TAB. 7. 



Tribe Vaxde^. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie.e. 



Genus EULOPHIA, 



Eulophia leontoglossa, Reichenhach /., in '•''Flora" (1881), 

 p. 329. — Herba erecta i^labra, 15-35 cm. alta ; folia 2-3, per 

 anthesin bene evoluta, fasciculata, vaginis ad 8 cm. longis, erecta 

 rigida linearia acuminata subplicata, saepe scapo duplo longiora ; 

 scapus strictus vel flexuosus, vaginis 3-4 membranaceis imbricatis 

 acutis, superioribus racemum excedentibus, vestitus ; racemus 

 abbreviatus multi-florus, floribus nutantibus ; bractese mem- 

 branacece lineari-lanceolatae acuminatae, ovario longiores ; sepala 

 conniventia vel subpatentia, oblonga subacuta, lateralia basi 

 producta, 1'3-1"5 cm. longa ; petala oblanceolata, sepalis paullo 

 breviora ; labellum circuitu oblongo-obovatum, basi calcaratum, 

 calcare obtuso, 0'4-0*5 cm. longo, supra medium 31obum, lobis 

 lateralibus acutis vel subobtusis, intermedio majore obtusissimo, 

 tuberculis parvis acutis tecto, petalis asquilongum ; columna 

 oblonga, apicem versus ampliata ; poUinia in glandulam ellipticam 

 per stipites duos oblongos affixa. {Ex exempli, pliir. viv. exsic- 

 catisqtie. ) 



Hab. : South=eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Maclear, 

 alt. 1380 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 10292! Kokstad, alt. 1500 met., 

 fl. Oct.-Dec, Tyson, 1088! 1538 !— Or.'Vnge Free State: in the 

 valley of the Eland's River, nr. Mont aux Sources, alt. 1800-2100 

 met., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1985! — Trans- Vaal : banks 

 of Little Lomati and Moodie's, alt. 1050-1200 met., fl. Nov., 

 IV. Culver, 12 ! near Barberton, alt. 1350 met., fl. Dec, 

 E. E. Galpin, 1194 1 near Lydenburg, alt. 1440 met., fl. Dec, 

 R. Schlechter, 3971 ! near Johannesburg, fl. Nov., R. Marloth! — 

 Natal: Inanda, alt. 540 met., fl. Nov.,/. M. Wood, 1085! 

 Maritzburg commonage, fl. Dec, T. R. Sim, 4213 ! 4215 ! 



Plate 7. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 8, 

 column and lip, side view ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, side sepals ; 6, 6, 

 petals ; 7, lip ; 8, column ; 9, pollinarium. 



An erect glabrous herb, 15-35 cm. high ; leaves 2-3, well 

 evolute during the flowering period, fasciculate, with the sheaths 



