TAB. 12. 



Tribe Vaxde^k. 



Sub-tribe EulophiE/E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia streptopetala, Lindley^ in BoL Reg. vol. xii., /. 

 1002 (1826).— Herba erecta robusta glabra, '35-1 met. alta ; 

 folia 4-6, basin bulbosam vaginantia erecto-patentia lineari- 

 lanceolata acuta, paullo supra basin articulata, nervis primariis 

 subtus valde prominentibus, per anthesin bene evoluta, 15-35 cm. 

 long-a, ad 2'5 cm. lata ; scapus validus, vag-inis suhdistantibus 

 acuminatis membranaceis vestitus ; racemus laxe 7-15florus, 

 floribus patentibus demum nutantibus; bracteae oblong"o-lanceolatai 

 ovario breviores ; sepala saepius patentia demum rarius reflexa 

 oblongo-oblanceolata subobliqua maculata, 1*2-1 '4 cm. longa ; 

 petala unguis torsione plus minus reversa, subrhomboideo- 

 orbicularia, sepalis aequilonga ; labellum petalis subaequi-longum 

 Slobum, lobis lateralibus erectis oblongo-obovatis 0-5-0'7 cm. 

 longis, intermedio convexo oblongo-obovato tuberculato-cristato, 

 carunculis inconspicuis, 0*8-1 '1 cm. longo, calcare subobconico, 

 junctione loborum posito, circ. 0*3 cm. longo ; columna oblonga 

 apoda, 0*6-0*9 cm. longa ; pollinia oblonga in stipitem oblongum 

 0*3 cm. longum affixa ; ovarium cum pedicello 1*5-2 cm. longum ; 

 capsula cylindrica basi angustata, 4 cm. longa. {Ex exempli, 

 pliir. vivis exsiccalisgiie).— Lissochilus streptopetalus, Lnidl., 

 Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833), p. 191; L parui floras, Lindl., ibid.; 

 BoL Mag., t. 2931. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : woods near 

 Uitenhage, alt. 340 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 1551 ; Coldstream, near 

 Grahamstown, fl. Dec, Schonland, 444 ! ; King William's Town, 

 fl. Jan., T. R. Sim, 28 ! ; woods near Komgha, alt. 600 met., fl. 

 Dec, H. G. Flanagan, 345 !. — Trans-Vaal : hillsides round 

 Barberton, alt. 840-990 met., fl. Nov.-Dec, E. E. Galpin, 669 ! 



Plate 12. Fig. 1, flower, front view, magnified 2 diameters; 

 2, ditto, from another plant, back view, natural size ; 3, column 

 and lip, side view ; 4, column; 5, pollinarium — variously magnified. 



An erect robust glabrous herb, -35-1 met. high ; leaves 4-6, 

 sheathing at base the somewhat large pseudo-bulbs, erect- 

 spreading linear-lanceolate acute, articulate a little above the base. 



