TAB. 3. 



Tribe Vaxde.e. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie.^. 



Genus Acrolophia. 



Acrolophia lamellata, Schlechter atid Bolus, in Journ. Bot. 

 vol. xxxii., p. 332 (1S94). — Herba erecta robusta glabra, 28-50 cm. 

 alta ; tubera plura cylindrica ad 1*6 met. longfa ; caulis strictus. basi 

 foliosus, supra medium floriferus, floribus racemosis vel saepius 

 paniculatis, patentibus vel nutantibus ; folia erecto-patentia, basi 

 vaginantia, rig-ida lineari-ensiformia acuminata, minute serrulata, 

 in vag-inas scapi transeuntia, 12-20 cm. longa ; bracteae patentes, 

 pedicellis gracilibus ad 2-.') cm. longis breviores vel longiores ; 

 sepala petalaque subsimilia, patentia vel conniventia, oblonga 

 acuta, vel petala obtusa, l'5-2 cm. longa ; labellum circumscriptione 

 cuneatum, 1-8-2 -3 cm. longum, Slobum, lobis lateralibus obtusis, 

 terminali majore, apicem versus dilatato, truncate, margine 

 crispulato, cristate, tuberculis in lineas circa 7 dispositis, basi 

 calcarata, calcare bilobum ; columna oblonga, apicem versus 

 dilatata, basi utrinque lobata ; anthera 2cornuta, cornibus 

 divergentibus obtusis ; pollinia in glandula hyalina oblonga sessilia. 

 {Ex exempli, plur.viv. exsiccatisqiie). — Eulophia lamellata, Lindley, 

 Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 181 ; Bolus, Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), 

 /. 22, figs. 4-7 anal. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sandy flats 

 and lower mountain-tops, up to 120 met., fl. Oct. -Dec,, Zeyher, 

 1590! Bolus, 1558! and Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 152! 

 A. D. R. Tugwell! near Vygeskraal Farm, Wolley-Dod, 396 ! 

 Riversdale Div., Garcia's Pass, fl. Dec, Burchell, 101-2 ! 



Plate 3. Fig. 1, sketch of lower part of plant, reduced in 

 size ; 2, apical portion of one of the tubers, nat. size ; 3, portion 

 of the panicle, nat .size; 1, 1, side sepals; 5, odd sepal; 6, 6, 

 petals ; 7, lip, front view ; 8, ditto, side view ; 9, lip and column, 

 side view ; 10, column, front view ; 11, anther case, back view ; 

 12, pollinarium— all variously magnified. 



An erect robust glabrous herb, 28-50 cm. high ; tubers several 

 cylindrical, attaining a length of I'G met. ; stem straight, leafy at 

 base, bearing flowers from above the middle, flowers racemose or 



