TAB. 53. 



Tribe Ophryde.4^.. 

 Sub-tribe. DiSE/E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium retusum, Lindley, in Gen. 6" Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 p. 351. — Herba glabra erecta humilis, 9-15 cm. alta ; caulis sub- 

 flexuosus foliatus ; folia 3 erecto-palentia, inferiora cordato-ovata 

 acuta, l"5-3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, superiora ovato-lanceolata 

 caulem basi amplectantia ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, 2-5-5 

 cm. long"a, 1-1 '7 cm. lata, floribus in genere inter minores 

 patentibus ; bracteae erectae vel patentes, foliacece rhomboidese vel 

 lanceolate acutae ; sepala oblonga obtusa patentia, inter se aequi- 

 longa, 3 cm. longa ; petala lineari-lanceolata acuta, sepalis 

 aequilonga ; labellum galeato-concavum, ore subquadrato, apice 

 porrecto, calcaribus retro-patentibus cylindricis obtusis, limbo 

 brevioribus ; columna subsessilis, rostello brevissimo, trilobulato, 

 lobulis obtusis, lateralibus divaricatis longioribus, lobo stigmatifero 

 sub-semi-orbiculari ; pollinium caudicula insigniter elongatae. 

 {Ex exemplari tinico vivo pin ribusque exsiccatis). 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Table Mt., alt. 

 1066 met. fl. Feb., ./?. Schlechter, 305 b ! ; Zuurbraak, Swellendam, 

 120 met., fl. OcX.. -Mally^ without number; Langebergen near 

 Swellendam, alt. 610 met., fl. Oct., R. Schlechter, 5669 ! near 

 Knysna, fl. Sept., comm. Le Suetir (No. 5903 in my herb.). 

 South-eastern Region ; Algoa Bay, R. Hallack! 



Plate 53. Fig. 1, flower, front view, with bract ; 2, ditto, 

 side view ; 3, sepals and petals, flattened out ; 4, lip ; 5, column, 

 front view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, pollinium ; 8, bract, young. 



An erect glabrous dwarf herb, 9-15 cm. high ; stem sub- 

 flexuous, leafy ; leaves 3, erect-spreading, the lower cordate-ovate 

 acute ; the upper ovate lanceolate stem clasping at base, 1*5-3 cm. 

 long ; 1-2 cm. wide ; spike cylindrical densely many flowered, 

 2-5-5 cm. long, 1-1*7 cm. wide, the flowers amongst the smaller 

 ones in the genus, spreading; bracts erect or spreading, foliaceous, 

 rhomboidal or lanceolate acute ; sepals oblong, obtuse, spreading, 

 equal in length, 0*3 cm. long ; petals lanceolate, acute, as long as 

 the sepals ; lip galeate-concave, the mouth somewhat square, 



