TAB. 57. 



Tribe Ophryde.E. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE^. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium princeps, Bolus in Hook. Icones Plant, xviii. (1888), 

 tab. 1729. — Herba erecta g-labra robusta, 40-85 cm. alta ; folia 2 

 radicalia ovato subrotunda acuta carnosa humistrata 10-22 cm. 

 longfa, 8-18 cm. lata ; scapus rectus validus, vag-inis inferioribus 

 erecto-patentibus cuculiatis acuminatis membranaccis apice sub- 

 foliaceis, superioribus sensim minorlbus acutis omnino membran- 

 accis ; spica dense multiflora oblonga vel cylindrica, 10-25 cm. 

 longa ; bractecE lanceolatae acutce membranacea^ multi-nerviae, 

 inferioribus reflexis floribus brevioribus, junioribus erectis ; (lores 

 patentes subnutantes, laciniis perianthii alte solutis, in genere inter 

 majores ; sepala lateralia oblique oblonga abrupte acuta patentia, 

 1*4 cm. longfa, intermedio angustiore ligulato apice ampliato 

 obtuso deflexo lateralibus a;quilongo ; petala lanceolata acuminata, 

 e medio usque ad apicem serrulata, deflexa sepalis a^quilonga ; 

 labellum g-aleatum, ore subrotundo, apice libero reflexo cuneato 

 acuto serrulato, calcaribus filiformibus arcuatis ovario paullo 

 longioribus, totum cum calc. 4 cm. longum ; columna medio 

 antice deflexo ; rostellum subtriangulare, dente medio acuminato, 

 basi utrinque tuberculatum ; glandula? lanceolata; acuminat^e, 

 apice approximatje ; lobus stigmatiferus rhomboideus, latior quam 

 longus, superne marginatus emarginatus que ; ovarium oblongum 

 circ. 1'7 cm. longum. [Ex exe?npll. plnr. viv. snd. man. 5929, 

 exsiccatisque.— S. membraiiaceum, A^. E. Broion, ex Hook, f. in 

 Hot. Mag., vol. xlvi. (1890), lab. 7104, nol of Swarls. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sea-shore, 

 near Knysna, fl. Nov. , R Schlcchter, 590G ! — South-eastern 

 Region ; Sandy dunes near the sea-shore, St. Francis Bay, near 

 Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., R. Hallack (No. 5929 in my herb.) ; near 

 Port Alfred, fl. Sept., S. Schonland. 



Plate 57. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view; 

 3, sepals and petals, back view ; 4, one of the side sepals ; 5, one 

 of the petals ; 6, odd sepal ; 7, 9, column, front view ; 8, ditto, 

 side view ; 10, ditto, viewed from above ; 11, section through the 

 ovary — all variously magnified. 



