TAB. 29. 



Tribe Ophryde.^.. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.i:. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium emarcidum, Bolus, in Joum. Linn. Soc , vol. xxii. 

 (1885), p. 67. — Herba erecta glabra. 10-22 cm. alta ; caulis strictus 

 foliosus, folio radicali solitario humistrato, ovato vel subrotundo, 

 basi vaginante, 3-6 cm. longo, caulinis erecto-patentibus ovatis 

 acutis, in vaginas cucuUatas imbricatas transeuntibus ; spica 

 oblonga, dense 6-14:fl., 3-6 cm. longa ; bracteae reflexae ovatse 

 acutce, floribus aequilongee vel paullo longiores ; sepala lateralia 

 adscendentia, medio constricta et leviter torta, subcymbitormia, 

 manu expansa, oblique lanceolata, 0-6-0*7 cm. longa ; sepalum 

 impar patenti-deflexum ligulatum, lateralibus subaequilongum ; 

 petala patenti-adscendentia lanceolata acuminata, sepalo impari 

 aequilonga ; labellum erectum galeatum, apice libero reflexo 

 acuminate, calcaribus arcuato-dependentibus filitbrmibus, ovario 

 subcequilongis ; rostellum 31obum, lobis lateralibus, dentitormibus, 

 intermedio basi unguiculata, lamina semi-orbiculari ; lobum stig- 

 matiferum oblongum subemarginatum ; ovarium 0*6 cm. longum 

 (^.v exempL. phir. viv. exsiccatisque.) Orch. Cape Penius. (1888), 

 /. 27. 



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

 ground. Fish Hoek, nearly on the sea-level, fl. Sept., Bolus, 4847 ! 

 Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., io9 ! C. B. Fair! (in herb. Wolley-Dod, 

 1756) ; between Retreat Station and Muizenberg, fl. Sept., 

 R. Schlechter, 1480. 



Plate 29. Fig. 1, flower and bract, front view ; 2, ditto, side 

 view ; 3, parts of the flower — all X 3 diams. ; 4, column, front 

 view ; 5, ditto, side view — enlarged. 



.\n erect glabrous herb, 10-22 cm, high ; stem straight leafy, 

 the radical leaf solitary, flat on the ground, ovate or subrotund, 

 sheathing at base, 3-6 cm. long, the cauline erect-spreading ovate 

 acute, passing off" into the cucullate imbricate sheaths ; spike 

 oblong, densely 6-14fl., 3-6 cm. long ; bracts reflexed ovate acute, 

 as long as the flowers or a little longer ; lateral sepals ascending, 

 constricted in the middle and slightly twisted, subcymbiform, when 



