TAB. 19. 



Tribe Ophkyde^. 

 Sub-tribe Dise^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium maculatuni, Burchdl, in Lbidlcy Gen. d- 5/). Orch. 

 p. 337 (1838).^ — Herba erecta glabra, 25-45 cm. alta ; caulis robustus 

 rectus, vaginis 4-5 cucullatis laxis herbaceis vestitus ; folia 2, radicalia 

 humistrata suborbicularia carnosa, 6-9 cm, diametro ; spica oblonga 

 saepius dense multiflora, vel iuterdum laxe pauciiiora, floribus patenti- 

 bus ; bracteae lanceolatse membranaceae reflesae ; sepala lateralia 

 anguste elliptica patenti-deflexa, impar angustius, omnia 1-1-2 cm. 

 longa ; petala oblique lanceolata obtusa, sepalis paullo breviora ; label- 

 lum galeatum ovatum, apice erecto obtusissimo, calcaribus filiformibus 

 ovario li-2 plo longioribus ; columna elongata subrecta ; rostellum 

 rhomboideum, antice anguste tridentatum ; lobus stigmatiferus cordato- 

 reniformis emarginatus, rostello subaequilongus at multo latior ; ovarium 

 oblongum gracile rectum. {E.v exempli, jdur. liv. exsiccatisque). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : hill-sides in the 

 districts of George, Knysua, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, &c., alt. up 

 to about 650 meters, and mostly within thirty miles of the seacoast, fl. 

 Oct.-Nov., Burchell, 6854 ; MacOwan, 383 ; Bolus, 2471 clc. 



Plate 19. Fig. 1, flower ; 2, part of the lip, the spurs cut off, side 

 view ; 3, sepals and petals, viewed from above and flattened out ; 4, 

 ditto, viewed from below, — all the foregoing magnified 2 diameters ; 

 5, column, side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, ditto, the upper part 

 viewed from above ; 8, one of the pollinia ; 9, section of the ovary, — 

 all the latter variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 25-45 cm. high ; stem robust straight, 

 clothed with 4-5 loose cucullate herbaceous sheaths ; leaves 2, 

 radical, lying appressed to the ground, nearly round, fleshy, 6- 

 9 cm. in diameter; spike oblong usually densely many-fl., some- 

 times loosely few-fl., flowers spreading ; bracts lanceolate mem- 

 branous reflexed; side sepals narrow-elliptical, spreading-deflexed, 

 the odd sepal narrower, all 1-1-2 cm. long; petals obliquely 

 lanceolate obtuse, a little shorter than the sepals ; lip galeate 

 ovate with a free erect very obtuse apex, spurs filiform 1^2ce 

 as long as the ovary, or longer ; column long, nearly straight ; 



