TAB. 69. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus Satyeium. 



Satyrium. rupestre, Schlechter, in Enr/ler's Botanische Jahrbilchcr, 

 ined. — Herba glabra erecta, spithamaea vel ultra ; caulis gracilis 

 rectus vel flexuosus pauci-vaginatus ; folia 2 infera laxe patentia 

 vel adscendentia (nee solo appressa) ovato-lanceolata acuta, 6-8 cm. 

 longa, tertium erectum basi laxe vaginatum, reliquis ad vaginas 

 foliaceas reductis, interuodiis brevioribus ; spica gracilis laxe multi- 

 flora (9-15-fl.), bracteis reflexis oblongis acuminatis floribus sub- 

 aequilongis ; sepala oblonga obtuse acuta, lateralibus falcatis, 2-3 

 mill. loDga; petala subconformia aequilonga, apicem versus saepe 

 iuflexa ; labellum subsphaeroideum galeatum, apice libero acuto, cal- 

 caribus filiformibus pendulis limbo fere aequilongis, ovario duple 

 brevioribus; rostellum lineare medio attenuatum, apice ampliatum 

 iucrassatum subbilobum ; glaudulae pone apicem insideutes ; lobus 

 stigmatiferus obcuneatus, rostello paullo longior. {Ex exempli, pliir. 

 viv.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : rocky places near 

 Silver K., distr. Knysna, alt. 120 met., fl. Nov., Schlechter, No. 5870 ! ; 

 near Storm's R., distr. Humansdorp, 60 met., ib, No. 5980 ! 



Plate 69. Fig. 1, 2, flower, front and side view; 3, sepals and 

 petals, somewhat spread out; 4, column, front view; 5, ditto, side 

 view ; 6, the upper portion of the column, the rostellum pulled down 

 to show its form, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, a span or more high; stem slender 

 straight or flexuons, distantly sheathed ; lower leaves 2 loosely 

 spreading or ascending (not appressed to the soil) ovate-lanceolate 

 acute, 6-8 cm. long, third leaf erect loosely sheathing at base, 

 the rest reduced to leaf-like sheaths shorter than the internodes; 

 spike slender loosely many-fl. (9-lo-fl.), bracts reflesed oblong 

 acuminate about equalling the flowers; sepals oblong obtusely 

 acute, the side ones falcate, 2-3 mill, long; petals similarly 

 shaped and as long, often inflexed near the apex ; lip somewhat 

 globular and galeate, the free apex acute, spurs filiform pendulous 



