TABB. 54 & 55. 



Tribe OPHRYDEyK. 

 Sub-tribe UiSE/E. 

 Genus Satykium. 



Satyrium carneum, ^. By. in Ait. Hort Kew, ed. ii. (1813), 

 p. 196. — Herba erecta robustissima, glabra, 40-70 cm. alta ; caulis 

 validus strictus, foliatus ; folia 2 radicalia humistrata orbiculari- 

 ovata, 10-15 cm. long'a, caullna 3-4, erecto-patentia ovata-acuta. 

 in vaginas 3-4 transeuntia 5-9 cm. longa ; spica oblonga, subacuta, 

 dense nuiltiflora, 10-20 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, floribus in genere 

 maximis ; bracteae membranaceae, erectse concavae late ovatae 

 acutffi, marginibus erosulatis, ovarium excedentes ; sepala patentia 

 lanceolata acuta 1'9 cm. long'a; petala conformia sed latiora, 

 pauUo breviora ; labellum g-aleatum, ore late oblongo, apice libero 

 reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis, filiformibus ovario fere dimidio 

 longloribus ; columnfe stipes elongatus ; rostellum oblong-um apice 

 in rostrum obtusum productum, lobo stigmatifero lineari-oblongo, 

 apice incurvo, rostello multo longiore ; pollinium glandulae obpyri- 

 formes. (^Ex cxemplari tinico vivo pluribusque exsiccaiis.) — Bof. 

 Mag. L 1512. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Noord Hoek, 

 on the Cape Peninsula, alt. 305 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 4831 ; 

 frequent in sandy places between Cape Town and Muizenberg, fl. 

 Sept. -Oct., alt. 30 met., N. Schlechter, and many collectors. 



Plate 54, 55. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view; 

 3, sepals and petals connate ; 4, column, side view ; 5, ditto, front 

 view ; 6, pollinium ; 7, rostellum ; 8, section through the ovary — 

 all variously magnified. 



An erect very robust glabrous herb, 40-70 cm. high ; stem stout 

 straight leafy ; leaves 2 radical appressed to the ground orbicular- 

 ovate, 10-15 cm. long, cauline 3-4, erect-spreading ovate acute, 

 passing off into the 3 or 4 sheaths, 5-9 cm. long ; spike oblong, 

 subacute densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm. long, 5-6 cm. wide, 

 flowers the largest in the genus ; bracts membranaceous erect 

 concave broadly ovate acute, the margins erosulate, exceeding the 

 ovary; sepals spreading lanceolate acute 1 "9 cm. long; petals 

 similar in shape but broader and a little shorter ; lip galeate, 



