TAB. 27. 



Tribe Ophryde.*;. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium ochroleucum, Bolus, in Jouni. Lijin. Soc, vol. xxu. 

 (1885), p. 66. — Herba erecta g-labra, 12-40 cm. alta ; folia 



2, humistrata suborbicularia, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel 

 acuta, o-lO cm longa ; scapus subflexuosus, vaglnis 2-3, foliaceis 

 cucuUatis subacutis laxe vestitus ; spica cylindrica, laxe multiflora, 

 8-20 cm. long-a, bracteae reflexee herbaceae oblongo-lanceolatae 

 acutae, ssepius flores superantes ; sepala lateralia subfalcata 

 oblong-a obtusa, 0'6 cm. longa ; impari paullo ang-ustiore 

 brevioreque ; petala cum sepalis tertia parte connata, impari 

 subsimilia ; labellum galeatum, ore oblong-o, marginibus reflexis 

 crenulatls, apice libero, erecto vel reflexo, calcaribus dependentibus 

 filiformibus ovario paullo vel duplo longioribus ; columnae stipes 

 elongatus arcuatus ; rostellum rhomboideum, apicem versus 

 attenuatum, Slobulatum, lobulis dentiformibus aequilongis ; lobum 

 stigmatiferum semi-orbiculare, rostello asquilongum ; ovarium 1 cm. 

 longum. (Ex. exempli, pliir. viv. exsiccatisque.) Orch. Cape 

 Pentns. (1888), i. 26. Orchis bicomis, /acq., Hort. Schoenbr. t. 179 ! 

 (non Linn.) 



Hab.: South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, eastern slopes 

 of Devil's Peak, above Xewlands, alt. 450 met., fl. Oct., A. Bodkin. ' 

 (No. 4982 in herb. Bolus.) Drege, 1257a; C. B. Fair! Tulbagh 

 Kloof, alt. 210 met., fl. Oc\.., Bolus. 5371 ! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 411.) Hex R. Valley, alt. 480 met., fl. Oct, W. Tyson, 645! near 

 Caledon, Miss Mason.' 



Plate 27. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 



3, sepals and petals — all X 3 diams. ; 4, column, front view ; 

 o, ditto, side view; 6, section of ovary; 7, rostellum viewed from 

 above — all the latter variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 12-40 cm. high ; leaves 2, flat on the 

 ground, suborbicular, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, 

 5-10 cm. long ; scape subflexuous, loosely clothed with 2-3 leaf-like 

 cucullate subacute sheaths ; spike cylindrical, laxly many-flowered, 

 8-20 cm. long; bracts reflexed herbaceous oblong-lanceolate acute, 



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