TAB. 33. 



Tribe OPHRYDE.-E. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.^;. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



A. Satyrium bracteatum, Thunberg. Prodr. PI. Cap. ^1794), 

 p. 6.— Var. B, lineatum, Bolus, Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), p. 130, 

 t. 32. — Herba erecta glabrata, bracteis et nervis g-aleae rig-ide ciliatis 

 vel SLibpapillosis, 7-23 cm. alta ; caulis gracilis foliosus, foliis 

 inferioribus patentibus, ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongis, acutis, 

 2*0-5 cm. longis, superioribus in vaginas subdistantes foliaceas 

 abeuntibus ; spica oblonga, dense multiflora, 2 '5-7 cm. longa ; 

 bracteae reflexce vel patentes, ovatae acuminatas descrescentes, 

 superiores flores aequantes, inferiores eos excedentes ; sepala 

 lateralia falcato-oblonga obtusa, 04 cm. longa, imparl breviore ; 

 petala oblique lanceolata, 0-3 cm. longa, cum sepalis usque ad 

 medium connata, omnia deflexa ; labellum erectum galeatum, ore 

 ovato acuto, saccis brevissimis rotundatis ; columnje stipes 

 elong-atus gracilis, apice inflexis ; rostellum Slobulatum, lobulis 

 lateralibus g-landuliferis divergentibus linearibus, intermedio 

 abbreviate ; stig^ma oblongum, rotundatum vel subemarginatum ; 

 ovarium costis dense papilloso-ciliatum. {^Ex. exempli, pliir. vi'v. 

 exsiccatisque) — S. lineatum, Lzndl. , Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 /. 843. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, moist places 

 on the Cape Flats near Rondeboscli, Claremont, etc., alt. 15-30 

 met., fl. Aug. -Sept., Zeyher, 1562! Bolus, 3932! Herb. Norm. 

 Aust-Afr., 1094! 



B. Var. C. nanum, Bolus, I.e. Herba ad. 7*5 cm. alta, 

 omnibus partibus minoribus, foliis paucioribus quam in var. B, 

 bracteis reflexis, sepalis petalisque minus connatis, lobo 

 stigfmatifero latiore, basi piloso. 



Hab. : South=western Region ; near streams, Klaver Vley, 

 behind Simonstown, alt. circ. 240 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 4820! 

 Constantiaberg, fl. Sept., A. Bodkin; near Riversdale, alt. 90 met., 

 fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 2029; near Zitzikama, Humansdorp Div., 

 alt. 60-90 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter. 



Plate 33. A. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view; 



