TAB. 75. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium sphaerocarpnm, Limllcij, Gen. lO Sp. Orch., p. 337, 

 (1838). — Herba glabra erecta, l-H-pedalis ; caulis validus gracilisve 

 strictus foliosus ; folia radicalia duo, laxe adscendeutia, ovata vel 

 lanceolata acuta, 7-12 cm. longa, cauliua 2-3 in vaginas caulem arete 

 cingentes reducta ; spica oblonga vel cylindrica, dense multiflora, 

 3-4 cm. diametro, bracteis demura reflexis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 flores superantibus ; sepala lateralia patenti-decurva oblonga obtusa 

 subfalcata, subtus 1-nerva, circa 1'5 cm. longa; sepalum impar de- 

 flexum paullo brevius ; petala angustiora lineari-falcata sepalis aequi- 

 longa, omnia basi alte connata ; labellum galeatum oblongum, dorso 

 carinatum, circa 1*2 cm. lougum, apice libero ovato obtuso creuulato, 

 calcaribus infundibuli-filiformibus ovario plus minus longioribus ; 

 rostellum oblongum abbreviatum subtruucatum vel antice minute 

 emarginatum ; glandulae approximatae supra rostellum iucumbeutes, 

 antherae connectivum a stipite columnae liberum ; lobus stigmatiferus 

 semiorbicularis pulvinatus, rostello multo major; ovarium ovatum, 

 6-10 mill, lougum. {^Ex exempl. unico vivo phir. exsiccatisqiie.) — 5. 

 militare, Lindley, Gen. d- Sp. Orch., p. 342 (1838). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Coldstream near 

 Grabamstown, J. Glass; marsby places, Kei K. mouth, 60 met., fl. 

 Jan., Flanagan, No. 648 1 ; Tembuland, in various places, Febr., Bolus; 

 Mount Frere, 1300 met., Jan., Schlechter, No. 6305!; near Kokstad, 

 1550 met., Febr., Tyson, No. 1081!; Pondoland, Emagushen, Tyson, 

 No. 28401. — Natal: Sandy flats near Durban, 30 met., Nov., Wood, 

 No. 204 1 1093, 1291 ; McKen S Gerrard, No. 8 ; Delagoa Bay, Forbes. 



Plate 75. Fig. 1, flower witb bract; 2, lip, side view; 3, sepals 

 and petals, spread out; 4, column, side view; 5, upper part of ditto, 

 more magnified ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, one of the pollinia, — all vari- 

 ously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 1-1|- feet high ; stem stout or slender 

 straight leafy ; radical leaves 2, laxly ascending, ovate or lanceo- 

 late acute, 7-12 cm. long, cauline 2-3 reduced to stem-clasping 

 sheaths; spike oblong or cylindrical, densely many-fl., 3-4 cm. 



