TAB. 58. 



Tribe Ophrydp:.*:. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.'E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium membranaceum. Swartz in Kongl. Vetensk, Acad. 

 Handl. xxi. (IMOO) p. 1*16 Herba erecta glabra robusta, 20-40 cm. 

 alta ; caulis validus strictus ; vaginis 5-9 membranaceis obtusis vel 

 acutis dense vestitus ; folia 2, radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicu- 

 laria obtusa, carnosa, 5-13 cm. longa, 5-11 cm. lata ; spica 8-18 

 cm. long-a cylindrica sublaxe multiflora, floribus in genere inter 

 majores ; bracteaj membranaceae reflexie ovato oblongfae acuta?, 

 ovario long^iores ; sepala lateralia oblique oblong-a obtusa, 1 cm. 

 long-a, intermedio oblong-o paullo angaistiore aequilongo ; petala 

 lanceolata acuta e medio usque ad apicem minute crenulata sepalis 

 agquilong-is ; labellum g-aleatum, ore oblongo, apice libero erecto 

 vel reflexo crenulato obtuso, calcaribus filiformibus, arcuato- 

 pendulis, ovario duplo longioribus ; rostellum circuitu late ovatum, 

 lobis lateralibus dentiformibus falcatis incurvis, intermedio multo 

 majore, breviter unguiculato ampliate semi-orbiculare sinubus 

 glanduliferis late distantibus, lobo stigmatifero cuneato sub- 

 rhomboideus, rostello a^quilongo. {Ex exempli, plur. vivis 

 exsiccalisque). 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : between 

 Mossel Bay and Gouritz River, fl. Nov. Btu'c/iell, 6345 ; same 

 locality, alt. 61 met. fl. Oct., 7^. Schlechter 1712; South-eastern 

 Region, Albany Division ; near the Kowie R. fl. Oct. Hnrchell 

 4153; near Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., R. Hallack ! (No. 5930 in 

 my herb.) grassy hills near Grahamstown alt. 610 met. fl. Nov. 

 P. MacOwan ; Kafifraria Cooper 384 I ; Katberg- near Stockenstrom 

 fl. Nov. Scully 114 ! same locality, alt. 1524-1615 met. fl. Dec. 

 E. E. Gal pin 1686! 



Plate 58. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 8, 

 one of the side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 

 6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, rostellum and stig- 

 matiferous lobe above it ; 9, one of the pollinia ; 10, section of the 

 ovary — all more or less magnified. 



An erect glabrous robust herb, 20-40 cm. high ; stem straight 

 stout, closely covered with 5-9 membranous obtuse or acute 



