TAB. 48. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium, 



Satyrium Woodii, Schlechter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., v, xx., 

 Beiblatt 50 (1895), p. i6. — " Caulis validus erectus aphyllus, 35- 

 55 cm. altus, vag'inis ovatis acutis, basi alte connatis tectus ; folia 2 

 radicalia e gfemma distincta ad basin caulis, erecto-patentia, ovata 

 acuta, 7-15 cm. long'a ; spica densa multiflora, cylindrica, 8-12 cm. 

 long-a ; bracteae deflexae lanceolatae acutae, flores superantes ; flores 

 in genere majores ; sepala petulaque deflexa, basi connata, sub- 

 aequilonga, sepalo intermedio lineari obtuso, lateralibus latioribus, 

 petalis apice marg-ine ita recurvis, ut emarginati videantur, 7-0*8 

 cm. longis ; labellum posticum, petalis aequilongum galeatum 

 dorso perspicue carinatum, apicula libera subquadrata obtusa 

 marginibus microscopice lacerato-incisis, calcaribus dependentibus 

 acutiusculis ovarium paullo superantibus ; columna gracilis, ros- 

 tello basi subquadrato, apicem versus angustato, Slobo, lobis 

 lateralibus brevissimis dentiformibu.s acutis, medio deflexo lanceo- 

 lato acuto, profunde sulcato, lobe stigmatifero semi-orbiculari 

 obtusissimo, vel subemarginato, rostelli longitudine vel sub- 

 breviore ; anthera apice emarginata, connectivo angustiore ; 

 ovarium subcylindricum." {Ex descriplione clar. Schlechteri ipsius 

 tuni ex exempli, iinico vivo pluribus exsiccalisque.) 



Tab. : South-eastern Region ; Natal : Puff Adder Hill, 

 near Umzimkulu, fl. Dec, /. M, JVood. 1411 ! also without special 

 locality, /. Sanderson, 748 ; near Maritzburg, alt. 900 met., fl. 

 Nov., 7?. W, Adlani, n. G "very rare." — Pondoland : near Fort 

 William, alt. 750 met., fl. Dec, JV. Tyson, 2813 !— Cape Colony : 

 Valleys near Kentani, approx. alt. 300 met., fl. Oct., A/iss A. 

 Pegler, No. 242 ! (specimen sent in a living state from which the 

 figure Plate 48 was drawn). 



Plate 48. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, 3, side sepals ; 4, petals and odd sepal viewed from above ; 5, 

 ditto viewed from below ; 6, column, side view ; 7, ditto 

 front view. 



Stem stout, erect, leafless 35-55 cm. high, covered with ovate 

 acute sheaths ; leaves two, radical from a separate bud at 



