TAB. 32. 



Tribe Ophryde,^!:. 

 Sub-tribe DlSE,^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium striatum, Thimberg, Prodr. Plant. Capens. (1794), 

 p. 6. — Herba erecta glabra, 10-15 cm. alta ; folium radicale solitare 

 humistratum subrotundum subcarnosum, l"o cm. longum ; scapus 

 strictus vaginis 8-4, foliaceis distantibus, laxe amplectentibus, 

 ovatis acutis prasditus ; spica 6-8fl.. 2-6 cm. longa ; bracteas 

 rhomboideae vel ovatce, acuminatae cucullatce, floribus breviores ; 

 sepala lateralia patenti-recurva elliptica, O'o cm. longa ; sepalum 

 impar ovatum obtusum, 0"4 cm. longum ; petala recurva, cum 

 sepalis ima basi tantum connata, lanceolata vel ovata, subacuta, 

 0'3 cm. longa ; labellum erectum concavum oblongum emargina- 

 tum, sepalis lateralibus a^quilongum, saccis obtusissimis, 0*2 cm. 

 longis ; columnae stipes elongatus, leviter inflexus ; rostellum 

 Slobum, lobo intermedio deflexo triangular!, ultra glandulas 

 producto, lateralibus minoribus dentiformibus acutis ; caudiculae 

 breves, glandulis magnis orbicularibus ; lobum stigmatiferum 

 oblongum, apice bilobum, marginatum, rostellum subeequans. 

 {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccalisgue.) Orch. Cape Penitis. 

 (1888), t. 33. 



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

 moist slopes, Steenberg, alt. 360 met., fl. Sept. -Oct., Bodkin! 

 Bolus, 4946 ! Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. , 317 ! Vlaggeberg, nr. 

 Stellenbosch, fl. Oct., Miss de Waal! (No. 6090 in herb. Bolus.) 

 Near streams, Piquetberg, fl. Oct., Thunberg ; sandy damp places, 

 nr. Hopefield, alt. 45 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 5307 ; Hermanus, 

 fl. Sept., Bolus, 13,502! 



Plate 32. Fig. 1, flower and bract, front view ; 2, galea, 

 oblique view ; 3, ditto, front view ; 4, 4, side sepals ; 5, odd 

 sepal ; 6, 6, petals ; all mag. 4 diams. ; 7, column, oblique view ; 

 8, ditto, front view — mag. 6 diams. ; 9, pollinia, enlarged. 



An erect glabrous herb, 10-15 cm. high ; leaf radical solitary, 

 flat on the ground, suborbicular, somewhat fleshy, 1"5 cm. long ; 

 scape straight, bearing 3-4 leaf-like distant loose ovate acute 

 sheaths ; spike 6-8fl., 2-6 cm. long ; bracts rhomboidal or ovate, 



