TAB. 26. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium Hallackii , Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xx. 

 (1884), p. 476. — Herba erecta glabra valida, 25-60 cm. alta ; 

 caulis strictus foliosus ; folia erecto-patentia ovato-lanceolata 

 acuta, basi vaginantia, decrescentia, inferiora 10-20 cm. long-a ; 

 spica oblong-a vel cylindrica, dense multiflora, 8-15 cm. long-a; 

 bractes erecto-patentes lanceolatce acutae, flores superantes ; 

 sepala lateralia patula oblonga obtusa, O'8-l cm. longa, imparl 

 paullo angustiore ; petala cum sepalis ^quilongis, basi tertia vel 

 quarta parte connata, lanceolata obtusa ; labellum erectum 

 galeatum, ore suborbiculare vel latiore quam longo, dorso 

 carinatum, apice libero reflexo, calcaribus dependentibus filiformi- 

 bus, ovario paullo brevioribus ; rostellum breve, lobis lateralibus 

 dentiformibus acutis, intermedio porrecto lanceolato acuto ; 

 lobum stigmatiferum, apice rotundatum ; ovarium 1 cm. longum. 

 [Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) S. foliosuw and var. 

 helonioides, Lindl., Gen. and Spec. Orch. (1838), p. 336, 

 non Sivart-z. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sandy dunes 

 near Zeekoe Viey, fl. Dec, Pappe, 65, Zeyher, 1556; sandy soil, 

 Hout Bay, alt. 30 met., fl. Dec, Bodkin! (Herb. Norm. Aust.- 

 Afr., 692) ; near Knysna, Pappe. — South-eastern Region ; Cape 

 Colony: damp grassy places, near Port Elizabeth, alt. 30 met., 

 R. Hallack ! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 948 and in herb. Bolus, 

 6092.) 



Plate 26. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 8, sepals and petals, upper side ; 4, ditto, under side— all mag. 

 2 diams. ; 5, column, with one gland removed, front view ; 

 6, ditto, side view ; 7, section of ovary — all the latter variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous stout herb, 2.i-60 cm. high ; stem straight 

 leafv ; leaves erect-spreading ovate-lanceolate acute, sheathing at 

 base, the upper decreasing in size, the lower 10-20 cm. long ; spike 

 oblong or cylindrical, densely many-flowered, 8-15 cm. long; bracts 



