TAB. 50. 



Tribe Ophkyde^. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium foliosum, Swarts in Kongi. Vet. Acad. Handl. 21 

 (1800) 216 ; rhiinb. Flor. Cap. (1823) 18, not of Ltndl. Herba 

 erecta glabra 18-40 cm. alta ; caulis substrictus validus foliosus ; 

 folia 3-4 erecto-patentia ovata acuta concava, in bracteas sensim 

 transeuntia, 5-10 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica multiflora, 5-16 cm. 

 long"a, 2"5-3 cm, diametro ; flores in genere mediocres, erecto- 

 patentes ; bractece lanceolatge acuminatae Scepius flores superantes; 

 sepala lateralia patentia oblonga obtusa, 0*6 cm. longa, intermedio 

 pauUo angustiore, cum petalis recurvo ; petala conformia; labellum 

 galeatum, ore rotundafo, apice libero reflexo erosulato, calcaribus 

 pendulis filiformibus ovarii multo longioribus ; columnar stipes 

 validus ; rostellum rhomboideus, apice obscure tridentato ; lobus 

 stigmatiferus suborbicularis undulatus, apici oris galea fere 

 attingens, eumque complens. [Ex exempli, plur. vivis exsic- 

 cattsqiie.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Grassy places 

 top of Table Mt., rare, alt. 1000 met., fl. Dec.-Feb., Bohis, 4858; 

 same place, Herb. Norju. Atist.-Afr., n. 155 ; R. Schlechler^ 305 ! 



Plate 50. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, perianth segments ; 

 3, column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 5, one of the pollinia ; 

 6, section of ovary — all variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb 18-40 cm. high ; stem straight, or 

 somewhat flexuous, stout leafy ; leaves 3-4, erect-spreading ovate 

 acute concave, passing off" gradually into the bracts, 5-10 cm. 

 long ; spike cylindrical many-flowered, 5-16 cm. long, 2-5-3 cm. in 

 diameter ; flowers among the medium-sized in the genus, erect- 

 spreading ; bracts lanceolate acuminate usually exceeding the 

 flowers ; lateral sepals spreading oblong obtuse, 0'6 cm. long, the 

 intermediate a little narrower, with the petals, recurved ; petals 

 similar in shape ; lip galeate, the mouth rounded, apex free reflexed 

 erosulate, spurs pendulous filiform, much longer than the ovary ; 

 stipe of the column stout ; rostellum rhomboidal, obscurely 3- 



