TAB. 5. 



Tribe Vande^. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie^., 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia cochlearis, Lindleij, in Camp. Bot. Mcuj. vol. ii, p. 202 

 (1836). — Caulis, folia, bracteae, sepala petalaqne fere nt in precedeiite 

 [E. micmntha) ; labellum posticum erecto-recurvum subquadratum 

 concavum emarginatum crenulatura crispum sepalis petalisque multo 

 majus, intiis papillis filiformibus barbatum, calcare subspbaerico ; 

 columna fere E. micranthie sed stigma majus suborbicuLare depressum 

 nee excavatum {Ex exempli, plur. vie). 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony : sandy downs east 

 of Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula, alt. below 50 met., fl. Nov. -Dec., 

 frequent. Bolus 4561 ; Outeuiqualand (district of George) Dreije : 

 Zeyher, 1589, 3897 ! ; near Mossel Bay, Oct., Burchell, 6177, 6201! ; 

 near Krakalcamma, Uitenbage, Febr., ibid., 4594 ! 



Plate 5. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ; 3, lip, 

 viewed obliquely ; 4, ditto, witb column, — all tlie foregoing magnified 

 4 diameters ; 5, column ; 6, pollinarium, front and side views, — all 

 tlie latter variously magnified. 



Stem, leaves, bracts, sepals and petals almost exactly like 

 tbose of the preceding species (E. micrantha) ; lip posticous, 

 much larger than the sepals and petals, erect or recurved, nearly 

 square in outline, concave emarginate crenulate crisped, upper 

 surface bearded with filiform papillae, spur short nearly spherical ; 

 column much like that of the preceding species, but the stigma 

 larger, somewhat orbicular, only slightly depressed, not hollowed 

 out. 



Described from numerous living and dried specimens. Colour 

 of the flowers as in the preceding species, but the lip is destitute 

 of the large red spot seen in that. The two species are closely 

 allied and difficult to distinguish in the dried state; yet the 

 diflerence in the lip is well-marked and would be striking in a 

 larger flower. It may be added that the flower of this species, 

 and especially the lip, is usually a little larger than in E. 

 micrantha. I have seen no intermediate forms. 



