TAB. 70. 



Tribe Opheydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus SAiTEirM. 



Satyrium longicauda, Limlley, Gen. <£• Sp. Orch. p. 337 (1838). — 

 Herba glabra erecta, 1-li-pedalis'; scapus e tubere bornotino strictus 

 apbjllus, vaginis berbaceis scapum arete cingentibus vestitus ; folia 

 radicalia 2-3, e tubere anuotino, adscendentia lanceolata acuta saepius 

 7-nerva, 5-15 cm. longa; spica cylindrica vel oblonga dense multiflora, 

 circa 3 cm. diametro, bracteis lanceolatis reflexis, interdum minute 

 ciliolatis, iuferioribus flores longe superantibus ; sepala petalaque 

 patentia oblonga obtusa, basi connata, circa 8 mill, longa, sepalis 

 trinervis, petalis 5-nerTis ; labellum oblongo-galeatum, margine in- 

 flexo, apice libero obtusissimo emarginato crispato barbato, dorse 

 ecarinato vel interdum brevissime carinato, calcaribus pendulis flli- 

 formibus, circa 2 cm. longis, ovarium longe superantibus ; rostellum 

 rbomboideum, medio sinubus glandularum angustatum, apice ampli- 

 atum obtuse rostratum ; lobus stigmatiferus obovato-oblongus rostello 

 aequilongus vel paullo longior; glandulae majusculae bene pone apicem 

 rostelli positae. {Ex exempli, plur. viv.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Coloxy: Coldstream, near 

 Grabamstown, Marcb, J. Glass; Katberg, alt. 1380 met., fl. Jan., 

 W. C. Scully, No. 39i ! = No. 1372, Herb. Norm. Aust-Afr. ! Tembu- 

 land, Bazija, 750 met., Febr., Baur, No. 93!; Poudoland, 60 met., 

 Oct., Tyson, No. 2609 ! ; near Komgba, Oct., Flanagan, No. 526; Mt. 

 Currie, near Kokstad, Febr., Tyson, No. 1087 ! in part, (excluding 

 specimens also marked witb the same number from same station 

 "5500 ft. March"). 



Plate 70. Fig. 1, flower; 2, lip, side view, the spurs cut off; 

 8, sepals and petals, spread out by hand ; 4, column, fi-ont view ; 

 5, ditto, side view ; 6, one of the pollinia, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 1-1 j feet high ; scape from the tuber 

 of the previous year, straight leafless clothed with herbaceous 

 sheaths closely encircling the shaft ; leaves 2-3, radical, from the 

 tuber of the present season, ascending lanceolate acute mostly 

 7-nerved, 5-15 cm. long ; spike cylindrical or oblong densely 



