TAB. 8. 



• Tribe Vaxde.e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.-E. 

 Genus EULOPHIA. 



Eulophia inaequalis, Schlechfer, in Engl. Bot. Jahrh., vol. xx., 

 Bcibl. 50, p. 3. — Herba erecta glabra, 15-10 cm. alta ; folia 4-5, 

 fasciculata, saspius per anthesin non bene evoluta, erecto-patentia 

 linearia acuta, ad 20 cm. long-a ; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4, 

 distantibus acuminatis. 1-.5-4 cm. longis, vestitus ; racemus laxe 

 8-14fl., floribus erecto-patentibus ; bracteee ovatae acuminatse. 

 ovario duplo breviores ; sepala patentia oblongo-lanctolata acuta, 

 1-2-1 '4 cm. longa ; petala ovata. sepalis paullo breviora ; 

 labellum circuitu sub-obovatum, basi calcaratum, calcare recurvum 

 obtuso, 0-6 cm. longo, fere medio Slobum. lobis lateralibus obtusis, 

 intermedio rotundato ramentaceo-cristato, margine crenulato ; 

 columna oblonga, basi in pedem porrectiim productum ; anthera 

 rotundata emarginata ; pollinia subglobosa, caudicula late lineari- 

 ligulata ; glandula rotundata. [Ex exempli, phir.viv. exsiccatisque 

 et descriptione cl. Schlechteri. ) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Kokstad, fl. 

 Sept.-Oct., JJ\ TvsoN. IfiOl ! — Natal: /. Sanderson ; Mrs. K. 

 Saunders! near Ladysmith. alt. 1260 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechier, 

 34,32! — Traxs-\'aal : near Barberton, alt. 1050-1200 met., fl. 

 Aug., E. E. Galpin, 509 ! rocky slopes and flats, De Kaap, 

 alt." 600-900 met., fl. Sept., Culver, 2! Groenkloof, Pretoria, fl. 

 Nov.,y. Burtt-Davy, 1048 ! near Pretoria,/. Mogg I 



Plate 8. Fig. 1, one of the side sepals ; 2, odd sepals ; 

 3, one of the petals ; 4, lip ; 5, lip and column ; 6, column, side 

 view; 7, lip and column from Burtt Davy, 1048 all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 15-40 cm. high ; leaves 4-5, fasciculate, 

 more often not well evolute during the flowering period, erect- 

 spreading linear acute, up to 20 cm. long ; scape somewhat 

 flexuous, clothed with 3-4 distant acuminate sheaths, l'5-4 cm. 

 long; raceme laxly 8-14fl., the flowers erect-spreading; bracts 

 ovate acuminate, half as long as the ovary ; sepals spreading 

 oblong-lanceolate acute, 1*2-1 -4 cm. long; petals ovate, a little 



