TAB. 23. 



Tribe Opheyde.e. 

 Sub-tribe Dise^. 

 Genus Satyeium. 



Satyrium ocellatum, u. sp. — Caulis erectus validus foliosiis, ^-1 

 metralis ; folia plura lauceolata acuta, basi laxe vaginantia, nervata 

 erecto-patentia, inferiora sffipius abbreviata, superiora longiora, 10-15 

 cm. longa, sensim in vaginas abeuntia ; spica oblonga vel ovata sub- 

 densa miiltiflora, bractete lauceolatte, demum reflexae, floribus patenti- 

 bus paullo lougiores ; sepala petalaque basi connata erecta deinde 

 patentia, omnia 1-2 cm. longa, vel sepala lateralia paullo breviora, 

 sepala oblonga subobtusa, lateralia apice callosa, petala linearia obtusa ; 

 labellum galeatum, limbo inflato subspbterico, marginibus inflexis, 

 apice quasi excavato, apicula libera, dorso argute cariuato, circa 1 cm. 

 longo, calcaribus filiformibus ovario multo longioribus, 2-5 cm. longis ; 

 rostellum subtriangulare, antice obtuse rostratum, rostro inferne 

 incrassato ; glandule majusculse ovales albfe, oculorum iustar, in 

 utroque margiue rosteUi insideutes ; lobus stigmatiferus suborbicularis 

 marginatus, minute crenulatus, emarginatus, rostello fequilongus ; 

 stigma pulvinatum. (£".1- ej-empU. 2 riris plurihusque exsiccatis). 



Hab : South-eastern Region; Cape Colony; near Komgba, 

 marshy places, alt. 560 met., ti. Dec, Flanwjan, 527; Mt. Currie, 

 near Kokstad, alt. 1540 met., fl. Jan. -Feb., Tyson, 1091. — Natal : 

 Sterkspruit, Weenen, fl. Dec, Wood, 3415. — Tkaxs-Yaal Republic : 

 streams near Pretoria, alt. 1300 met., fl. Aug., McLea (3095 in herb. 

 Bolus) ; near Johannesburg, March, J. Hall (6220 in herb. Bolus). — 

 Burchell's 4372, 4379, 4387, aU from near Port EHzabeth, Dec, 1813, 

 are apparently the same species. 



Plate 23. The whole plant to the left, reduced in size ; the spike 

 to the right, of the natural size. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, 

 front view ; 3, sepals and petals, flattened out, — aU the foregoing 

 magnified 2 diameters ; 4, column, side view ; 5, ditto, front view ; 6, 

 one of the poUinia, — all the latter variously magnified. 



Stem erect robust leafy, i-1 meter high ; leaves several lan- 

 ceolate acute, loosely sheathing at base, prominently nerved, 

 ascending, the two lower generally short, the succeeding two or 

 three 10-20 cm. long, the upper shorter passing gradually into 

 sheathing bracts ; spike somewhat densely many-fl., oblong or 



