TAB. 8. 



Tribe Vande^:. 



Sub-tribe Eulophl4<:. 



Genus Ackolophia. 



Acrolophia micrantha, Schlechter ayid Bohis, injcmrn. Bot., 

 vol. xxxii.,/>. 882 (1H94). — Herba erecta caulescens ramosa glabra 

 robusta, ad 70 cm. alta ; caulis foliosus, 28 cm. longus ; folia 

 erecto-patentia equitantia ensiformia acuta complicata margine 

 carinaque serrulata rigida 15-25 cm. longa ; panicula terminalis, 

 pedunculo ramulisque vaginis lanceolatis submembranaceis, 7-10 

 cm. longis vestitis ; bracteae lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, 

 ovariis pedicellatis parum breviores vel aequilonga; ; sepala ovata 

 obtusiuscula minute pellucido -punctata, 0*5 cm. longa ; petala 

 oblique ovata obtusiuscula, 0*4 cm. longa ; labellum cochleari- 

 concavum circuitu oblongum, lineis 2 caruncularum e basi labelli 

 in lobo intermedio in lineas 4 dissolutis, 0'4 cm. longum a calcaris 

 ostio usque ad apicem lobi intermedii, Slobum, lobis lateralibus 

 erectis rotundatis vel subacutis lineatis vix 0*2 cm. longis, inter- 

 medio valde concavo rotundato vel subtruncato margine undulato- 

 crispato, calcare brevi subgloboso, vix 0'2 cm. longo ; columna 

 apoda 0'8 cm. longa ; pollinia subglobosa stipite late lineari ; 

 glandula subquadrata ; capsula pendula ovoidea ad 2 cm. longa 

 1-5 cm. diam. {Ex exempli. 2, exsiccatis). Eulophia micrantha, 

 Lindley Gen. dr" Sp. Orch, p. 184 ; Acrolophia fimbriata, Schltr. 

 in Engl. Bot.Jahrh. vol. xxvi., p. 840 (1899). 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : in pockets 

 of rocks, Rietfontein-Poort, near Elim, alt. 40 meters, fl. Dec, 

 /?. Schlechter, 9703 ! South=eastern Region ; between Coega 

 and Sunday's River ; between Bethelsdorp and Van Staaden's 

 River, Drege. 



Plate 8. Fig. 1, whole plant reduced; 2, branch of panicle, 

 natural size ; 8, flower, side view ; 4, ditto, front view ; 5, odd 

 sepal ; 6, side sepal ; 7, one of the petals ; 8, lip and column, 

 front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, column and ovary, front view ; 

 11, ditto, side view ; 12, poUinarium, front viewj 18, ditto, side 

 view, — all variously magnified. 



An erect caulescent branched glabrous robust herb, 70 cm. 

 high ; stem leafy, 28 cm. long ; leaves erect-spreading equitant 



