at base, margin irregularly toothed and crisped, constricted on 

 the back just above the spur, furnished within with four rows 

 of filiform papillae, externally minutely warty, spur short ovate 

 inflated ; column short and thick, hollowed at the base. 



Described from several living and dried specimens. Colour of 

 the sepals tawny brown, petals yellowish-brown, lip cream-colour 

 with brown markings, sometimes (or always ?) with a deep red 

 3-lobed patch on the inner surface near the base. The limb of 

 the lip resembles the bowl of a spoon, and is only slightly 

 spreading, not erect ; this, and the constriction at its base, 

 forming a kind of inset or cross-furrow, viewed from the outside, 

 serves to distinguish it from E. cochlearis ; but the distinction is 

 not easily seen in dried specimens. This species appears to be 

 almost exclusively eastern, as E. cochlearis is western, in its 

 distribution. The flowers are the smallest amongst South- 

 African Eulophiae. 



