TAB. 28. 



Tribe Ophryde.-e. 

 Sub-tribe DlSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium ligulatum, Lindley, Gen. and Spec. Orch. (1838), 

 p. 342. — Herba erecta glabra, 20-50 cm. alta. ; caulis strictus 

 foliosus, foliis inferioribus erecto-patentibus o\^ato-oblong"is acutis, 

 margfinibus subundulatis, 6-18 cm. longis, superioribus in vaginas 

 acutas transeuntibus ; spica cylindrica tenuis, dense multiflora, 

 5-20 cm. longa ; bracteae herbaceas reflexce oblong-o-lanceolatae 

 acutce, floribus pauUo longiores ; sepala lateralia adscendentia, 

 oblique lanceolata, attenuato-acuminata, apicem versus torta, 

 0*7-1 cm. longa ; sepalum impar asquilongum lanceolatum 

 subacutum sigmoideo-flexuosum ; petala sepalis lateralibus 

 subsimilia, paullo breviora ; labellum galeatum, ore contracto 

 oblongo, apice libero reflexo lanceolate, calcaribus dependentibus 

 filiformibus, ovario subaequilongis ; columuce stipes abbreviatus ; 

 rostelli loba lateralia dentiformia minima, intermedium unguicula- 

 tum semi-orbiculare ; lobum stigmatiferum erectum oblongo- 

 ligulatum, apice rotundatum, rostello duplo longius ; ovarium 

 0*7-1 cm. longum. {Ex. exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) Orch. 

 Cape Penins. (1888), /. 28. 



Hab.: South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, lower 

 plateau of Table Mt., alt. 750 met., fl. Nov. -Dec, Bolus, 4853! 

 Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 332! roadside. Camp's Bay, fl. Oct., 

 Wolley-Dod, 3597 ! Tigerberg, Mund ; nr. Stellenbosch, 

 Miss Farnham! Nieuwe-Kloof (Tulbagh Kloof), alt. 300-600 met., 

 fl. Oct., Drege; Zwarteberg, near Caledon, alt. 240 met., fl. Oct., 

 Zeyher, 3910; R. Schlechter, 5606; George Div., fl. Oct., 

 E. W. Young! (No. 5536 in herb. Bolus) ; Oudtshoorn Div., 

 Robinson Pass, alt. circ. 600 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 12311 ! — 

 South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : nr. Port Elizabeth, 

 fl. Oct., R. Hallack ! Howison's Poort, nr. Grahamstown, alt. 600 

 met., fl. Nov., MacOioan, 693, E. E. Galpin. 300; summit of the 

 Katberg, alt. 1500-1590 met., fl. Dec, E. E. Galpin, 1687 ; nr. 

 Stockenstrom, fl. Dec, W. C. Scully, 184! — Orange Free State: 

 mts. near Bester's Vlei, Harrismith, alt. 1860 met., fl. Jan., 

 Bolus, 13513 ! 



