TAB. 9. 



Tribe Vande.4^:. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE^E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia Dregeana, Lindley in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. , 

 vol. ii., p. 202 (1836). — Herba erecta glabra robusta, ad 40 cm. 

 alta ; folia 4-10 erecto-patentia demutn recurva ensiformia acu- 

 minata, ad 40 cm., saepius 15-20 cm. long-a, 0'8-2 cm. lata; scapus 

 erectus vaginis imbricantibus, vel subdistantibus acuminatis 

 membranaceis vestitus ; racemus 5-llflorus, floribus patentibus ; 

 bractejE lanceolatce membranaceae acutee ovaria +; eequantes ; sepala 

 lanceolata vel oblong-o-lanceolata, acuta vel interdum acuminata, 

 l-6-2'6 cm. longa ; petala oblonga vel ovata acuta, sepalis latiora, 

 sed eis subeequilonga ; labellum oblong-um Slobum petala sub- 

 aequans, lobis lateralibus multo minoribus rotundatis, intermedio 

 semi-orbiculari piano cristato, basi in calcar cylindricum obtusum 

 0-4-0"6 cm. long-um productum ; columna oblonga, basi in pedem 

 porrectum productum ; pollinia in stipitem oblongum per filum 

 extensivum affixa. {Ex exempli, pltir. vivis exsiccatisque). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Lower Albany ; 

 mouth of Kleinemund R., P. MacOwan ; Round Hill alt. circ. 300 

 meters, fl. Dec. , Bolus, 7368 ; near Komgha, alt. 600 meters, fl. 

 Dec, H. G. Flanagan., 2254 ! ; Griqualand East, mt. sides near 

 Matatiele, alt. 1650 meters, fl. Jan., W. Tyson, 1596 ! Stockenstrom 

 district, Chumie Peak, fl. Dec, W. Scully, 173 ! ; Queenstown 

 district, fl. Nov., Zeyher, 6; Natal: near Camperdown, Wood, 

 1960 ; Trans-Vaal, grassy hill slopes, near Barberton, alt. 600-1200 

 meters, fl. Dec, E. E. Galpin, 719 ! ; W. Culver, 17 ! ; hills near 

 Klein Olifant's R.. alt. 1500 meters, fl. Dec, R. Schlechter, 4049 ! 

 Wonderfontein, Middelburg district, alt. 1830 meters, fl. Jan., 

 Bolus, 12306. 



Plate 9. Figs. 1 and 3, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side 

 view ; 4, lip ; 5, column, side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, pol- 

 linarium ; 8, ditto, shewing the extensile threads ; 9, section of the 

 ovary; 10, a larger flower from a different plant; 11, 12, sepals 

 from the last ; 13, one of the petals ; 14, lip from the same plant ; 

 15, 16, column, ditto. 



