154 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). [Satyrinm. 
upwards into the bracts, somewhat fleshy ; scapes 6-8 in. long; 
spikes cylindrical, 1-3 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; bracts 
sepal ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1} lin. long ; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, 
obtuse, broader than the sepal ; “petals oblong, obtuse, 1 
long ; lip galeate, 3 lin. long, with 9 prominent nerves, apex su ub- 
acute, margin slightly scaberulous, nerves not scaberulous ; spurs 
broadly saccate, very short ; column curved, 1? lin. long ; stigma 
suborbicular-oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long; rovtellinn S dentate in 
front, not half as long as the stigma. Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 
124. 
Coast Rucion: Knysna Div. ; Ruigte Vallei, under 500 ft., Drége, 3579 ! 
14, 8. sa pre aggre f. in Flora, 1881, 328); plant 
1-2 ft. high ; stems stout ; leaves cauline, 2-4, auberect, oblong or 
sheaths above; spikes 1-4 in. long, very dense, many- baneihecbess 
bracts lanceolate to ovate lancenlate, acute or acuminate, }—l in. 
and yellow; sepals and petals united to the middle; odd sepal 
oblong, obtuse, 14-2 lin. long ; — sepals longer an nd broader 
than the odd sepal, somewhat spreading ; petals oblong, obtuse, 
13-2 lin. long; lip cucullate, wekheloboae e, 2-24 lin. long, sub- 
emul curved, 1}~2 lin. long; column curved, 14—2 lin. long ; 
y rhomboid-ovate, ? lin. long, broader than long ; 
sbateiivan rhomboid-o -oblong, minutely 3-lobed at the apex, scarcely 
half as long as the sti, — Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 194; 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 93; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et 
Sp. % 660, Bs. triphyllum, vig oo — Gen. et Sp. i. 660 
S. monopetalum, Kranal. ¢ es G62. 8: irtnores, 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb, xxxi. 182 2, ser, not of Lindl. 
Coast Recion: Albany Div. ; Howisons Poort, Hutton ! . 
KaLaHaRI REGION: Waeveal near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Wilms, 1358, 
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Bs 
ry, 1805! id. ! 
River, 5000 ft., Schlechter, 4038 ; Witbank, near Mid ddelburg, 5300 ft., Gilfillan 
in . Galpin, 7243 ! Merwe Station, roe 6293 ! 
Eastern Region: Pondoland ; summi of West Gate, age St. John, 1200 it., 
Galpin, 3420! Natal; Clairmont Yui: bes Sanderson, Wood, 1599 ! 1716 ! 
Newcastle, 3800 ft., Wood, 6657! Oliviers Hoel k, ces of Tugela River, 
5000 ft., Allison, 28! Highlands, Gerrard, 1562! Fairfield, Rudatis, 572! and 
without precise locality, Mrs. Fannin, 4! Mrs. K. Saunders! Gerrard, 2181! 
15. microrrhynchum (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 
50, 14) err 3 ft. high, with straight stem, sheathed at the base ; 
leaves radical, nearly opposite, suberect, broadly ovate, shortly 
sidliaatisal 2-24 in. long, 4—} in. broad ; scapes ? ft. high, with 2 
