TAB. 25. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.e. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium piunilum, Thunher<i, Prodr. Plant. Cop. p. 6 (1794); 

 ih., Flor. Clip, cd 1. (1807) p. 98; ed. 1823, p. 19.— Herba glabra 

 hnmibs, 3-5 cm. alta ; folia 4-6, ovata lauceolatave acuta lasa 

 adscendentia, 3-4-5 cm. longa; scapus abbreviatus, 2-5-fl., bracteis 

 foliaceis floribus subfequilongis ; sepala petalaque pro maxima parte 

 longitudinis iu lamiuam oblongam subtruucatam emargiuatam caruo- 

 sam supra verrucosam 8 mill, longam coalita, sepalorum lateralium 

 parte libera brevissima falcato-incurva, intermedii auguste lineari, 

 petalorum lineari-falcata 1-2 mill, longa ; labellum galeatum ovatum 

 acutum, iutus transverse striatum, basi saccis duobus scrotiformibus 

 auctum ; columna elongata gracilis subrecta, apice deflexa ; rostellum 

 subulatum ; glandule dissits ; lobus stigmatiferus oblongus vel 

 ellipticus, rostello longior ; ovarium abbreviatum. {Ex exempli, plur. 

 vie.) Aviceps pumila, Lindley, Gen. d Sp. Orch. p. 346 (1838). 



Hab : South-western Region; Cape Colony: Piquetberg Mt., 

 near streams, Oct., Thunheni ; Hex Elver, Tyson; near Ceres, abundant 

 in moist ground on tbe plain about a mile nortb from tbe village, alt. 

 460 meters, beginniug of Oct. (1889) Bolus, 7347. 



Plate 25. Figs. 1, 2, flowers; 3, ditto, tbe lip being removed, — 

 all magnified 3 diameters ; 4, sepals and petals, tbe upper side, 

 flattened out; 5, 6, column, — all the latter variously magnified. 



A glabrous dwarf herb, 3-5 cm. high ; leaves 4-6, ovate or 

 lanceolate acute lax ascending, 3-4"5 cm. long ; scape short, 2-5- 

 fl., bracts leaflike about as long as the flowers ; sepals and petals 

 for the greater part of their length confluent into an oblong sub- 

 truncate emarginate fleshy mass, the apices of the sepals only 

 slightly free, the petals linear-falcate free for about 1-2 mill, in 

 length ; lip galeate ovate acute transversely striate within, fur- 

 nished at base with two scrotiform sacs; column long and 

 slender, bent down at the apex ; rostellum subulate ; glands dis- 

 tant ; stigmatiferous lobe oblong or elliptical, longer than the 

 rostellum ; ovary very short. 



Described from numerous living specimens gathered at Ceres, 



