TAB. 73. 



Tribe Ophkydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus Satyeium. 



Satyrium lupulinum, LimUey, Gen. <£• Sp. OrcJt., p. 338 (1838); 

 Bolus, Orcli. Cape Penim., in Trans. S. A. Phil. Soc, vol. v, /'. 127 

 (1888). — Herba glabra erecta, |-l|-pedalis ; caulis rectus foliosus ; 

 folia 3 inferiora conferta erecto-patentia ovata acuta undulata, 5-10 cm. 

 louga, superiora sensim minora in bracteas vaginatas abeuntia ; spica 

 cylindrica dense multiflora, bracteis herbaceis reflexis ovatis flores 

 superantibus ; sepala recurvo-deflexa oblonga subobtusa, circa 9 mill, 

 longa, intermedio angustiore ; petala recurva sepalis breviora subfalcato- 

 oblonga, dimidio superiore crispulato ; labellum galeatum angustum, 

 ore ovato, apice libero erecto obtuse, calcaribus filiformibus ovario 

 paullo longioribus ; rostellum adscendens oblongum truncatum ; 

 glaudulae parvae utroque latere pone apicem rostelli insidentes ; 

 lobus stigmatiferus lineari-oblongus incurvus, rostello fere duplo 

 longior. [E.r exempli, plur. viv. e.vsiccatisqiie.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : on the flats near 

 Cape Town, and on the eastern slopes of Table Mt., alt. from 25 to 

 360 meters, fl. Sept. -Oct., not very common, Bvhis, No. 4558 ; 

 MacOican d Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. No. 1873!; Houw Hoek 

 Mts., Bolus; Montagu Pass, George, Nov., Schlechterl — South-eastern 

 Region ; Cape Colony : Algoa Bay, Forbes ! 



Plate 73. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, one of the side sepals; 

 3, odd sepal; both spread out; 4, one of the petals spread out; 

 5, column, front view ; 6, ditto, side view, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, from a span to li^ ft. high ; stem 

 straight leafy ; lower leaves crowded erect-spreading ovate acute 

 undulate, 5-10 cm. long, upper gradually smaller, passing into 

 sheathing bracts ; spike cylindrical densely many-fl., bracts 

 herbaceous reflexed ovate, exceeding the flowers ; sepals recm-ved 

 oblong subobtuse, about 9 mill, long, the intermediate one 

 narrower ; petals recurved, shorter than the sepals, sub-falcate- 

 oblong, the upper half of the margin crispulate ; lip galeate 

 narrow, mouth ovate free apex erect obtuse, spurs filiform, a 



