TAB. 12. 



Tribe Vaxde.*;. 

 Sub-tribe EuLOPHiE.4-:. 

 Genus EULOPHIA. 



Eulophia barbata, Sprcng., Syst. Veg. III. (1826),/. 720.— 

 Herba erecta gracilis glabra, ad 65 cm. alta ; folia 3-1, fasciculata, 

 per anthesin bene evoluta, erecta rigida linearia, acuta vel acumi- 

 nata, scapo pauUo breviora ; scapus strictus, vaginis 5-7, arete 

 adpressis, membranaceis acuminatis fere omnino vestitus ; race- 

 mus laxe, vel subdense 8-16fl., lloribus adscendentibus ; bracteje 

 ovatce vel lanceolatje, acuta vel setaceo-acuminatie, ovario 

 breviores vel longiores ; sepala late patentia, lineari-oblonga, basi 

 paullo angustata, acuta, 1'4-1"7 cm. longa ; petala adscendentia, 

 oblongo-ovata vel oblonga, acuta, sepalis paullo breviora ; 

 labellum erectum, circuitu oblongo-ovatum, basi calcaratum, 

 calcare recurvo conico obtuso, 0'4 cm. longo, 31obum, lobis later- 

 alibus oblongis, obtusis vel subacutis, intermedio obovato-oblongo, 

 obtusissimo vel truncate, ramentaceo-cristato, petalis aequilongum ; 

 columna oblonga apoda, O'S cm. longa ; operculum basi breviter 

 obtuseque rostratum ; pollinia oblonga, in glandulani per stipitem 

 subquadratum affixa. {Exexempl. iinicovho pliiribtisqiie exsiccatis.) 



—Serapias capensis, Linn., Mant. (1771), 293 ; Limodorum bar- 



batum, Thiinb.. Prodr. PL Cap. (1794), 4; £, oualis, LtndL, Comp, 

 Bot. Mag. II. i;i836 , 202. 



Hab.: South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Somerset East, 

 Boivkcr. Grassy hill, near Komgha, alt. 480 met., fl. Dec, H. G. 

 Flanagan .' near Umtata, alt. 1050 met., fl. Jan., id. 2875 I 

 Bolus, 8775 ! — N.\tal : J. Sanderson, 496! near Tongaat R., alt. 

 circa. 150 met., fl. Nov., /. M. Wood f (No. 1367 in Herb. Norm. 

 Aust.-Afr.) Zwartkop Location, near Edendale, fl. Dec, T. R. Sim, 

 4220! 



Plate 12. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of the side sepals, 

 nat. size ; 3, odd sepal, ditto ; 4, one of the petals, ditto ; 5, lip, 

 flattened ; 6, lip and column, side view ; 7, column, oblique view ; 

 8, poUinarium ; 9, operculum — variously magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, attaining 65 cm. in height ; 

 leaves 3-4, fasciculate, well evolute during the flowering period. 



