., and by those who 

 judge of it in a dried state only might be taken for a variety of 

 that species. But it seems to me to diff*er sufficiently by its 

 broader and shorter leaves, shorter spike, its diflerently shaped 

 side-sepals and labellum, shorter stigmatic lobe, &c. The label- 

 lum in S, lirjulatum is lanceolate and has a very unusual sigmoid 

 flexure; here it is strictly ligulate and simply deflcxed. It is to 

 be noted, too, that while the typical form of *S'. ligulatum grows 

 with us (on the Cape Peninsula) only on the mouutahis at about 

 2500 feet, and does not flower until December, the present 

 species is found on the sea-level, and near the coast, and flowers 

 in September. 



Satyrium: debile, Bolus^ n. s]). Glabrum, debile, decurabens, 

 15-20 cm, altum; caulis gracilis, laxe foliosus, basi vaginis 2-3 

 membranaceis vestitus; folia 4-5, elliptica vcl lanceolata, ad- 

 scendentia, acuta, subundulata, basi vagiuantia, infimum 5-G cm. 

 longum, 2 cm. latum, superiora sensim minora; spica sublaxa 

 angusta, 3-5-5 cm. longa, bractea^ lanceolatae patento-erectae, 

 inferiores floribus longiores, superiores breviores j flores cum 

 ovario 5-7 mm. longi ; sepala lateralia elliptica ; sepalum alterum 



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