irregularly notched, narrower than the sepals and almost equally 

 long ; lip galeate globose-inflated, mouth roundish, dorsal ridge 

 sharply keeled, free apex acuminate reflexed, spurs filiform 

 pendulous about as long as the ovary ; stalk or foot of the column 

 twice as long as the rostellum ; rostellum triangular or broadly 

 tongue-shaped, arched and projecting forward, emarginate in 

 front, the glands situate very near each other on either side the 

 notch ; anther pushed up horizontally and projecting beyond the 

 rostellum, apex of the connective free acuminate bent forward 

 under the rostellum ; stigmatiferous lobe bipartite, the segments 

 subulate erect, somewhat divaricate towards the apex, much 

 shorter than the rostellum ; ovary prominently ribbed. 



Described from a single living specimen, collected as above. 

 Colour of stem and bracts brownish and pale red, flowers from 

 pale pink to white, spurs and nerves of the galea red. This is 

 so remarkable and distinct a species that I have not hesitated to 

 describe it from a single, and injured, specimen. The injury, 

 however, was in the middle of the spike, and, it is clear, had 

 nothing whatever to do with the peculiar structure of the column. 

 This organ resembles in some degree that of S. hicallosum, Thun- 

 herg, {Bolus, Orchids of the Cape Peninsula, t. 31) while both are, 

 in this respect, very different from that of any other Satyrium 

 known. In every other character this differs greatly from 

 S. hicallosum, and I doubt very much if it is a natural hybrid. 

 The specimen found had the upper portion of the spike injured, 

 and its development no doubt arrested ; in its normal condition 

 it would probably be much longer than is shown in the figure. 



