132 ORCHIDS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. 
upper smaller; spike 4—5-flowered, 3-1 in. long, bracts ovate-acumi- 
nate, reflexed, the lower ones somewhat longer than, the upper as long 
as, the flower; side sepals ovate-oblong, subfalcate, blunt, odd sepal 
oblong, blunt, all about 24 lin. long; petals oblong, a little shorter ; 
lip galeate, narrowed to an acute point above, ridged and ciliate on the 
the back, about 34 lin. high, spurs very short and blunt, less than a 
line long ; column erect, bent towards the summit; rostellum spreading, 
3-lobed, nearly as long as the stigma; stigma oblong, longer than 
wide, bitubercled at base; ovary suborbicular, roughly papillose on 
the ribs, about 2 lin. long. 
Has. In moist clefts of steep shaded rocks on the mountains of the Cape 
Peninsula from 1000 to 2400 ft., fl. Oct., Drége, 1259b; C. Wright, 136; Bolus, 
3855; Herb. Norm. Austr. Afr., 156. 
The. flowers are a brown-yellow striped with deep red lines, the 
leaves sap-green, paler beneath. In floral characters it comes nearest 
to S. bracteatum, var. lineatum, differing chiefly in the more acute 
galea, shorter spurs, and longer stigma. But the habit is laxer, and 
the leaves much larger; it is also very exclusive in its habitat, while 
S. bracteatum affects open sunny flats and heathy mountain sides. In 
the dried state it bears a strong external resemblance to S. pumilum, 
but the flowers are very different. It is by no means an uncommon 
plant. 
Prats 4.—Fig. 1, flower, front view, x 4 diameters; 2, ditto, side view, x 4; 
3, ovary, with column, front view, x 6; 4, ditto, side view, x 6; 5, stigma, with 
rostellum, magnified; 6, pollinium, mag. 
17. Satyrium striatum, Thunberg, Prodr. Plant. Capens. (1794), 
p- 6; ib., Flor. Cap., ed. 1828, p. 19.—Glabrous, erect, 4-6 in. high ; 
radical leaf subrotund, somewhat fleshy, sheathing at base, appressed 
to the ground, 8 lin. long and wide, second leaf ovate, acute, smaller, 
patent, third leaf bracteiform, cucullate; spike laxly 6-8-flowered, 
13-2 in. long, bracts rhomboidal or obovate, cucullate, thick, and sub- 
rigid, the lower cuspidate, nearly as long as, and almost enveloping the 
flower, 7-8 lin. wide; side sepals elliptical, spreading, recurved, 
2% lin. long; odd sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, the sides deflexed, 
shorter than the others; petals lanceolate or ovate, subacute, about 
13 lin. long; lip oblong, arched, but not galeate (i.¢., the sides 
scarcely inflexed), emarginate, very obtusely bisaccate at base, the 
sacs about 1} lin. long; column moderately curved forward ; caudicles 
short, glands large orbicular ; point of rostellum triangular, extending 
far beyond the glands and deflexed; stigmatiferous lobe oblong, 
bilobed, margined ; ovary 24-8 lin. long. 
Has. Sandy moist slopes on the Steenberg Mt., 1200 ft., Sept., Bodkin, Bolus, 
4946, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 317,— Extends northward to Stellenbosch and 
Piquetberg. 
