TAB. 5. 



Tribe Vaxde-^. 

 Sub-tribe EuLOPHiE.*:. 

 Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia tabularis, Bolus, in Orch. Cape Penins. (1888) , 

 p. 108, 1. 1. — Herba erecta glabra, 20-35 cm. alta ; folia 1-2, synanthia 

 erecta lineari-lanceolata acuta, 7-12 cm. longa ; scapus validus 

 subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4, foliaceis laxis, acutis vel obtusis, 

 2-4 cm. longis, vestitus ; racemus dense vel sublaxe 3-lOfl., floribus 

 nutantibus ; bracteee foliaceae amplectentes, ovario Eequilongse vel 

 breviores ; sepala patentia, ovato-oblonga acuta, 1*8-2 cm. longa ; 

 petala subpatentia oblonga obtusa apiculata, sepalis paullo 

 breviora ; labellum ambitu obovatum, fere per totam longitudinem 

 caruncula angusta ornatum, supra medium Slobum, lobis 

 rotundatis crenulatis, lateralibus involutis minoribus ; columna 

 oblonga, basi in pedem porrectum producta ; operculum obtusum ; 

 glandula oblonga. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) — 

 Satyrium tabulare, Linn. /, Suppl. (1781), 402; Serapias 

 tabularis, Thimb., Prodr. Plant. Cap. (1794), p. 8 ; Cymbi'dium 



tabulare, Swarts, in Schra. Joum. (1799), 224, 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, shallow 

 moist valleys on the mountains, alt. 420-690 met., fl. Dec-Jan., 

 Giithrie, 320 ! Bolus, 4844 ! Wolley-Dod, 2804 ! Mts. round 

 West Baviaan's Kloof, near Genadendal, alt. 1050 met., fl. Jan., 

 Bolus, 13499 ! A. Bodkin! near Swellendam, fl. Jan., Burchell, 

 7358 ; Storm's River, between the districts of Knysna and 

 Humansdorp, fl. Nov., Caroline Newdigale ! 



Plate 5. Fig. 1, parts of the perianth ; 2, bract, labellum and 

 ovary, side view ; 3, column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 5, 

 apex of the column, showing the operculum raised ; 6, poUinarium ; 

 7, nearly mature capsule ; 8, lip, flattened out — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 20-35 cm. high ; leaves 1-2, synanthous 

 erect linear-lanceolate acute, 7-12 cm. long ; scape stout some- 

 what flexuous, clothed with 3-4 leaf-like loose, acute or obtuse, 

 sheaths, 2-4 cm. long ; raceme densely or rather laxly 3-lOfl., 

 flowers nodding ; bracts leaf-like sheathing, as long as or shorter 



