TAB. 21. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe Dise^e. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium Guthriei, n. sp. — Caiilis spithamjeus vel ultra, erectus, 

 vaginis 2 cucullatis iuflatis vestitus ; folia 2, radicalia, inferum humi- 

 stratum ovatum 7*5 em. longuiii, superum hand visum; spica pluriflora 

 (in exemplari unico IjBsa) bracteis lauceolatis, inferioribus patentibus, 

 superioribus adscendeutibus, flores plerisque excedentibus ; sepala 

 oblonga subacuta, 7 mill, longa, lateralia obliqua vel subfalcata, inter- 

 medium rectum ; petala ligulata acuta, marginibus sub lente erosulis, 

 sepalis fere aequilouga sed angustiora ; labellum galeatum globoso- 

 intlatum, ore subrotundo, dorso argute carinatum, apice libero 

 acuminato reflexo, calcaribus filiformibus pendulis ovario subn?qui- 

 longis ; columuae stipes rostello fere duplo longior ; rostellum triangu- 

 lare vel late lingusforme arcuato-porrectum, antice emarginatum, 

 glandulis in utroque latere approximatis ; anthera ultra rostellum 

 protrusa, counectivo producto acuminato sub rostello deflexo ; lobus 

 stigmatiferus bipartitus, segmentis subulatis erectis apice paullo divari- 

 catis, rostello multo brevioribus ; ovarium prominenter costatum. {Ex 

 e.vewjil. unico vico.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : in burnt-off places 

 on the Cape Flats, Tokai, near Cape Town, (growing with S. camUduvi, 

 Lindlcij) alt. about 30 meters, fl. Oct., coll. F. Guthrie, jxni. in 1890, 

 (No. 7095 in my herb.) 



Plate 21. Fig. 1, flower side view, with bract; 2, ditto, front 

 view ; 3, sepals and petals, flattened out, upper side ; 4, lip, — all the 

 foregoing magnified about 3 diameters ; 5, 6, 7, 8, column ; 9, one of 

 the pollinia, — all the latter variously magnified. 



Stem a span or more high, erect, with about two inflated 

 sheaths ; leaves 2, radical, the lower ovate, lying close to the 

 ground, about 7'5 cm. long, (the upj^er damaged in the 

 only specimen seen) ; spike somewhat loosely several-flowered, 

 bracts lanceolate, the lower spreading, the upper ascending, 

 mostly exceeding the flowers ; sepals oblong subacute, about 

 7 mill, long, the side ones oblique or subfalcate, the middle one 

 straight ; petals strap-shaped acute, the margins minutely an^ 



