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Satyrium nutans

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Identification
Satyrium hallackii (Bolus) A.V.Hall [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Satyrium nutans Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Satyrium ocellatum Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Hall,A.V.,
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  • Satyrium hallackii
  • Satyrium ocellatum
  • Satyrium nutans

Flora

Entry for SATYRIUM ocellatum Bolus [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 ocellatum Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 23, partly;—Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 707; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 172, partly.
SATYRIUM rostratum Krauss [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 307, and Beitr. Fl. Capund Natal. 159, not of Lindl.
SATYRIUM nutans Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 507, and Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 704.
Information
plant 1–2 1/2 ft. high; stems stout; leaves 3 or 4, suberect, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3–6 in. long, somewhat fleshy; scapes 1–2 1/2 ft. high, with several spathaceous sheaths; spikes 3–6 in. long, dense or somewhat lax, many-flowered; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1/2–1 in. long; pedicels about 1/2 in. long; sepals and petals united to nearly the middle; flowers medium-sized, white or pink; odd sepal oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, 3 1/2–4 lin. long; lateral sepals longer and twice as broad as the odd sepal, somewhat spreading; petals linear-oblong, obtuse, about as long as the odd sepal; lip cucullate, obovate-elliptic, 4–4 1/2 lin. long, with a narrow apiculate reflexed apex; spurs slender, curved, 10–12 lin. long; column curved, about 3 1/2 lin. long; stigma broadly suborbicular, 3/4 lin. long, broader than long; rostellum triangular-oblong, subacute, as long as the stigma. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Fort Beaufort Div.; Winterberg Range, Mrs. Barber, 519! Stockenstrom Div.; Chumie (Tyumie) Peak, Mrs. Barber, 22! Komgha Div.; near Komgha River, 1100 ft., Flanagan, 527.EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Mount Currie, 4500–5000 ft., Tyson, 1091! Natal; near Sterk Spruit, Wood, 3415! near Umlaas River, Krauss, 12! Oliviers Hoek, 4000–5000 ft., Allison, C! 29! and without precise locality, Mrs. Fannin, B.KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Harrismith, Sankey, 270! Basutoland; Mametsana, Dieterlen, 486! Transvaal; near Sterk Spruit, Lydenburg, Wilms, 1357! 1360! marshes on Houtbosch Mountains, 6500 ft., Schlechter, 4386! Koodoes Poort, near Pretoria, Rech, 47b! Ermelo, Burtt-Davy, 985! Belfast, 6500 ft., Burtt-Davy, 1357! 1464! 4743! near Pretoria, 4700 ft., McLea; near Johannesburg, Hall; near Barberton, Culver, 36, and without precise locality, Hallack, 21!

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