Plate 1729. 



SATYRIUM PKINCEPS, Bolus. 



Orchidacejd. Tribe Ophrydkj;. 



Satyrium princeps, Bolus (sp. nov.) ■ glabrum, erectum, robustum, 

 40-85 centim. altum ; folia 2, " *' .-.».. 



carnosa 



. radicalia, 

 multinervia, humistrata, 10-2° 



I "1 * 1 



ovato-subrotunda, acuta, 



um. longa, 8-18 cm. lata ; 

 scapus rectus, validus, vaginis inferioribus erecto-patentibus cacullatis 

 acaminatis membranaceis apice sub-foliaceis, superioribus sensim mi- 

 onous acutis, omnino membranaceis; spica dense multiflora, oblonga, 

 j-^o cm. longa; bractea? lanceolatae, acutae, membranacese, multi- 

 nervue, interionbus reflexis floribus brevioribus, junioribns erectis ; 

 nores patentes, subnutantes, laciniis perianthii alte solutis; sepala 

 dcerana oblique oblonga, abrupte acuta, patentia, 14 cm. longa, inter 

 meaium angustius ligulatum apice ampbatum, obtusum, deflexum, 

 quuongum ; petala lanceolata, acuminata, e medio usque ad apicem 

 ■ rruiata, deflexa, sepalis aequilonga ; labellum galeatum, ore subro- 

 unao apice libera, cuneata, acuta, serrulata, reflexa, calcaribus fili- 

 ormmus arcuatis, ovario paullo longioribus, totum cum calc. 4 cm. 



• \ co - umua medio antice deflexa ; rostellum subtriangalare, 



erne intermedio acuminato, basi utrinque tuberculatum; glandulae 

 •anceolatae acuminata «™ : A „ i_i_ ..• ^.-i-' 6 _ _u„_. 



lougum ; 

 dent 



acummatae, apice approximate ; lobus stigmatiferus rbom- 



Li 10r °l nam bongus, superne marginatus, emarginatusque ; 

 anuiu oblonsrum. costa.tnm nit.no 1-7 «™ i™„„m (Ex ezempl. 



boideus, 



„,, "" "oiongam, costatum, circa 17 cm. longum. 

 Plur. vrv. sub num. 5929 distrib.) 



Hab. I n ^ 



nnis arenosis juxta litus maris, sinu St. Francis Bay. 



pi P °r E1 ' Zabeth ' fl°r. Sept., legit R.Haliack.— It o.' 5929 in herbb. 



P'-oprio, Kewensi, etc. 



deenp ° ^ handsom est of the genus, with bright carmine flowers 

 sifrvr 1 crimson on the back of the galea, the bracts a dull raw 



habit a d fl S °t Pe reddish » with dark g reen leaves - Ifc is allied b ? 

 and no D • 0r8 L sfcructure both to S. carneum and to 8. membranaceum, 



whioh P16 ^ Same kind of wefc sand y downs near Porfc EIizabeth 

 well H-T atte . cted b J th e former near Capetown. From the first it is 



defle™W gU18hed b ^ the sha Pe and setting of the flowers, by its 

 and wiH r ascendin g) odd sepal and petals, and by its much shorter 

 extrem | S . ? mat | c lob e ; the shape of the rostellum and glands are 

 by its m 7 81TOdar in eac b. From S. membranac^m it may be known 

 ' more r °bust habit, by its much wider side sepals, by its obtuse 



