TAB. 59. 



Tribe Ophkyde.4^:. 

 Sub-tribe Dise.-e. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium acuminatum, Liiidley in Gen. & Sp. Orch. (18;-j8), 

 p, y39. — Herba erecta robusta glabra, 25-55 cm. alta ; folia 2 

 radicalia humistrata, cordato-orbicularia vel elliptica acuta carnosa. 

 6-12 cm. longa ; scapus strictus, vaginis 8-5 foliaceis, erecto- 

 patentibus acuminatis imbricatis vestitus ; spica cylindrica tenuis, 

 9-22 cm. longa, 2-8 cm. diam., sublaxe multiflora, floribus in 

 genere submajoribus ; bracteee oblongo-lanceolatct; acuminata^ 

 herbaccce reflexaj flores saspius superantes ; sepala patentia obo- 

 vato-oblonga obtusa, intermedio angustiore 0-8-1 cm. longa ; 

 petala subconformia ; labellum galeatum, ore late oblongo, apice 

 libero obtuse crispo, calcaribus pendulis liliformibus, ovario 

 longioribus ; columnce stipes incurvus, lobo stigmatifero cuncato- 

 oblongo marginato jequilongus ; rostellum circuitu obovatum, 

 Blobum, lateralibus dentiformibus, intermedio multo majore, 

 breviter unguiculato semi-orbiculari, glandulis pollinium (an sem- 

 per ?) hippocrepiformibus. {Ex exempli, unico vivo, pluribusque 

 exsiccaiis.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Mt. slopes 

 Langebergen, near Swellendam and Riversdale, alt. 805-702 met., 

 fl. Dec. R. Schlechter, 2761; Corente R., distr. Riversdale, fl. 

 Dec, Dr. /no. Muir, No. 5341 in herb. Galpin ! ; near Knysna, fl. 

 Oct., G. W. B. Steytler! (No. 5927 in my herb.); hills near 

 Grahamstown, alt. 610 met., MacOwan, 518, same locality, 

 E. Galpin, 302, and other collectors ; Mt. slopes, Amatola Mts. 

 Drege. 



Plate 59. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, back view ; 

 3, sepals and petals, from above ; i, ditto, from below ; 5, column, 

 side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, rostellum and stigmatiferous 

 lobe ; 8, one of the pollinia ; 9, section through the ovary — all 

 variously enlarged. 



An erect robust glabrous herb, 25-55 cm. high ; leaves 2, 

 radical appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular or elliptical 

 acute fleshy, 6-12 cm. long ; scape straight, clothed with 3-5 



