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Eulophia. — Sepals and petals nearly equal. Lip saccate 

 or with a short spur, smooth or crested or bearded on longi- 

 tudinal furrows. Lip sometimes in front, sometimes at the 

 back of the opened flower, its position depending upon whether 

 the ovary is straight or twisted. Pollinia attached to one gland. 

 Flowers small, dull coloured, shaded with purple, green, or 

 white. The base of the leaves often forms a bulb-like swelling 

 above ground. 



Extending from Cape Town to 

 Natal, but more common in the 

 East. 



Angrsecium and My- 

 stacidium are genera with 

 much the same habit and 

 appearance. They are epi- 

 phytes, often festooning the 

 trees with beautiful showers 

 of white blossoms. The 

 flowers are sometimes yel- 

 lowish, and very small. 

 Eastern districts and Natal. 



Bartholina is one of 

 the prettiest and daintiest of 

 orchids. It may be known 

 at once by the peculiar lip, 

 with its many long, slender 

 projections. There are two 

 species : in B. pectinata 

 the lashes are pointed and 

 curve downward ; in the rarer 

 species they curve upward, and each is tipped by a tiny knob. 

 The solitary flowers are white, delicately tinged with purple. 

 Leaf solitary, radical, flat on the soil. B. pecti7iata extends 

 from the Cape peninsula to Grahamstown. Flowering in 

 November and December. 



Satyrium is distinguished from other orchids by the two 

 spurs of the hood-shaped lip at the back of the flower [i.e. next 

 to the stalk). The sepals and two petals form the lower portion 



Fk;. 2o-i.—MystacidiianJiluo3iic. An 

 epiphytic orchid with aerial roots. 



