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orchide^. (S. Moore.) 
[. Satyrium . 
resupinate ; arms parallel or diverging, sharply curved upwards ; 
glands naked. Stigma broad, placed just above the anther. 
Tuberous terrestrial herbs, with or without stems. Flowers usually 
rather large, in terminal cylindrical spikes. Distrib. A considerable 
genus, with head-quarters at the Cape, whence it wanders to Abys- 
sinia, and through the Mascarene Archipelago to India. 
1. S. amcenum,j5icA. Orch. Maur. 31. Plant when full grown about 
1 foot high. Tabers ovoid-oblong, fascicled. Leaves twin, radical, 
unequal, ovate, acute, 2-3 in. long, more than 1 in. broad, with one or 
two leafy scales below. Scape stoutish, copiously clothed with loose 
sheathing scales ; bracts lanceolate ^-1 in. long ; flowers \ in. 
diameter, somewhat crowded, purple. Sepals oblong, obtuse, -i in. 
long. Petals a little shorter and narrower. Labellum. rotundate- 
ovate, cuspidate, keeled on the back, about the same length as the 
other perianth- segments ; spurs linear, somewhat attenuated at the 
end, slightly arched forwards, nearly f in. long. Column elongate ; 
arms of the anthers almost parallel ; pollen-masses depressed-pyriform, 
as long as the linear caudicle ; glands quadrate. Diplectrum amoenum. 
Thouars, Orch. Afr. tt. 21, 22. 
Mauritius, forests round marshes and mountains situated towards centre of 
island, Bojer. Also in Bourhon. I have seen no specimen from Mauritius. 
3. HABENARIA, Willd. 
Sepals subequal, the lateral ascending, patent or recurved, the upper 
hooded over the column. Petals ascending. Labellum free from the 
column, usually lobed, with narrow filiform lobes ; spur elongate, 
clavate or vesicular at the apex. Column short ; cells of the anther 
diverging below ; glands naked, spheroidal ; rostellum rudimentary ; 
stigma 2-lobed ; lobes projecting downwards at the base of the 
column. — Tuberous (occasionally fibrous-rooted) terrestrial herbs. 
Leaves radical or cauline. Flowers in terminal erect spikes or 
racemes, green or white, often sweet-scented. Distrib. A large 
genus, found principally in the north temperate zone, and represented 
more sparingly in the tropics, at the Cape, and in Australia. 
Stems leafy. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2-5 in. long. Petals with 
a long slender basal appendage ; spur clavate . . 1. H. lancifolia. 
Leaves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long. Petals without 
an appendage ; spur pouched at the extremity . 2. H. vesiculosa. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, $ foot long. Petals with- 
out an appendage ; spur clavate, arching forwards 3. H. ? pr^ealta. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 in. long. Petals with- 
out an appendage ; spur obtuse, nearly straight . 4. H. P Sigillum. 
Leaves all radical, spathulate-oblong, l^in. long. Petals 
lanceolate 5. H. ? mascarenensis. 
1. H. lancifolia. Rich. Orch. Maur. 20, t. 1. Root of slender 
branching fibres. Stem erect, above \ foot high, leafy, with many loose 
