TAB. 51. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 

 Sub-tribe DlSE.^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium parviflorum, Swar^z, in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Hand!., 

 xxi. (1880), 216.— Herba erecta glabra, 30-80 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus foliosus ; folia 2-5, erecto-patentia ovato vel ovato-oblonga 

 acuta, sensim vel abrupte in foliaceas vaginas transeuntia, 9-19 

 cm. long-a, 5-8 cm. lata ; spica cylindrica, 10-20 cm. longa, saepius 

 dense multiflora, floribus in genere mediocribus erecto-patentibus ; 

 bracteae herbacece reflexae lanceolatae acuminatas, flores superantes; 

 sepala lateralia falcato-oblonga obtusa, 0*3-0-4 cm. longa, inter- 

 medio paullulo breviore obovato-oblonga ; petala subconformia, 

 breviora ; labellum galeatum subglobosum, ore rotundato, 

 marginibus erectis vel subreflexis ; calcaribus patenti-deflexis 

 filiformibus ovario subaequilongis ; columna brevis, rostello late 

 rhomboideo, antice breviter denticulato, lobo stigmatifero oblongo 

 declinato. [Ex exe^nplari inn'co vivo, phinbusque exsiccatis). — 

 S. densiflorum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),/.. 340; S. cassi- 

 deum, Lindl. 1. c. p. 341 ; S. en'ostomum, Lindl. I. c. p. 342 ; 



5. shirense, Rolfc in Flor. Trop. Afr. vii., 266, fide R. SchlecJiter. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Van 

 Staden's R., all below 60 met., Drege ; hills near Port Elizabeth, 

 fl. Oct , R. Hallack! (No. 5928 in my herb.) ; '' MacOwan, 127 and 

 Schonland, near Grahamstown, alt. 610 met., fl. Nov."; grassy 

 slopes near Kei R. mouth, 60 met., fl. Dec, H. G. Flanagan, 262 ! 

 Natal; prope Inanda, fl. Sept., Wood, 1185. 



Plate 51. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto side view ; 3, 

 lip, front view ; 4, sepals and petals, front view ; 5, ditto, back view ; 



6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, one of the pollinia. 



An erect glabrous herb, 30-80 cm. high ; stem straight, leafy ; 

 leaves 2-5, erect-spreading ovate or ovate-oblong acute, gradually 

 or abruptly passing off" into the leaf like sheaths of the scape, 

 9-19 cm. long, 5-8 cm. wide ; spike cylindrical, 10-20 cni. long, 

 usually densely many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading among the 

 medium-sized ones in the genus ; bracts herbaceous reflexed 

 lanceolate acuminate, exceeding tlie flowers ; lateral sepals falcate- 



