TAB. 36. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium coriifolium x carneum — Herba erecta glabra, 

 55-60 cm. alta ; folia eis S. coriifolii similia ; scapi vaginae (in 

 siccis) membranaceae ; bracteae patentes ovatae acutce, eis 6". carnei 



similia, vel reflexas oblongo-lanceolatce eis 5". coriifolii similia sed 

 sub-membranaces ; labellum circuitu, a latere visum, eo S. carnei 

 simile sed minus, 1"8 cm. longum, calcaribus ovario saspius pauUo 

 longioribus ; rostellum eo S. coriifolii simile, lobo stigmatifero 

 longiore. {Ex exempli, tribus vivis.) 



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

 near Retreat Station, fl. Oct., A. Bodkin/ (No. 7023 in herb. 

 Bolus.) 



Plate 36. Fig. 1, sepals and petals, upper surface ; 2, ditto, 

 under surface ; 3, lip, back view ; i, column, front view ; 5, ditto, 

 side view; 6, one of the pollinia ; 7, section of ovary — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 53-60 cm. high ; leaves like those or 

 S. coriifolium ; sheaths on the scape, in the dried plants, mem- 

 branous ; bracts spreading ovate acute, as in S. carneum. in the 

 specimen drawn, or reflexed oblong-lanceolate, as in S. coriifolium, 

 but somewhat membranous, in the other two specimens collected ; 

 lip in outline, viewed from the side like that of S. carneum but a 

 little smaller, 1-8 cm. long, the spurs more often a little longer 

 than the ovary. 



Described from three living specimens, which were found by 

 Mr. Bodkin growing widely apart but near and among plants of 

 S. coriifolium and S. carneum. In the specimen drawn the bracts 

 were spreading and in the other two reflexed and narrow. The 

 spike is stouter than is usual in .S", coriifolium. 



Colour of the flowers dull orange, nearly salmon colour shading 

 to red on the crest and spurs ; young bracts dull red, older green- 

 brown or pinkish-brown with green veins ; scape red-brown. 



