TAB. 61. 



Tribe Ophkyde.*:. 

 Sub-tribe DiSE.*:. 

 Genus Satykium. 



Satyrium trinerve, Lindley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 344. 

 — Herba erecta subrobusta vel interdum gracilis, 20-53 cm. alta ; 

 caulis strictus foliatus ; folia producta 2-3, erecta anguste 

 lanceolata acuta vel acuminata trinervia carinata, supremis vaginae 

 formibus subobtusis, 5-15 cm. longa ; spica oblonga dense multi- 

 flora, angulis omnibus scabris, 5-10 cm. longa, l*5-3'5 cm. lata ; 

 flores erecto-patentes, in genere inter minores albi ; bractea^ late 

 patentes, basi foliaceaj virides apice albai, lanceolata; acuminata^ 

 floribus multo superantes ; sepala lateralia falcato-oblonga patenti- 

 decurva obtusa, 0"3-0"5 cm. longa, intermedio ligulato obtusissirno 

 eequilongo ; petala sepalo intermedio subconformia ajquilongaque 

 vel paullo breviora ; labellum galeatum, apice libero porrecto vel 

 erecto, calcaribus conicis pendulis abbreviatis ovario tere duplo 

 brevioribus ; columnar stipes elongatus gracilis incurvus; rostellum 

 transverse oblongum, antice obscure tridenticulatum, intermedio 

 bifido ; lobus stigmatiferus subrhomboideus, apice rotundatus, 

 rostello duplo longior ; ovarium scaberulum. {Ex exempli, plitr. 

 vivis exsiccatisque.) — S. leucocomos, Reichb. f. in Flora, 48 

 (1865), p. 182 ; S. Atherstonei, Rcichh. f. in Flora (1881), p. 328 ; 

 S. longebracteatum, Rolfc, in Bot. Soc, Brot. vii. (1889),/. 238; 

 S. Mechoiuianum, Kraenzlin in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xvii. (1893), 

 p' 65 ; S. tripliyllum, Kransl., I.e. vol. xxiv. (1898), p. 504. ; S. mono- 

 petalum, Kriinzl. I.e. vol. xxiv. (1898), p. 504 ; S. SchillzH, Dur. et 

 Kriinsl. in Oreh. Gen. Sp."\. (1899), p. 696, parlly ; S. zombense, 

 Rolje in Flor. Trop. Afr. vii. (1898), p. 273 ; S. OCCUltum, Rol/e, 

 I.e. vii. (1898), p. 273. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Dohne Mt., 

 near Stutterheim, alt. 1370 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 13463 ! ; Pondo- 

 land, alt. 60 met., fl. Oct., W. Tyson, 2608! St. John's R. Mts., 

 340 met., fl. Feb., Bolns, 10298 ; same locality, fl. Dec, E. E. 

 Galpin, 3420! — Natal: Clairmont, near Durban, alt. 46 met., 

 fl. Dec, Wood, 1599; near Greytown, alt. 922-1620 met, fl. Jan., 

 Wood, 5890 ; Swazieland : Vlei at Embabane, fl. Jan., /. Burtt 

 Z^ai:)/, 2841.— Trans-Vaal : Marshes, Klein Olifants R., alt. 1525 



