TAB. 56. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 

 Sub-tribe DlSE.«. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium erectum Sivartz, in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 

 xxi. (1800)/). 216 not. of Lindl. Herba erecta glabra robusta 20-35 

 cm. alta ; caulis validus strictus, vaginis 3-4 foliaceis acutis 

 vestitus ; folia 2 radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicularia vel ovata 

 acuta, 5-13 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica sub-laxe multiflora, floribus 

 roseis speciosis, in g-enere inter majores ; bracteae reflexae lanceo- 

 latse vel oblong-ce acutae ovarium superantes ; sepala cum petalis 

 patenti-deflexa oblonga obtusissima basi angustata, sepala 1*5 cm. 

 long"a petalis paullo brevioribus ; labellum gfaleatum, ore obovato, 

 apice libero erecto vel reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis filiformi- 

 bus ovario ssepius brevioribus ; columnae stipes gracilis elongatus, 

 lobo stigmatifero semi-orbiculari obtusissimo marg"inato ; rostellum 

 semi-orbiculare, antice minute tridentatum. {Ex exeniplari unico 

 vivo pltiribusqiie exsiccatis.) — Dipleotrum erectum Pers. Syn. PL 2, 

 (1807), p. 509 ; S. papillosum Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 341 ; 

 S.pustulatum Lindl. Bot. Keg. (1840), /. 18. 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Slopes of 

 Table Mt. above Orange Kloof fl. Dec. alt. GlOmet. R. Schlechter, 8! 

 clay soil, Tulbagh Kloof, alt. 150 met. fl. Oct. Bolus 5448 ; Hex R. 

 alt. 518 met. fl, Oct. Bolus 13471, same place and date W. Tyson 

 646 ! Skurfdebergen, alt. 1000 met. fl. Oct, R. Mai loth 3265 ! 

 sandy soil Bokkeveld of Calvinia alt. 914 met. fl. Oct. C. L. 

 Leipoldt 917! — Namaland Minor, near Naries, alt. 1005 met., 

 fl. Sept. Bolus 6612 ; Zwartberg Pass, district Prince Albert, alt. 

 1468 met. ; fl. Dec. Bolus 11G40. 



Plate 56. Fig. 1, lip, front view ; 2, sepals and petals ; 3, 

 column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 5, section through the 

 ovary ; 6, one of the poUinia. 



An erect robust glabrous herb, 20-35 cm. high ; stem stout 

 straight ; clothed with 3-4 leaf-like acute sheaths ; leaves radical 

 two, appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular, or ovate acute 

 5-18 cm. long ; spike cylindrical somewhat laxly many-flowered, 

 flowers rosy, handsome, among the larger ones in the genus ; 



