TAB. 22. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.e. 

 Genus Satyeium. 



Satyrium muticum, Lindley, Gen. d- Sp. Orch. p. 344 (1838). — 

 Caulis validus erectus strictus, 25-38 cm. altus, vaginis circa 5 lier- 

 baceis laxis, basi alte connatis, superioribus apicibus patentibus, 

 vestitus ; folia 2 raJicalia bumistrata cordato-orbicularia vel ovata, 

 coi'iacea vel subcarnosa, veuosa, 7-9 cm. longa ; spica abbreviata, laxe 

 vel dense 8-12-fl., bractefe oblougae acutfe concavse reflexae, floribus 

 longiores ; sepala lateralia oblonga, impar angustius, omnia Integra 

 obtusissima recurva, cum basi alte connata 1*4-1'6 cm. longa ; petala 

 oblongo-spatbulata obtusa, basi lacerata, crispa, apicem versus Integra, 

 marginibus incurvis, sepalis paullo longiora; labellum galeatum, limbo 

 fere bemispbasrico, apice libero majusculo obtuso crispo, basi saccis 

 conicis circa 2 mill, lougis auctum ; rostellum rbomboideum, antice 

 argute tridentatum, sinubus caudiculiferis duobus, glandulo unico sub- 

 quadrato in rostellum iucumbente ; lobus stigmatiferus semi-orbicularis 

 subconcavus pulviuatus ; ovarium G-costatum, quorum 5 arguta fere 

 alata. [E.v exempli, plur, viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Driefonteiu near 

 Mossel Bay, Drei/e, 4758 i ; in sandy soil near tbe village of Knysna, 

 fl. Aug.-Sept., No. 6227 in berb. Bolus. 



Plate 22. Fig. 1, flower witb bract, side view ; 2, auotber flower, 

 front view ; 3, lip, back view ; 4, sepals and petals, under side ; 5, 

 ditto, upper side, — all the foregoing magnified twice ; 6, 7, column ; 

 8, 9, pollinarium ; 10, section of the ovary, — all the latter variously 

 magnified. 



Stem stout erect straight, 25-38 em. high, closely covered with 

 about 5 loose herbaceous sheaths deeply connate at base, the 

 upper ones spreading at the apex ; leaves 2, radical, cordate- 

 orbicular or ovate, leathery or somewhat fleshy, veined flat and 

 appressed to the ground, 7-9 cm. long ; spike somewhat short, 

 loosely or densel}^ 8-12-fl., bracts oblong acute concave reflexed, 

 longer than the flowers ; side sepals oblong, the odd sepal 

 narrower, all entire very obtuse and recurved, including the 

 deeply connate portion at base 1*4-1'6 cm. long ; petals oblong- 

 spathulate obtuse, crisped and lacerate except near the apex, 



