TAB. 4. 



Tribe Vande^. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie^. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia micrantha, Lindley, Gen. S Sp. Orch. p. 184 (1833). — 

 Caulis erectus, basin versus foliosus, supra medium paniculatim 

 ramosus, 30-75 cm. longus ; folia 4-9, ensiformia equitantia rigida, 

 minutissime serrulata, erecto-patentia, 15-25 cm. longa, in bracteas 

 abeuntia ; flores secus ramos laxe racemoso-paniculati, pateutes, 

 demum deflexi ; bractese lauceolatae acuminata, ovariis breviores ; 

 sepala et petala subsimilia, oblonga ovato-oblongave, obtuse acuta, 4- 

 6 mill, longa; labellum posticum majus sub-galeatum, circumscriptione 

 obovata, basin versus cuneatum, margine irregulariter dentato crispu- 

 loque, supra calcar dorso constrictum, intus papillis longis filiformibus 

 ornatum, extus minute verruculatum, calcare brevi ovato inflate ; 

 columna brevis crassa basi excavata. {Ex exempli, pliir. viv. exsic- 

 catisgue). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : sandy places near 

 the coast. Port Elizabeth ; Round Hill, Lower Albany, fl, Dec, Bolus, 

 6212 ; Kowie, H. Hutton ! ; among shrubs on sand-hills near Kei 

 Eiver Mouth, alt. 60 met., fl. Dec, Flanagan, 1026 ! 



Plate 4. The small figure to the left represents the whole plant 

 reduced in size ; the single leaf and inflorescence of the natural size. 

 Fig. 1, flower; 2, one of the side sepals; 3, odd sepal; 4, one of the 

 petals ; 5, 6, lip from different flowers, — all the foregoing magnified 4 

 diameters ; 7, column, front view ; 8, ditto, side view ; 9, 10, pollina- 

 rium; 11, ditto, the pollinia removed showing the spirally-twisted 

 elastic threads by which they are attached to the stipes, — all the latter 

 variously magnified. 



Stem erect, leafy at base, paniculately branched above the 

 middle, 30-75 cm. long ; leaves 4-9, ensiform equitant rigid, 

 minutely serrulate, erect-spreading, 15-25 cm. long, passing into 

 bracts ; flowers loosely racemose-paniculate along the branches, 

 spreading, at length deflexed ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, 

 shorter than the ovaries ; sepals and petals nearly alike, oblong 

 or ovate-oblong, obtusely acute, 4-6 mill, long; lip posticous 

 larger sub-galeate or spoon-shaped, obovate in outline, cuneate 



