TAB. 47. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium coriifolium, Simrtz in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. xxi. 

 (1800),/. 216 ; Bot. Mag., tab. 2172 ; Bot. Reg., tab. 703.— Herba 

 robusta erecta, glabra, 80-75 cm. alta ; folia producta 2-3, erecto- 

 patentia, elliptico-oblong-a, acuta, rigida, coriacea in 2-3 vaginas 

 scapi transeuntia, 7-20 cm. longa ; scapus strictus validus ; spica 

 cylindrica, dense multiflora, 5-15 cm. longa, 2-5-3-5 cm. lata ; 

 bracteae oblongae acuminata^ reflexse, ovarium superantes ; sepala 

 oblonga patenti-deflexa, I'i cm. longa; petala sepalis conformia 

 sed paullo angustiora, usque infra medium connata ; labellum 

 galeatum, ore contracto, dorso carinato, apice libero breviter 

 reflexo, calcaribus cylindricis, ovario paullo brevioribus ; stipes 

 columnae elongatus arcuato-deflexus ; rostellum transverse ob- 

 longum, antice 31obum, lobo intermedio reliquis paullo longiore 

 triangulari acuto ; lobus stigmatiferus transverse oblongus, rostello 

 fere sequalis subretusus. [Ex exempli, vivis exsiccatisgue.) Orchis 

 lutea, Biixbaum, Cent. III. (1729), 7, t.\^\ bicornis, Linn. Sp. 

 Plant, ed. 2 (1763), 1330, non Jacq. ; S. CUCUllatum, Lindl. in 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. (1H18), t. 104 ; S. erectum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 

 Orch. (1838),/). 340, not of Swart s ; S.chrysostacfiyum, Lfersc/iel 

 in Bot. Reg. (1838), sub tab. 154. 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Flats and 

 lower mountain slopes round Cape Town, alt. 12-213 met., fl. 

 July-Nov., ^o/«^, 4557; Schlechter, 1553! Wolley-Dod, ^"^hX near 

 Caledon, Zeyher, 1555 ! Garcia's Pass, near Riversdale, alt. 450 

 met,. Bolus, 13460 ! ; near Clanwilliam, Leipoldt, 239 ! near 

 Knysna, IV. Tyson f aXso Burchell, 5551, 6067. 



Plate 47. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view, 



A robust erect glabrous herb, 30-75 cm. high ; produced leaves 

 2-3, erect-spreading, elliptic-oblong acute rigid leathery, passing 

 off gradually into the 2-3 sheaths of the scape, 7-20 cm. long ; 

 scape straight stout ; spike cylindrical densely many-flowered, 

 5 15 cm. long, 2-5-3-5 cm. wide ; bracts oblong acuminate reflexed 



