TAB. 25. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 

 Sub-Tribe DiSE.-E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium rhynchanthum, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. xix. (1882), j!;>. 342. — Herbaerecta glabra, 15-45 cm. alta. ; caulis 

 strictus, basin versus foliatus, parte superiore vaginatus, vaginis 3-6, 

 arete adpressis ; folia patentia vel erecto-patentia, oblong-o-lanceo- 

 lata vel lanceolata, acuta, in vaginas abeuntia, 3-6 cm. longa ; 

 spica oblonga sublaxa, 2-5-12 cm. longa ; bractese reflexae, ovatae 

 vel lanceolatce, acutae, floribus breviores ; sepala lateralia patentia, 

 oblique oblonga, impari oblanceolato angustiore, obtusa, 0"6 cm. 

 longa ; petala sepalo impari similia, reflexa, apicem versus denti- 

 culata ; labellum galeato-concavum, ore ovato, apice rostratum 

 erectum vel porrectum, dorso carinatum, calcaribus patentibus 

 inflatis obtusis, ovario dimidio brevioribus ; columns stipes 

 elongatus erecto-porrectus ; rostellum apice emarginatum ; anthera 

 dependens, glandula solitaria ; stigma transverse ellipticum, 

 rostello duplo longius ; ovarium 0*8-l cm. longum. {Ex exempli, 

 pliir. viv. exsiccatisque.) — Orch. Cape Penitis. (1888), t. 25. Saty- 

 ridium rostratum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 345 ; 

 Harvey, TJies. Cap. I. (1859) /. 87. 



Hab. : South=western Region ; Cape Peninsula, in moist 

 swampy places, amongst high grass or Restiaces on Table Mt., 

 alt. 900 met., and on the Steenberg, alt. 330 met., fl. latter part of 

 Dec, A. Bodkin! (No. 4999 in herb. Bolus; Herb. Norm. 

 Aust.-Afr., 331); Waai Vley, Wolley-Dod, 2121! Constantiaberg, 

 alt. 450 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechter, 207; between Villiersdorp 

 and French Hoek, alt. 390 met., fl. Nov., Bohis, 5277! French 

 Hoek, alt. 900 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 93011 Hex River, 

 fl. Feb., Ecklon, Zeyher ; Du Toit's Kloof, alt. 900-1200 met., 

 fl. Jan., Drege. 



Plate 25. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, lip ; 4, sepals ; 5, petals ; 6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front 

 view ; 8, ditto, back view, s, stigma, g, gland ; 9, apex of the 

 column, shewing pollen granules adhering to the stigma s, and 

 the very short ridge-like rostellum above, r ; 10, pollinia ; 11, 

 section of ovary — all variously magnified. 



