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Ophrys bracteata

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Identification
Ophrys bracteata L.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Satyrium bracteatum (L.f.) Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for SATYRIUM bracteatum Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
SATYRIUM bracteatum Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Prodr. 6, partly;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 18, partly; Sw. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 216; Ker in Quart. Journ. Sci. & Arts, viii. 221, t. 3, fig. 1; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 331; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 195, partly; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 93, partly; Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 666, partly; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 190, partly.
SATYRIUM bracteatum Sond. var. glandulosum [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 89
SATYRIUM bracteatum Sond. var. latebracteatum [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 89, excl. syn.; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 94.
SATYRIUM bracteatum Sond. var. lineatum [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 88, partly, excl. syn.; Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 130, t. 32, fig. A, partly.
SATYRIUM pictum Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xix. 89, partly, not of Lindl.
Ophrys bracteata Linn. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Suppl. 403; Murr. Syst. Veg. 814.
Diplecthrum bracteatum Pers. [family ], Syn. ii. 509.
Information
plant 3–9 in. high; stems stout; leaves cauline, 4–6, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, 3/4–2 in. long, somewhat fleshy; scapes 3–9 in. long; spikes broadly oblong, 1–3 in. long, dense, many-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, acute, spreading or the lower somewhat reflexed, 3–6 lin. long; pedicels about 2 lin. long; flowers small, ochre-yellow or brown with red stripes; sepals and petals united to about the middle, each with a strong central nerve; odd sepal oblong, obtuse, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, obtuse, rather longer than the odd sepal and somewhat spreading; petals oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long; lip cucullate, 2 1/2–3 lin. long, with about 9 strong nerves, apex broad and somewhat reflexed, margin and nerves outside minutely scaberulous; spurs broadly saccate, very short; column curved, 2 lin. long; stigma oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long; rostellum broad, 3-toothed in front, lateral teeth spreading; capsule broadly oblong, 2 1/2 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg Div.; Piquet Berg, Thunberg! Malmesbury Div.; Riebecks Castle, Thunberg! Tulbagh Div.; near Tulbagh Waterfall, Ecklon & Zeyher. Cape Div.; Claremont, below 100 ft., Bolus, 3932! Dümmer, 274! 275! Muizenberg Mountains, near Kalk Bay, 1300 ft., Bolus, 4904! near Wynberg, 100 ft., Bolus in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 1094! Zeyher, 1562! Prior! Schlechter, 1549! Kässner; Cape Flats, Pappe! between Devils Mountain and Table Mountain, Zeyher! Flats near Kenilworth Racecourse, Wolley-Dod, 499! near Slangkop River, Wolley-Dod, 1545! 3211! Caledon Div.; near Houw Hoek, Schlechter. Riversdale Div.; near Riversdale, 300 ft., Schlechter, 2029! Humansdorp Div.; Zitzikama, 200–300 ft., Schlechter. Var. β: Cape Div.; near streams, in Klaver Vley, behind Simons Town, 800 ft., Bolus, 4820! marsh at source of Slang Kop River, Wolley-Dod, 3211! and without precise locality, Thunberg!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Sparrman! Bergius, Mund, Masson! Brown! Leibold, Wallich, Trimen! Rogers! Prior! Harvey, 120! Ecklon!

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