TAB. 13. 



Tribe Vande.4^:. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie/E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia speciosa, Bolus, in Joiirn. Linn. Soc, vol. xxv., 

 p. 184 (1890).— Herba erecta glabra 50-90 cm. alta ; folia 3-4, 

 erectopatentia ensiformia crassiuscula rigida, arete venosa, saepius 

 per anthesin bene evoluta, 20-35 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata ; scapus 

 validus, vag-inis 2-3, distantibus acutis 3-5 cm. long-is, vestitus ; 

 racemus laxe multi-florus, floribus patentibus ; bracteae oblong-o- 

 lanceolatEe, ovario breviores ; sepala reflexa oblonga vel ovata 

 acuta vel rarius acuminata, 0"8-l-3 cm. long-a ; petala divaricata 

 ovata vel late elliptico-ovata obtusa vel aciitiuscula, 1 •3-2-4 cm. 

 longa ; labellum circumscriptione ovato-oblongum, petalis squi- 

 long-um, 31obum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, parte inferiore 

 columnae adnatis, apice libera patentibus, intermedio multo majore 

 oblongo emarginato, marginibus undulatis, convexo, apicem 

 versus arcuato-inflexo, subprominenter carunculorum lineis cris- 

 tato, calcare saccato obconico ; columna oblonga apoda 0*5-0'7 

 cm. longa ; pollinia subovata ; ovarium cum pedicello 1 •5-3-2 cm. 

 longum. {Ex exempli, plur. vivis exsiccalisqne). — Satyrium 

 giganteum, Linn, f., Suppl. (1781), 402; Murr. Syst. Veg. edy^iw. 

 (1784), 1811 ; Limodorum giganteum, Thunb., Prodr. PI. Cap. 

 (1794), 4 ; Cymbidium giganteum, Sw., in Kongl. Vet. Acad. 

 Handl. xxi. (1800), 288 ; Willd. Sp. Plant iv. (1805), 107 ; Thunb. 

 Flor. Cap. , 28 ; Lissochiius specioSUS, P- Br. , in Lindley Coll. 

 Bot. (1821), t. 31 ; Bot. Reg. t. 573. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : sand-dunes 

 near the mouth of the Coega R., fl. Dec, Ecklon &^ Zeyher^ 3894 ! ; 

 sea-shore near Kei R. mouth, fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1025!; 

 coast near Kentani, fl. Oct. -Dec, Alice Pegler, 782 ! — Trans- Vaal: 

 Pietersburg district, hills near Potgieter's Rust, alt. 1080 met., fl. 

 Feb., Bolus, 11165 ; near Barberton, alt. 600-870 met., fl. Nov.- 

 Jan., E. E. Galpin, 668 !— Rhodesia : Mazoe, alt. 1440 met., fl. 

 Nov., F. Eyles, 463 ! 



Plate 13. Fig. 1, lip and column, oblique view ; 2, ditto, 

 flattened out ; 3, ditto, front view ; 4, column, side view ; 5, pol- 

 linarium, back view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, ditto, front view. 



