TAB. 74. 



Tribe Opheydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus SATTEruii. 



Satyrium macrophyllum, Lindley, Gen. d- Sp. Orch.,p. 338 (1838). 

 — Herba glabra erecta, 1^-2-pedalis ; caulis validus, bracteis vaginatis 

 arete vestitus ; folia inferiora 2-3, adscendentia ovato-lanceolata acuia, 

 15-25 cm. longa, superiora sensim minora ; spica oblonga dense multi- 

 flora, 3-5-4 cm. diametro, bracteis patentibus vel reflexis lanceolatis 

 acuminatissimis flores superantibiis ; sepala patentia oblonga obtusa 

 apiculata, circa 1-2 cm. longa ; petala ligiilata obtusa, sepalis angustiora 

 parum breviora ; labellum galeatum iuflatum dorso bene carinatum, 

 calcaribas filiformibus ovario paullo longioribus, 1-4 cm. longis ; 

 rostellum suborbiculare quadratumve antice denticulatum, glandulis 

 approximatis ; lobus stigmatiferus late obovatus, rostello subaequi- 

 ongus, stigmate pulvinato. {Ex e.vewpl. loiico vivo pliir. exsiccatisgiie.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Coloxy : lBondola.nd., Dmje : 

 near Komgba, fl. Febr., Flanagan, No. 646 ! ; near Kokstad, alt. 

 1850 met., fl. March, Tyson, No. 1089 ! ; near Emyembi, 1550 met., 

 March, ib., No. 2087 ! — Natal : near Eichmond, 900 met., May, Wood, 

 No. 1848 ! and near Umkomas, March, No. 4618! 



Plate 74. The fig. to the left represents the whole plant reduced 

 to one-third its natural size. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side 

 view ; 3, sepals and petals forcibly spread out ; 4, column, side view ; 

 5, the upper part of the column, front view, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, Ij- 2 feet high ; stem stout, closely 

 clothed with sheathing bracts ; lower leaves 2-3, ascending 

 ovate-lanceolate acute, 15-25 cm. long, upper gradually smaller; 

 spike oblong densely many-tl., 3"5-4 cm. in diameter, bracts 

 spreading or reflexed, lanceolate very acuminate, longer than the 

 flowers; sepals spreading oblong obtuse apiculate, about 1'2 cm. 

 long ; petals ligulate obtuse, narrower and slightly shorter than 

 the sepals ; lip galeate inflated, dorsally sharply ridged, spurs 

 filiform longer than the ovary, 1"4 cm. long; rostellum sub- 

 orbicular or nearly square, toothed in front, glands placed close 

 together; stigmatiferous lobe widely obovate, about as long as 

 the rostellum. stigma cushioned. 



