TAB. 60. 



Tribe Ol'HRYDE.E. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.-E. 

 Genus Satyrium. 



Satyrium candidum, Liudlcy, BoL Reg. (1838), Misc. Xo. 

 153. — Herba erecta robusta glabra, 30-65 cm. alta ; folia 2, 

 radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicularia subobtusa, 9-13 cm. 

 longa ; scapus strictus, vaginis 3-4, foliaceis utriculato-inflatis 

 apice patentibus acutis vestitus ; bractea; herbaceaj lanceolato- 

 oblongaj acut^e reflexte, flores Eequantes vel superantes ; spica 

 oblonga vel cylindrica, 10-20 cm. longa, 3-4-5 cm. lata, sublaxe 

 multiflora, floribus erecto-patentibus, in genere submajoribus ; 

 sepala lateralia oblique oblonga obtusa patentia, intermedio 

 ligulato deflexa omnia 1 cm. longa ; petala lineari-oblonga 

 decurva, sepalis paullo breviora ; labellum galeatum, ore sub- 

 rotundo, apice libero reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis filiformibus 

 ovarium dimidio superantibus ; columns stipes elongatus ; ros- 

 tellum rhomboideum antice suba^qualiter Sdentatum ; lobus 

 stigmatiferus rostello latior, semi-orbicularis, margine crenulato. 

 [Ex exempli, iinico vivo phiribiisque exsiccalis). — S. utn'culatum, 

 Sond. in Linncea xix. (1847), 84. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sandy dunes 

 between Cape Town and Wynberg, fl. Sept. -Oct., Ecklon & Zeyher, 

 1558; Bolus, 4331 ; Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 158: R. Schlechter. 

 Mountain slopes near Genadendal, alt. 610-915 met., fl. Oct. 

 Drege. 



Plate 60. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, column, oblique 

 view ; 3, ditto, front view ; 4, section through the ovary. 



An erect robust glabrous herb, 80-65 cm. high ; leaves 2, 

 radical appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular subobtuse, 9-18 

 cm. long ; scape straight, clothed with 3-4 foliaceous inflated acute 

 sheaths spreading at the apex ; bracts herbaceous lanceolate- 

 oblong acute reflexed, equalling or exceeding the flowers ; spike 

 oblong or cylindrical, 10-20 cm. long, 8-4-5 cm. wide, somewhat 

 laxly many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading, among the medium- 

 sized in the genus ; lateral sepals obliquely oblong obtuse spread- 

 ing, intermediate ligulate deflexed, all 1 cm. long ; petals linear- 



