TAB. 49. 



Tribe Ophryde.-E. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.e. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyriutn bicorne, Tliunb. Prodr. Cap. (1794), p. G. — Herba 

 glabra erecta, 20-50 cm. alta ; folia 2, radicalia humistrata 

 incequalia cordato-orbicularia carnosula, 5-10 cm. longa ; scapus 

 strictus, vag"inis 2-4 foliaceis basi alte connatis obtusiusculis laxe 

 vestitus ; spica cylindrica, sublaxe multiflora, 7-20 cm. longa ; 

 bractecK oblongo-lanceolatae reflexae flores superantes ; flores in 

 genere mediocres pallide ochroleuci ; sepala lateralia oblonga 

 obtusa, intermedio paullo angustiore, cum petalis recurva, O'G cm. 

 longa; petala conformia sepalis paullo breviora; labellum galeatum 

 subacutum apice porrecto, sepalis aequilongum, calcaribus pendulis 

 filiformibus ovario multo longioribus ; rostellum late oblongum 

 apice truncatum, medio in dentem brevem linearem productum; 

 lobus stigmatiferus, oblongus retusus, stipiti columnee a^qui- 

 longus, rostello longior. [Ex exempli, pliir. vivis exsiccatisque ) 

 —Orchis lutea, Bnxbaum, Cent. iii. (1729), 6, /. 8; Orchis bicornis, 

 Litin. Amoen. Acad. vi. (1764), p. 109 ; S. CUCuHatum, Swaris. in 

 Ko?igL Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 21 (1800), p. 216 ; Thunb. Flor. Cap. 

 (1823), p. 17 ; Bof. Reg., t. 416 ; Andr, Hot. Repos. t. 815. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sandy dunes 

 near Wynberg, fl. Aug. -Oct., Harvey, Zeyher, Bolus, 4556, 

 Schlechter; Devil's Peak, alt. 240 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 4559; 

 near Tulbagh, alt. 152 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter. 



Plate 49. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

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



An erect glabrous herb, 20-50 cm. high ; leaves 2, radical 

 appressed to the ground, unequal cordate-orbicular fleshy, 5-10 

 cm. long ; scape straight, clothed with 2-4 leaf-like rather obtuse 

 somewhat distant sheaths ; spike cylindrical, somewhat laxly many 

 flowered, 7-20 cm. long ; bracts oblong-lanceolate reflexed, ex- 

 ceeding the flowers ; flowers among the medium-sized in the 

 genus, pale ochre yellow ; lateral sepals oblong obtuse, inter- 

 mediate a little narrower, all with the petals recurved, 0*6 cm. long; 

 petals similar in shape, but a little shorter than the sepals ; lip 



