TAB. 51. 



Tribe Vandeae. 



Sub-tribe Eulophieae. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia calanthoides, Schlechter, Beibl. zu FakjL Bot, Jahrh'uch., 

 No. 50, Bajid XX, jo. 1 (1895). — Glabra erecta, 1-2-pedalis ; folia 5-7, 

 conferta ensiformia acuta, promiuenter nervosa complicata erecto- 

 recurva, 15-40 cm. longa ; scapus erectus, vaginis membranaceis 

 acutis laxe vestitus, racemo laxe 15-20 fl., bracteis lanceolatis mem- 

 branaceis flore multo brevioribus ; floras patentes inter majores ; 

 sepala aequalia lineari-lauceolata acumiuatissima patentia, 2-5-3-8 cm. 

 longa; petala sepalis subaequilonga 2-3plo latiora oblougo-lauceolata 

 acuta venosa, horizontaliter deflexa ; labellum sepalis subaequilongum 

 oblougum vel ellipticum, plus minus obscure 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus 

 abbreviatis vel saepe ad crenulas reductis, intermedio multo majore 

 obtuse acuto, infra medium sacculo brevi obtuso intus birtulo, calcare 

 gracili incurve, 4-7 mill, longo ; columna brevis, labello 5-8ties 

 brevior. {Ex e.vemplari %mico vivo plnrihusque e.vsicc.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: Pondoland, near 

 Fort William, alt. 770 met., fl. Jan., Tyson, No. 2814 ! — Nat.u. : near 

 Estcourt, fl. Dec, Wood, Nos. 3428 ! 3419 ! (also, fide Scblechter, 

 4626) ; station not stated, Allison ! — Orange Free State : Cooper, 

 No. 3613 ! 



Plate 51. Tbe figure of tbe scape and leaves to tbe rigbt sbows 

 tbe whole plant reduced to about one-fourth of the natural size ; that 

 in the centre the raceme of the natural size. — Fig. 1, one of the sepals; 

 2, one of the petals, — nat. size ; 3, lip, somewhat flattened out ; 

 4, ditto, natural position ; 5, ditto, side view, — the three latter figures 

 magnified about 2 diameters; 6, column; 7, pollinarium, — the last 

 two variously magnified. 



Glabrous erect, 1-2 feet high; leaves 5-7, crowded at the 

 base, sword-shaped acute prominently nerved complicate erect- 

 recurved, 15-40 cm. long ; scape erect laxly clothed with mem- 

 branous acute sheaths, raceme laxly 15-20 fl., bracts membranous 

 much shorter than the flowers ; flowers spreading, large ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate much acuminate spreading, 2'5-3"3 cm. long ; 

 petals oblong-lanceolate acute veined, horizontally deflexed, about 



