TAB. 31. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.i. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium bicallosum, Thunberg, Prodr. PL Cap. (1794), p. 6, 

 — Herba erecta i;labra, s-BO cm. alta ; caulis strictus foliosus ; 

 folia patentia vel adscendentia, basi vag-inantia, cordato-ovata 

 acuta, marginibus reflexis undulatis, inferiora l'o-4 cm. long-a, 

 superiora sensim minora ; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 

 floribus niveis ; bracteae adscendentes foliaceae ovatae acuminatae, 

 flores superantes ; sepala lateralia patenti-deflexa subfalcata, late 

 elliptica, obtusa, 0"2-0'4 cm. longa ; sepalum impar paullo brevius, 

 ovato-oblong"um ; petala cum sepalis basi connata, revoluta o\ ato- 

 oblonga obtusa, sepalo impari aequilong-a ; labellum erectum 

 galeatum, ore latiore quam longo, apice depressum obtusum, 

 saccis brevissimis obtusis ; columnae stipes abbreviatus ; rostellum 

 breve, lobo intermedio obtuso, stig-ma obscurans ; anthera leviter 

 adscendens, apice anteriore, g^landulis posterioribus distantibus ; 

 lobum stigmatiferum semi-orbiculare, alte bifidum ; ovarium 

 ellipticum, costis muricatis, 0'3-0'4 cm. longum. 



\'ar, B. ocellatum. Bolus in Orch. Cape Penins. 1 1888), 

 p. 129. — Differt a forma typica bracteis superioribus floribus 

 brevioribus, labelli apice deflexo magis producto orem in fauces 

 2 oblongas separante. [Ex exempU. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, on steep 

 gravelly slopes on the mountains, mostly on the eastern sides ; 

 also on the lower plateaux, alt. 180-750 met., fl. Oct.-Xov. , Bolus, 

 4554! Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 335 I JVolley-Dod, 1814! R. 

 Schlechter ; Cape Flats, near Wynberg, alt. 24 met., fl. Nov., 

 Eckloti, Zeyher, Kassner ; Paardeberg, fl. Oct., Thiinberg; between 

 Berg River and Drakensteenbergen, alt. below 300 met., fl. Sept.- 

 Oct.. Drege ; near Houw Hoek, alt. circ. 300 met., fl. Oct., 

 R. Schlechter, 5442 I Oakford, near George, Rehmann, 583. 



Plate 31. Figr- 3. parts of the perianth x 4 diams. Var. B. 

 OCELLATUM. The whole plant, nat. size. Fig. 1, flower, front 

 view ; 2, ditto, side view x 6 diams. ; 4, column, front view, the 

 anther removed and the rostellum pulled down to shew the 



