Satyrium. | ORCHIDEA: (Rolfe). 151 
fleshy, gradually passing into the bracts, the upper somewhat 
reflexed at the apex; scapes 2-4 in. high ; spikes }-l igs long, 
dense, few- to many-flowered ; bracts ovate, very acuminate, }-} in 
long ; 1 ag about } in. long ; flowers medium-sized, purple in the 
pe lin vi 
4} lin. long ; stigma rivets pratt 2dentate a at the apex, 14 lin. 
EasTERN Recion: Natal ; eae Farm, a auc 
8. S. saxicolum (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 474); plant 
2-6 in. high; stems moderately stout, suberect or cpt se t 
decumbent ; leaves 2—4, ovate to elliptic- -oblong, subobtuse or ith 
j-1} in. broad, subme mbranous, the lowe 
pedicels about 2 lin. long, with broad denticulate ridges; flowers 
rather small, brownish-yellow lined with red; sepals ee Later 
united to nearly the middle, each with a strong central n odd 
sepal oblong, obtuse, about . long; lateral au tee 
oblong, obtuse, rather longer than the odd sepal ; petals pobre 
obtuse, about 14 lin. long; lip cucullate, 3-3} lin. long, with a 
strong nerves, apex narrowed to a broad reflexed point, ma 
and nerves outside slightly scaberulous ; spurs broadly saccate, cil 
short ; column curved, 2 lin. long ; stigma ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 
about } lin. long, broader than long ; rostellum broad, 3-lobed at 
th 1 ; : 
Phil. Soc. v. 131, t. 4 t. 4, and Journ. Linn. Soe. xxv. 195 ; Kriinzl. Orch. 
Gen. et Sp. i. 673. s. bracteatum, var. saxicola, Schlechter in Engl. 
Hee 
Coast RxGion: rg Div. ; Table Mountain, 1000-3500 ft., py 117! ee 
slopes on Constantia Berg, Bodkin, Schlechier, 1478 ; shady rocks on 
Mountain, the if a 12 , Bolus, 3855 ! Schlechter Be ee 
Mountains, 900 ft., Bolus, 3855! and in MacOwan > Bolus. : . Austr. 
Afr, 156! near Simons Bay, Wri — ht, aon Caledon Div. 5 ; Klein Houw Hoek, 
Zeyher | Schlechter. Ricicale D ; Garcias Pass, 900 afr 4592! 
m, Thunb., in fl aks aracter, but ae different in habit. 
Bolus sera lat os * found in oi “aes of see shaded rocks, while 
S. br n affects open sunny flats and heathy mountain sides. Schlechter 
acteat fla 
reduces it to the rank ae a 5 verily of S. pata 
9. 8. lineatum (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 343, partly, and excl. 
var. 8); plant 4-6 in. high ; stem moderately stout ; leaves several, 
the 2 lower ovate or elliptic-ovate, subobtuse, s spreading, 1-1} in. 
long, the upper narrowly ovate, suberect, su ubacute, decreasing 
upwards into the bracts; scapes 4-6 in. high; spikes 1-2} in. 
