TAB. 62. 



Tribe Ophryde.-e. 

 Sub-tribe DlSE.t:. 

 Genus Satyku'M. 



Satyrium microrhynchum, Schlcchtcr, in Engl. Bot. 

 /ahrb., vol. xx. (1895), Beibl., 50, p. 14. — Herba erecta huniilis, 

 20-22 cm. alta ; folia producta 2, subopposita erecto-patentia ovata 

 acuminata, 6-9 cm. long^a, 3-3*5 cm. lata ; scapus strictus, vaginis 



2, acuminatis vestitus ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, floribus 

 flavo-viridescentibus, in genere minoribus, 6-8 cm. long-a, 1*5-2 cm. 

 diam. ; bracteai erectie, apicem versus patentes vel reflexae, 

 lanceolate acuminata^, flores superantes; sepala petalaque deflexa, 

 oblong-a obtusa, basi pilosa, sepalis lateralibus subobliquis 0"J:-0'5 

 cm. Iong"is, petalis paullo brevioribus ang"ustioribusque ; labellum 

 galeatum, ore rotundato, apice porrecto obtuso, ecalcaratum ; 

 columns stipes gracilis elongatus ; rostellum obcuneatum, antice 

 minute 3 denticulatum ; lobus stigmatiferus transverse ellipticus, 

 rostello long;"ior. [Ex excmpl. unico vivo altera exsiccatoque.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; on the summit of the 

 Mont-aux-Sources, alt. 3048 met., fl. Feb. (1893), Justus Thode 

 (No. 2102 in herb. Schlechter !) ; in declivibus montis Kwen- 

 Kwe prope Gatsberg- in ditione Maclear, alt. circ. 1644 met., 

 H. G. Flanagan (No. 8702 in my herb. spec, unico invento, a me in 

 statu vivente depicto). 



Plate 62. Fig-. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 



3, sepals and petals ; 4, column, front view ; 5, ditto, side view ; 

 6, rostellum ; 7, one of the pollinia. 



An erect dwarf herb, 20-22 cm. hig^h ; produced leaves 2 sub- 

 opposite, erect-spreading ovate, acuminate ; 6-9 cm. long, 3-3*5 

 cm. wide ; scape straight, clothed with 2 acuminate sheaths ; spike 

 cylindrical, densely many-flowered ; flowers yellowish green 

 among the smaller ones in the genus, 6-8 cm. long, 1*5-2 cm. 

 diam. ; bracts erect-spreading* or reflexed at the apex, lanceolate 

 acuminate, exceeding the flowers ; sepals and petals deflexed, 

 oblong, obtuse pilose at the base, lateral sepals suboblique 0*4-0*5 

 cm. long, petals a little shorter and narrower ; lip galeate apex 



