170 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [Satyrium. 
spathaceous bracts ; spikes 2-4 in. long, somewhat lax, ne 
long, reflexed after flowering ; pedicels about } in. long; flowers 
dull ochre-yellow, scented ; odd sepal oblong, obtuse, 24 lin. long, 
reflexed ; lateral sepals rather larger and spreading ; petals oblong, 
obtuse, about as large as the odd sepal, spreading ; lip galeate, 
broadly ovate, obtuse, ai lin. long, basal third united to the margin 
of the lateral sepals; spurs Kiweiteg" slender and somewhat 
curved, 7—9 lin. long; column curved, 24 lin. long ; stigma oblong, 
obtuse, 1} lin. long ; rostellum obleng, with a short tooth in front, 
deflexed, much shorter than the stigma. Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. 
Phil. Soc. v. 122, and in tyite Linn. Soc. xxv. 192; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Ft. Ajr. 93 ; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 675; 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahr : xxxi. 144, S. cucullatum, Sw. in Vet. 
Acad. Handl. Stockh, 1800, 216, t. 3, fig. C; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 17, partly ; Drege, Zwei PA. Documente, 69, 102, 121. 
Dee bicornis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 1330; Houtt. Handl. xii. 455, 
86 » Sig. 1.—Orchis lutea, caule geniculato, Bux. Pl. Min. Cogn. 
wee iii. 6, ¢. 8. 
SourH Arrica: without cancagy oe Brown! Thom, 715! Harvey, 
119! 133! Lehmann! Oldendur, 
oast REGION: Malmesbury sag “ Laaus pen under 1000 ft., Dréve, 8294c ! 
Sim 
Cape Div. ; near ons oene Wo ley. Dod, 2986 ! Doorn Hooste, Zeyher, 1559 ! 
between Kirstenbosch and Wynberg, rane, "1679 | Simons Bay, Wright, 139! 
ead U 376! Cape Flats, Pappe, 63! heathy places up 
2000 ft., Bolus, 455 llenbos v.3 Low ass, 15 : a 
3123! and Herb. Austr ite 1758! Stellenbosch, Lloyd, 13! (in Herb. Sander. 
940!) Swellendan Div. r Appels Kraal, Zeyher! Zuurbraak, on the ruggens) 
800 ft., Galpin, 4602! Tuomala Div. ; between Keurbooms River and Kro 
River, 2000-30. 3000 ft., rye 8295d ! 
ESTERN Reaion: Little Namaqualand; near Ezelsfontein and Roode Berg; 
3000-4000 ft., Dré je, 3960! 
42. 8. eres ia (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. soni 421); 
aig 4-3 ft. hig m rather slender ; leaves basal, 2, spreading, 
y ovate, ace rather fleshy, : 1} in. long, iy in. broad ; 
= 
bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, }-} in. long, reflexed after 
flowering ; pedicels }—} in. long; flowers small, pale ochre-yellow ; 
odd a oblong, subobtuse, 2 lin. long, reflexed; lateral sepals 
24 Jin. 
subobtuse , as long as the “dd sepal, spreading ; lip galeate, broadly 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse and crisped-undulate at the apex, 2} lin. long ; 
spurs cylindrical, slender, curved, 5 lin. long ; column curved, 1} lin. 
long ; stigma obovate-oblong or orbicular ; Perri wr ihers fares 
shorter than the stigma. Bolus, Ic. Orch. tr-Afr. i. t. 68; 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen, et Sp. i. 703 ; Schlechter in Engl Jahrb, xxxi. ya 
Coast Recion : George Div. ; Montague Pass, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 5792 ! 
