TAB. 71. 



Tribe Ophhydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium stenopetalum, Lindley, Gen. d Sp. Orch., p. 336 

 (1838). — Herba glabra erecta, l-li-pedalis ; caulis strictus subvalidus 

 laxe foliatus ; folia adscendentia lanceolata acuta subcoriacea mar- 

 ginata, inferiora 5-7 cm. longa, superiora remota sensim minora basi 

 laxe vaginantia in bracteas abeuntia ; spica elongata cylindrica laxe 

 multiflora, bracteis erectis floribus brevioribus ; sepala petalaqne 

 lineari-oblonga subobtusa adscendenti-patentia, circa 1 cm. longa ; 

 labellum galeatum anguste ovoideum, apice libero in genere longissimo, 

 calcaribus filiformibus ovario 2iplo longioribus ; rostellum oblongum 

 apicem versus angustatum ; lobus stigmatiferus oblongus rostello 

 longior ; antherae connectivum liberum ; ovarium 5-costatum, dorso 

 compresso convexo ecostato. {Ex exempli, plur. viv.) 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: Klein Vet R. 

 (district Riversdale), fl. Nov., Burchell, No. 6856!, 6880!; Forest 

 Hall, near Plettenberg Bay, Miss Kewdigate ! ; near Storm's R., dis- 

 trict Humansdorp, alt. 75 met., fl. Nov., Schlechter, No. 5995 ! 



Plate 71. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, bract; 3, sepals and 

 petals forcibly spread out flat ; 4, lip, side view ; 5, column, front 

 view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, rostellum detached, after removal of the 

 pollinia; 8, one of the pollinia; 9, section of the young ovary, — all 

 variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 1-1 1- feet high; stem straight somewhat 

 stout, laxly leafy ; leaves ascending lanceolate acute subcoriaceous 

 margined, the 2 or 3 lower more spreading, 5-7 cm. long, the 

 upper smaller loosely sheathing at base and passing into bra,cts ; 

 spike long cylindrical loosely many-fl., bracts erect shorter than 

 the flowers ; sepals and petals linear-oblong subobtuse ascending 

 and then spreading, about 1 cm. long ; lip galeate narrow ovoid, 

 free apex remarkably long in the genus, spurs filiform 2| times 

 longer than the ovary ; rostellum oblong narrowed towards the 

 apex ; stigmatiferous lobe oblong, longer than the rostellum ; 



