SATYRIUM AlIREUM. 
(Golden-flowered Satymim.) 
Class. 
GYNANDRIA, 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ORCHID ACEiE. 
(Orchids, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character.— Flowers ringent; five ante- 
rior segments united at the base. Labellum behind, 
form icate, with two spurs or bags at the base. Anther 
resupinate. Stipma two-lipped. 
Specific Character Plant perennial. Lower leaves 
broadly-ovate, obtuse, many-nerved; upwards they 
become more oblong, and the uppermost ones near to 
the bracts, tinged with red at the tips. Flower- spike 
six inches high. Bracts leafy, coloured. Sepals 
spreading, linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly keeled. 
Petals spreading, linear-lanceolate, acute : both these 
and the sepals are of a bright yellow. Labellum large, 
helmet-shaped, with a projecting point, and a curved 
denticulate border, keeled at the back, of a bright 
orange. Spurs short. Column incurved, somewhat 
cylindrical, bilabiate. Pollen-masses two-lobed. 
Synonym b and Authority.— Satyrium, Thunberg. 
This fine species of Satyrium is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it 
was introduced a few years ago by Messrs. Young of Epsom, in whose nursery it 
first flowered in August, 1842, when our drawing was made. 
Its fine rich orange flowers, and the ease with which the plant is grown, and 
the blooms produced, render it a very desirable species for cultivators of half-hardy 
and hardy Orchids. 
It succeeds well in a pot of rough peat-soil, but the pot should be half filled 
with a mixture of broken crocks, charcoal, and sandy loam. Supply plenty of 
moisture when in a state of growth ; but keep it perfectly dry during the season of 
repose. It requires only the shelter of a frame or a cold-pit, and thrives well if 
planted out in the frame in a mixture of sandy loam and peat. It will also grow 
when planted about six inches deep in a warm, border, and protected by some slight 
covering in frosty weather, but exposed whenever the weather is fine and mild. 
It is increased by dividing the tuberous roots. The name is derived from 
Satyrus, a Satyr, in allusion to its supposed properties. 
Now that we are upon the subject of half-hardy Orchids, it might be as well to 
say a few words in favour of the cultivation of hardy ones, especially our British 
species, which, as many of them possess considerable charms, ought at least to have 
some share in our attention. 
At Chatsworth we have for some years grown them in the rock-garden, for 
