TAB. 11. 



Tribe VandE/E. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE^. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia nutans? Sonder, in ^'- Linncea,'''' vol. xix., p. 73 

 (1847). — Herba erecta glabra, 20-50 cm. alta ; folia 3-4, fasciculata, 

 per anthesin bene evoluta, lineari-ensiformia erecta, 12-47 cm. 

 longa ; scapus foliis parum brevior, vaginis 4-5 acuminatis, mem- 

 branaceis saepe imbricantibus vestltus ; racemus laxe 5-16florus, 

 floribus adscendentibus, vel demum nutantibus ; bracteae lanceo- 

 latae acuminatas pedicello cum ovario asquilongae ; sepala patentia 

 lanceolata vel sgepius oblonga acuta 0-8-0"9 cm. longa ; petala 

 oblonga, vel late elliptica, 0-7-0"8 cm. longa ; labellum circum- 

 scriptione late ovatum basi rotundatum, 0-9 cm. longum, 31obum, 

 lobis lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio sub-quadrato, angulis 

 rotundatis, emarginato, e basi fere ad apicem tuberculato-cristato 

 0-4 cm, longo, calcare cylindrico, 0-3-0-4 cm. longo ; columna 

 subtetragona apoda, 0*4 cm. longa; ovarium cum pedicello 1"5 cm. 

 longum ; capsula clavata angulata subalata. {Ex exempli, plur. 

 vivis exsiccatisqtie.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Coldstream, 

 near Grahamstown, alt. 690 meters, fl. Dec, Bolus, 7366 ; same 

 place, fl. Jan., /. Glass; Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. Dec, Alice 

 Pegler, 290 ! 



Plate 11. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, 3, lateral 

 sepals ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, lip with column and ovary ; 6, lip with 

 spur ; 7, column ; 8, operculum ; 9, pollinarium, front view ; 10, 

 ditto, side view. 



An erect glabrous herb 20-50 cm. high ; leaves 3-4 fasciculate, 

 well developed during flowering time, linear-ensiform erect, 12-47 

 cm. long ; scape somewhat shorter than the leaves, clothed with 

 4-5 membranous acuminate usually imbricating sheaths ; raceme 

 laxly 5-16flowered, flowers ascending or at length nodding ; 

 bracts lanceolate acuminate about as long as the pedicel and 

 ovary ; sepals spreading lanceolate or more often oblong acute, 

 •8-0-9 cm. long; petals oblong or broadly elliptical 0-7-0-8 cm. 

 long ; lip in outline broad ovate, rounded at base, 31obed, side 



