TABB. 9 and 10. 



Tribe Vaxde.-e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.^. 



Genus EuLOPHiA. 



Eulophia Krebsii, Bolus, in Joiirn. Linn. Soc.^ vol. xxv. ,/. 185 

 (1890). — Herba erecta valida glabra, ad I'lO met. alta ; folia 4-10, 

 erecto-patentia oblonga, basi in petiolum vaginans articulata, longe 

 acuminata, subplicata, prominenter nervosa, 20-45 cm. longa ; 

 scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 7-9, distantibus membranaceis, longe 

 acuminatis, vestitus; racemus laxe multiflorus, floribus nutantibus ; 

 bracteai foliaceae ovato-oblongcC acuminatae, ovario breviores vel 

 longiores ; sepala demum reflexa, l*o-2*3 cm. longa, lateralia 

 oblique obovata acuta, impar subspathulatum obtusum ; petala 

 patentia, late ovata vel suborbicularia, basi brevissime unguicu- 

 lala, sepalis subcequilonga ; labellum circuitu ovato-oblongum, 

 infra medium, junctione loborum, calcaratum, calcare obtuso, 0*4 

 cm. longo, 31obum, lobis lateralibus erectis oblongis obtusissimis, 

 intermedio convexo oblongo-obovato tuberculato-cristato, petalis 

 paullo brevius ; columna oblonga apoda ; operculum basi 

 rostratum ; pollinia oblonga in stipitem oblongum affixa. {^Ex 

 exempl. tuiico. viv. pluribiisqiie exsiccatis). — LisSOChHus KrebsH, 

 Reichb. f., in Linncea, vol. xx., p. 685 ; BoL Mag. t. 5861. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Transkei, 

 near Kentani, fl. Sept., Alice Pegler, 232 ! — Natal : Inchanga, alt. 

 600-900 met., fl. Nov., /. M. ]Vooii, 7544! Town Bush Valley, 

 near Maritzburg, alt. 740-900 met., fl. Nov., R. IV. Adlam, 1 \ — 

 Trans-Vaal : De Kaap, alt. 840-1050 met., fl. Nov., W. Culver, 

 4 ! Woodbush, fl. Dec, C. J. Swierstra! (No. 3723 in Trans-Vaal 

 Museum Herb.) — Rhodesia : Mazoe, among granite boulders, 

 F. Eyles, 480 ! 



Plates 9 and 10. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side 

 view ; 3, one of the side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one oi the petals 

 — all natural size ; 6, lip and column, side view ; 7, lip, front view, 

 flattened ; 8, column, oblique view ; 9, operculum ; 10, pollinarium 

 — all the latter variously magnified ; 11, reduced sketch of the 

 whole plant. 



An erect stout glabrous herb, attaining 1*10 met. in height; 

 leaves 4-10, erect-spreading oblong, articulate at base into a 



