TAB. 2. 



Tribe Vaxde.-e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.^. 



Genus AcROLOPHiA. 



Acrolophia tristis, Schlechter and Bolus, in Journ. BoL, vol. 

 xxxii., p. 381 (lb94). — Herba erecta robusta glabra, ad 60 cm. alta; 

 tubera plura cylindrica ; caulis strictus, basi foliosus, supra 

 medium floriferus, floribus paniculatis, patentibus vel nutantibus ; 

 folia erecto-patentia rigida lineari-ensiformia complicata acuminata, 

 basi \aginantia, minute serrulata, in vaginas transeuntia, 10-30 cm. 

 longa ; bracteae membranaceae, pedicellis gracilibus breviores vel 

 longiores ; perianthii segmenta subconniventia vel rarius patentia ; 

 sepala lineari-lanceolata acuta, 1-1-2 cm. longa; petala obtusa, 

 sepalis aequilonga ; labellum circumscriptione cuneatum, Slobum, 

 lobis lateralibus obtusis, terminali majore dilatato, apice truncato, 

 margine crispulato, supra cristato, tuberculis in circa 7 lineas 

 dispositis, basi breviter calcaratum, calcare bilobo, sepalis pauUo 

 longius ; columna oblonga, apicem versus dilalata, utrinque basi 

 lobata ; anthera2cornuta, cornibus divergentibus obtusis ; pollinia 

 in glandula hyalina oblonga sessilia ; capsula ovoidea, prominenter 

 Scostata. [Ex exempli, pliir. viv. exsiccatisque ) — Limodorum 

 triste, Thunb., Prodr. Plant. Cap., p. 4 ; Satyn'um triste, Linn, f., 

 SuppL, p. 402 ; Eulophia tristis, Spreng., Syst. Veg. III., p. 720. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, eastern 

 slopes of Table Mt., alt. 420 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 4779 ! Simon's 

 Town, MacGillivrav, 471 ; Red Hill. fl. Nov., Wolley-Dod, 2140! 

 Riversdale Div., Garcia's Pass, fl. Dec, Burchell, 7038 ! Prince 

 Albert Div., Zwartberg Pass, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, BoIks, 11636 ! 

 South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: Van Staaden's R. Mts., 

 alt. 600 met., fl. Jan., Boltis, 1554! near Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., 

 Ethel West, 201! Redhouse, fl. Oct., Florence Paterson, 309! 

 Between Rietfontein and Kowie River, fl. Oct. , Burchell, 3984 ! 

 near Addo Drift, fl. Nov., id. 4213 ! 



Plate 2. Fig. 1, sketch of entire plant, reduced in size ; 2, 

 flower, front view, nat. size ; 3, ditto, side view, ditto ; 4, 4, side 

 sepals ; 5, odd sepal ; 6, 6, petals ; 7, lip— all mag. \\ diam. ; 

 8, column, front view. mag. 4 diam. ; 9, anther, back view ; 10, 

 poUinarium ; 11, capsule, not quite mature, nat. size ; 12, ditto, 



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