XCVIII. ORCHIDACEiE 
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broad, spreading, obscurely 3-lobed ; spur curved, longer than the 
sepals, shorter than the ovary, tip 2-lobed, upturned. Column very 
short, prolonged upwards in a broad, thin process folded in the 
middle and projecting from between the anther-cells. Anther-cells 
separated, diverging ; pollinia 2, caudicles long, attached to 2 naked, 
viscid glands. Stigma on the column below the anther. (Fig. 167.) 
Simla, Elysium Hill, Mushobra, Mahasu, on rocks ; August. — Himalaya, 
eastward to Nepal. 
17. SATYRIUM. From the Greek Satyrion , a name said to 
have been applied by Dioscorides to another orchid, Aceras 
anthropophora . — India ; Africa, chiefly south. 
Satyrium nepalense, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 168. Glabrous. 
Root tuberous. Flowering-stem 6-24 in., erect. Leaves usually 
2, near the base of the stem, lanceolate, 3-6xf-2J in., or ovate 
3x2 in., base sheathing, a few leaf-like bracts above them. 
Flowers J-J in. across, fragrant, pink, crowded ; bracts tinged with 
