TAB. 30, 



Tribe QPHRYDE^. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium Lindleyanum, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc.y vol. xx. 

 (1884), p. 474. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 8-25 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus foliosus ; folia adscendentia amplexicaulia cordato-ovata 

 subacuta, marg-inibus reflexis undulatis, inferiora 2-5-6 cm. longa, 

 superiora sensim minora ; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 2 5-12 

 cm. longa ; bractece adscendentes ovatae acuminatee, floras super- 

 antes ; sepala lateralia patentia, oblique ovata, obtusa, impari 

 ovato, 0-3-0-4 cm, longa ; petala cum sepalis quarta parte longi- 

 tudinis connata, oblique lanceolata, obtusa, sepalis subtequilonga ; 

 labellum erectum galeatum, ore latiore quam longo, apice cristatum 

 ciliatumque, sepalis eequilongum, saccis subglobosis basi auctum; 

 columns stipes abbreviatus, medio leviter inflexus ; rostellum 

 brevissimum, lobis glanduliferis divergentibus, intermedio multo 

 minora, obtuso ; stigma suborbiculare, apice inflexum ; ovarium 

 0-3-0*4 cm. longum. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) Orch. 

 Cape Penins. (1888). /. 30. S. bracteatum, Lifidl., in Gen. & 

 Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 342, nan Thiinb. 



//a6.; South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, sides of streams 

 nr. Klaver Vley, on the hills behind Simonstown, alt. 240 met., 

 fl. Oct., Bolus, 4828 ! 7024 ! Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 404 ! North 

 side of Table Mt., fl. Jan., Burchell, 650! Waai Vley, fl. Dec, 

 Wolley-Dod, 2184 ! Mts. above Dutoitskloof, alt. 900-1200 met. , 

 fl. Oct., Drege, alt. 690 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 13503! mts. near 

 Worcester, Drege. 



Plate 30. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, oblique view; 

 3, sepals and petals ; 4, lip, all mag. 6 diams. ; 5, column, front 

 view ; 6, ditto, side view — enlarged. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 8-25 cm. high ; stem straight 

 leafy ; leaves ascending amplexicaul cordate-ovate subacute, the 

 margins reflexed undulate, the lower ones 2-5-6 cm. long, the upper 

 gradually smaller ; spike cylindrical, densely many-flowered, 2-5-12 

 cm. long ; bracts ascending ovate acuminate, exceeding the 

 flowers ; lateral sepals spreading, obliquely ovate, obtuse, the odd 



