TAB. 52. 



Tribe Ophryde.'E. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE,4^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium odorum, Sonder in '■^ Linticea'' xix. (1847), 86. — 

 Herba erecta glabra, 25-45 cm. aha ; caulis validus saepius strictus 

 foliosus ; folia 3-5 erecto-patentia vel inferiora saepe debiliter 

 decumbentia ovata vel oblonga acuta per exsiccationem tenuiter 

 membranacea, 8-20 cm. long^a, 5-9 cm. lata, sensim in vaginas 1-2 

 transeuntia ; spica cylindrica, 8-13 cm, long-a, 2-2*5 cm. lata, 

 multiflora, floribus erecto-patentibus, in genere submajoribus ; 

 bracteae foliaceae ovatae reflexae ovario longiores ; sepala lateralia 

 oblong-a obtusa patentia 0'7 cm long-a, intermedio subconformi 

 paullo breviore ; petaia sepalis conformia deflexa, 0*5 cm. longa ; 

 labellum galeatum, ore oblanceolato, marginibus reflexis ero- 

 sulis, apice reflexo truncato, calcaribus pendulis filiformibus ovario 

 longioribus ; columnae stipes brevinsculus, rostello rhomboideo 

 obscure Slobo, lobis lateralibus minutis dentiformibus, intermedio 

 multo majori breviter ung-uiculato late rotundato ; lobo stigma- 

 tifero oblongo truncato, ovario 0'6-0*7 cm. longo. {Ex exetnpll. 

 plur. vivis exsiccatisqiie.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : mostly under 

 bushes, frequent round Cape Town, fl. Aug. -Sept., also sometimes 

 lasting tin Oct-Dec, Wolley-Dod, 393! Schlechter, 57!, 1555! 

 near Simonstown, Wright^ 138. 



Plate 52. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, column, front view ; 

 3, ditto, side view. 



An erect glabrous herb, 25-45 cm. high. Stem stout generally 

 straight, leafy ; leaves 3-5, erect-spreading or the lower sometimes 

 weakly decumbent, ovate or oblong, acute, in the dried state thinly 

 membranous, 8-20 cm. long, 5-9 cm wide, gradually passing off 

 into the 1 or 2 sheaths ; spike cylindrical, 8-13 cm. long, 2-2*5 cm. 

 wide, many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading, among the rather 

 larger ones in the genus ; bracts herbaceous ovate reflexed longer 

 than the ovary ; lateral sepals spreading oblong obtuse, 0*7 cm. 

 long, intermediate somewhat similar in shape, a little shorter, 

 petals like the sepals in shape, deflexed, 05 cm. long ; lip galeate. 



