TAB. 1. 



Tribe Vaxde.-e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.^, 



Genus Acrolophia. 



Acrolophia ustulata, Schlechter ajid Bolus, hi fount. BoL, 

 vol. xxxii., p. 332 (1894). — Herba humilis g-labra, 4-12 cm. alta ; 

 tubera plura cylindrica, apice incrassata, caulis erectus strictus 

 foliosus, apice 2-8fl., floribus racemosis ; folia adscendentia rig^ida, 

 basi vagfinantia, lineari-lanceolata acuminata multi-nervia, 0*2-0"7 

 cm. longa ; bracteje erectas membranace^, ovario breviores vel 

 longiores ; perianthii segmenta conniventia carnosa ; sepala lance- 

 olata acuta, lateralia subfalcata, 0'7-0*9cm. longa ; petala oblonga, 

 sepalis paullo breviora ; labellum ecalcaratum, circumscriptione 

 ellipticum, 0*7-0*9 cm. longum, 31obum, lobo terminali majore 

 reflexo rotundato, supra dense papilloso, lobis lateralibus obtusis ; 

 columna semiteres, basi in mentum excavatum producta ; pollinia 

 approximata elliptica ; g-landula fere quadrata diaphana. (Ex 

 exempli, plur. viv. exsicca Usque.) — Cymbidium ustu latum, Bolus, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xx., p. 469 (1884) ; Eulophia ustulata, 

 ib., Orch. Cape Penins. (1888),/'. 110, t. 2. 



Hab, : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, Muizenberg, 

 sandy soil in the valley opposite the '* Farmer Peck's Hotel," alt. 

 390 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 4848! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 153); 

 Oudtshoorn Div., Robinson's Pass, fl. Nov., comm. J^. Marloth! 



Plate 1. Fig. 1, flower, oblique view ; 2, sepals and 2 petals ; 

 3, lip, column and ovary, side view ; 4, lip, flattened out ; 5, 

 column, front view ; 6, pollinarium, front view ; 7, ditto, back 

 view ; 8, ditto, side view. 



A dwarf glabrous herb, 4-12 cm. high ; tubers several cylin- 

 drical, thickened at the apex ; stem erect straight leafy, 2-8fl. at 

 the apex, the flowers racemose ; leaves ascending rigid, sheathing 

 at base, linear-lanceolate acuminate many-nerved, 0"2-0"7cm. long; 

 bracts erect membranous, shorter or longer than the ovary ; 

 perianth-segm.ents connivent fleshy ; sepals lanceolate acute, the 

 lateral subfalcate, 0-7-0-9 cm. long ; petals oblong, a little shorter 

 than the sepals ; lip ecalcarate, elliptic in outline, 0'7-0-9 cm. long, 

 Slobed, the terminal lobe larger reflexed rotundate, densely 



