TAB. 4. 



Tribe Vaxde.e. 



Sub-tribe EuLOPHiE.E. 



Genus Acrolophia. 



Acrolophia lunata, Schlechter and Bolus in Joiirn. Bot. vol. 

 xxxii.,/. 332 (1894). — Herba erecta robusta, ad 93 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus vel subflexuosus, basi foliosus, supra medium floriferus, 

 floribus racemosis patentibus ; folia erecto-patentia, basi vag-inantia, 

 rigida, lineari-ensiformia acuminata, margine obscure serrulata, 

 multi-nervia, in vaginas scapi transeuntia, 15-30 cm. longa ; 

 bractese patentes membranaceae, pedicellis gracilibus ad 1*6 cm. 

 longis breviores vel longiores ; sepala patentia lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta, 1*6 cm. longa ; petala oblonga obtusa, sepalis aequilonga ; 

 labellum circuitu oblongo-cuneatum, basi calcaratum, 1"8 cm. 

 longum, calcare obtuso, Slobum, lobis lateralibus obtusis, 

 intermedio majore, apicem versus dilatato, fere truncato, margine 

 crispulato, cristato, tuberculis lineas circa 7 dispositis ; columna 

 oblonga, apicem versus parum dilatata, deinde acuta, basi biloba, 

 lobis inflexis ; anthera 2cornuta, cornibus divergentibus. {Ex 

 exempl. unico vivo) — Eulophia lunata, Schltr., in Abhandl. Bot. 

 Verehis Prov. Brand.., ■x.xy.,p. 45. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Forest Hall, near Knysna, 

 fl. Nov., Caroline Newdigatel (No. 6353 in herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 4- Fig. 1, sketch of entire plant, reduced in size ; 2, 

 raceme ; 3, flower, side view ; 4, one of the sepals ; 5, one of the 

 petals ; 6, lip and column, side view — all nat. size; 7, lip, flattened 

 out ; 8, column, front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, ditto, anther 

 removed — all variously magnified. 



An erect robust herb, up to 93 cm. high ; stem straight or 

 sub-flexuous, leafy at base, bearing flowers above the middle, 

 flowers racemose spreading ; leaves erect-spreading, sheathing 

 at base, rigid linear-ensiform acuminate, margin obscurely 

 serrulate, many-nerved, passing off" into the sheaths of the scape, 

 15-30 cm. long ; bracts spreading membranous, shorter or longer 

 than the slender pedicels attaining 1*6 cm. in length; sepals 

 spreading linear-lanceolate acute, 1*6 cm. long; petals oblong 

 obtuse, as long as the sepals ; lip oblong-cuneate in outline, 



