Satyrium. | ORCHIDE (Rolfe). 149 
obtuse, spreading, about 24 lin. long; petals ——— euheoute, 
rather smaller than the odd sepal ; lip galeate, 1} lin. long, broade 
than long, with a narrow inflexed margin ; spurs san 3 lin. 
long ; column 1} lin. long; stigma obovate, pulvinate, about } lin. 
long ; rostellum defiexed, obtuse, very short, with 2 tubercles at the 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 96; Krénzl. Orch. Gen, et Sp. i. 668 ; 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 188. 8. bracteatum, Lindl. Gen. & 
. Orch. 342, not of Thunb.; Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 82 
Kranal. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i i. 666, 
ast ReGion: Worcester ie ; Dutoits poe 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 1251d ! 
Ze acs rt a. Div.; near Simons Bay, Wright, 134! on Table Mountain, 
pt chell, 650! Klave er wen near - Gone Town, 800 ft., Bolus, 4828! 7024! 
and in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr. 404! rocks over Waai Vley, 
Wolley-Dod, 2184! 
4. §. retusum (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 343) ; plant 3-7 in. high ; 
stem rather stout; leaves several, the two lower ovate, subobtuse, 
1-1} in. long, 3-13 in. broad, the others decreasing upwards into the 
bracts ; scapes 3-7 in. long ; spikes 1-4 in. long, dense, many- 
flowered ; bracts ovate, acute, }-} in. long ; pedicels 1} lin. long; 
flowers small, white, smelling of old cheese (Bolus) ; odd sepal seve 
or linear-oblong, obtuse, 14 lin. long ; lateral sepals oblong or ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, spreading, ‘longer than the odd sepal ; petals linear, 
obtuse, about as long as the “odd sepal ; lip galeate, ‘broadly ovoid, 
obtuse, 1} lin. long, with a broad inflexed apex and margin; spurs 
br roadly saccate-oblong, about 1 lin. long; column 1 ‘lin. long ; 
stigma semiorbicular, very obtuse, scarcely } lin. long ; rostellum 
cuneate, 3-lobed at the apex, very short ; capsule broadly oblong, 
3 lin. long. Drége, Zwet Pfl. Documente, 124 ; Bolus in Journ, Linn. 
. xxv. 195; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 98 ; Kranal. 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 666 ; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 188. 
Coast Recton : Cape Div. ; Tabie Mountain, 3000 ft., Schlechter. Swellendam 
Div. Swalety-tach 800 ft., belo. 4593a! 2000ft., Schlechter, 5669! Langeberg 
Rang endam, Schlechter! Mund. Riversdale Div. ; Langeberg Range, 
at 1000 fe. Schlechter | Knysna a Div. ; near Knysna, Mund! Forcade, Newdigate ; 
Ruigte Valley, under 500 ft., Drége, 3578! Port "Elizabeth Div. ; sandy places 
at ‘Aco Bay, Hallack 
i 
Seapes 3-10 in. high ; spikes 1—4 in. long, dense, a : 
in 
bracts ovate or geinelanosblate, acute or acuminate, }~-} ong ; 
ite or yellowish-white ; odd 
lin. long; lateral sepals obliquely 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, about Ld Tin . long, much broader than the 
odd sepal ; petals ovate-oblong, Sica about | lin. long ; lip galeate, 
