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Orchis spathula. Linn. Suppl. p. 396. Syst. vegetab. 

 XIV. p. 807. 



Satyrinm spathnlatum. Prodr. Cap. p. 5. 



Africanis Incolis: Moder Haartslag. 



Crescit in collibns prope villam Mosselbank, juxta Mos- 

 selbanksrivier , prope Ribek Caatel, Piketberg, in 

 Roode Sand et prope urbem Cap. 



Floret Septembri, Octobri. 



Bulbi indivisi, rotundi, fibris cincti, piso majores, albi. 



Folia radicalia plurtma, linearia, canaliculata, versus 

 apicem parum dilatata, obtusa, scapo triplo brevio- 

 ra, erecta, striata, glabra, digitalia. 



Scapus teres. erectus, glaber, purpureus, uniilorus vel 

 biflorus, spithamaeus. 



Vaginae duae in scapo et bractea sub singulo flore con- 

 similes, amplexicauleg, ovato oblongae, acuminatae, 

 glabrae, membranaceae, unguiculares. 



Covölla 6 - petala , bilabiata. Labium superius tripeta- 

 Jum: Galea maxima, fornicata, ovata, acuta, postice 

 cornuta, inferne attenuata, alba apice purpurascente, 

 venissaturate purpureis, capsulaeinserta; petala duo 

 superiora ccnsinvlia, intra galeam inciusa; antice 

 ovata, purpnrascentia ; medio angustata; postice ite- 

 rum dilatata, reflexa, bifida; extus alba, intus striis 

 tehuissimis caeruleis: lacinia inferior lanceolata, mi- 

 nor; superior ovata, obtusa, duplo latior. Labium 

 iuferius tripetalum: petala duo lateralia consimilia, 

 horizontaliter patentia, ovata, acuta apice convoluto 

 flexo, alba veois purpureis. JLabellum sub stigmate 



