TAB. 35. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.e. 

 Genus Satyriu.m. 



Satyrium cristatum, Sander, in Linncea, vol. xix. (1847), 

 p. 84. — Herba erecta g-labra, 25-40 cm. alta ; folia 2 radicalia 

 erecto-patentia ovato-oblong'a acuta, 6-15 cm. long'a ; scapus 

 strictus, vagfinis 3-6, arete adpressis, acutis subimbricatis vestitus ; 

 spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 5-17 cm longa ; bracteee reflexae 

 lanceolatse acuminata, flores superantes ; sepala lateralia patentia 

 subfalcata oblonga obtusa, impari ligulato, 0*8 cm. longa ; petala 

 cum sepalis basi tertia vel dimidia connatis, eis aequilonga ; 

 labellum cum sepalis dimidio connatum, galeatum, ore obovato, 

 apice reflexo, calcaribus dependentibus filiformibus, ovario pauUo 

 brevioribus ; columnar stipes elongatus, apice leviter inflexus ; 

 rostellum porrectum, fere aequaliter Sdentatum, vel dente inter- 

 medio paullo longiore ; lobum stigmatiferum semi-orbiculare, 

 marginibus inflexis, rostello paullo brevius ; ovarium 0*9 cm. 

 long-um. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) S. luantalce, 

 Reichb.f. in Flora, (1865), 183 ; S. pentadactylum, Krsl., inEnglers 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxiv. (1898), 506. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; summit oi the Boschberg-, 

 Somerset East, alt. 1440 met., fl. Feb., MacOwan, 1900! near 

 Baziya, alt. 600 met., fl. Mar., R. Baiir, 140! Lesseyton Mt., 

 Queenstown, alt. 1200-1350 met., fl. Mar., E. E. Galpin, 2035! 

 Engcobo, fl. Feb., A. G. McLoughlin 18 ! near Kokstad, alt. 1500 

 met., fl. Feb., W. Tyson, 1082! — Natal: near Van Reenen, alt. 

 1.500-1800 met., fl. Mar., Wood, 5533. — Trans-Vaal : summit of 

 Saddleback, nr. Barberton, alt. 1440 met., fl. Mar., E. E. Galpin, 

 872! Houtboschberg, alt. 1740-1950 met., fl. Feb., i?, Schlechter, 

 4414 ! Bolus, 10977 ! Also occurs in Tropical Africa. 



Plate 35. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, lateral sepals, petals and lip ; 4, column, front view ; 5, ditto, 

 side view ; 6, pollinium. 



An erect glabrous herb, 25-40 cm. high ; leaves 2 radical erect- 

 spreading ovate-oblong acute, 6-15 cm. long ; scape straight, 



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