TAB. 6. 



Tribe Vaxde.E. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.^. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia papillosa, Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. fahrb., vol. xx., 

 Beibl. 50, p. 2-3. — Herba erecta gracilis g-labra, O'50-l met. alta ; 

 folia 2-3, fasciculata, erecta linearia, basi in petiolum ang'ustata, 

 acuminata subplicata nervosa, 10-60 cm. long-a ; scapus strictus 

 saepissime omnino vaginis 4-8, arete adpressis, membranaceis 

 acuminatis vestitus ; racemus laxe vel subdense 10-20n., floribus 

 patentibus ; bracteae membranaceae lanceolatae acuminatae, ovario 

 long"e pedicellato breviores ; sepala conniventi-patentia lanceolata 

 acuta, 1-1 '3 cm. long^a ; petala oblong-a subobtusa, sepalis paullo 

 breviora ; labellum ambitu ovatum, basi sacculatum, 31obum^ 

 lobis lateralibus acutis vel subobtusis, intermedio obovato obtuso 

 vel truncate, disco ad medium bilamellatum deinde cristato- 

 papillosum, petalis aquilong^um ; columna oblong"a, basi in pedem 

 porrectum prominenter producta. [Ex exempl. unicovivo pLuribiisqiie 

 exsiccalis.) — Cyrtopera papillosa, Rolfe, in Keiv. Bull., 1893, 

 p. 336; Eulophia chnjsantha, Schltr., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., 

 vol. XX., Beibl. 50, /. 2 (1895). 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : in long grass, 

 West Gate, Port St. John, alt. 225 met., fl. Dec, E. E. Galpin, 

 3412 !— SwAziELAXD, foot of Devil's Bridge, alt. 1200 met., fl. 

 Dec, id. 722! — Natal: Mrs. K. Sminders! in a swamp, Inanda, 

 alt. 450 met., fl. Dec, /. M. Wood, 785 ! near Grey town, alt. 

 900-1200 met., fl. Jan., /. M. Wood, 5951! below Sweetwaters, 

 Pietermaritzburg, alt. 750 met., fl. Jan., T. R. Sim, 4223 ! 



Plate 6. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of the sepals ; 

 3, one of the petals ; 4, lip, column, ovary and bract, side view ; 

 5, lip, flattened out ; 6. column, front view ; 7, ditto, side view. 



.\n erect slender glabrous herb, O'50-l met. high ; leaves 

 2-3, fasciculate, erect linear, narrowed at base into a petiole, 

 acuminate subplicate nerved, 10-60 cm. long ; scape straight, 

 usually wholly covered by the 4-8 closely appressed membranous 

 acuminate sheaths; raceme laxly or somewhat densely 10-20fl., 

 flowers spreading ; bracts membranous lanceolate acuminate. 



