TAB. 11. 



Tribe Vaxde.e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia litoralis, Schlechier, in Engl. Bof. Jahrb., voi. xxvi. 

 (1899),/!). 338. — Herba erecta g-labra subvalida, 80-60 cm. alta ; 

 folia per anthesin omnino deficientia ; scapus strictus, vaginis 5-8, 

 membranaceis, alte connatis, arctius amplectentibus obtusis, vel 

 superioribus acuminati.s, vestitus ; racemus laxe vel subdense 

 8-20fl,, floribus patentibus vel erecto-patentibus ; bractea^ niem- 

 branacece lanceolatae acuminata, ovario breviores vel cequilongje ; 

 sepala lanceolata acuminata, lateralia basi obliqua, 2 1-2-5 cm. 

 longa ; petala sepalis subsimilia, aequilonga, medio pauUo latiora ; 

 labellum circuitu ovale, 2-2-2-6 cm. longum, basi calcarata, calcare 

 obtuso, 0'J:-0"6 cm. longo, fere medio Slobum, lobis lateralibus 

 oblique ovatis, obtusis vel acutis, intermedio fere duplo longiore, 

 apicem versus dilatato, rotundato, carunculis 2 parallelis e calcare 

 usque ad basin lobi intermedii, deinde in lineas 4 '6 papillarum 

 acutarum ornatum ; columna oblonga, basi in pedem porrectum 

 productum ; operculum apice rostratum obtusum ; pollinia in 

 glandulam per stipitem subquadratum affixa. [Ex exempli, pliir. 

 viv exsiccatisque. ) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Caledon Division, sandy 

 dunes near Hawston, at the mouth of the Bot River, alt. 6 met., 

 fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 9468 ! in the sea-sand, near Hermanns, fl. 

 Y)ec., Bolus, \M~r2\ near Knysna, fl. Dec, Caroline Neii^digate ! 

 (No. 10615 in herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 11. Fig. 1, one of the side sepals ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, 

 one of the petals ; 4, lip, flattened out — all natural size ; 5, column 

 and lip, oblique view ; 6, column, front view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 

 8, operculum ; 9, pollinarium— all the latter variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous rather stout herb, 30-60 cm. high ; leaves 

 altogether absent during the flowering period ; scape straight, 

 clothed with 5-8 membranous sheaths, connate for most of their 

 length, rather closely enwrapping the scape, obtuse, or the upper 

 ones acuminate ; raceme laxly or somewhat densely 8-20fl., 

 flowers spreading or erect-spreading ; bracts membranous 



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