TAB. 15. 



Tribe Vande^E. 



Sub-tribe Eulophie^. 



Genus EuLOPHiA. 



Eulophia laxlflora, Schlechter, in Engl. Boi. Jahrb., vol. xx,, 

 Beibl. 50, p. 4 (1895).— Herba erecta 20-40 cm. alta ; folia 3-6, 

 fasciculata erecto-patentia anguste linearia acuminata 10-30 cm. 

 long^a ; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4 appressis distantibus 

 vel subimbricantibus acuminatis vestitus ; racemus simplex vel 

 rarissime (in duobus exemplaribus) paniculatus, laxissime 6-15 

 floras, floribus saepissime adscendentibus ; bracteae ovatae acumin- 

 atce ovario pedicellato multo breviores ; sepala lineari-oblonga 

 acuta 1"1-1*3 cm. longa ; petala oblonga acuta vel obtusa, 1-1*2 

 cm. longa ; labellum circuitu ovato-oblongum, petalis subeequi- 

 longum, 31obum, lobis lateralibus semi-ovatis acutis, intermedio 

 duplo longiore, obovato, apice truncate vel rotundato, conspicue 

 tuberculato-cristato, calcare cylindricum leviter incurvo, labello 

 triplo breviore ; columna oblonga basi in pedem porrectum pro- 

 ducta, antice valde concava. (Ex exempli, duobus vivis inultisqne 

 exsiccatis. ) 



Hab : Cape Colony : Upper Region ; Queenstown on Les- 

 seyton Nek, alt. 1200 met., fl. Jan., E. E. Galpin, 1713! near 

 Aliwal North, alt. 1290 met., fl. Jan., E. Bolus (No. 10543 in my 

 herb.)— South-eastern Region; near Komgha, alt. 600 met., 

 fl. Feb., N. G. Flanagan, 1699 ! ; near Kei R. Mouth, alt. 30 met., 

 fl. Jan., idem, 1031!— Natal: Blauw Krantz, fl. Dec.,/. M. Wood, 

 3430!; near Itafamasi, fl. Dec, idem, 725.— Trans-Vaal : near 

 Pretoria, alt. 1440 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechter, M^.?>\; between 

 Rustenburg and Johannesburg-, fl. Feb., Alice Pegler! ; Springbok 

 Flats, Waterberg Dist., fl. Dec.,/. Burti Davy, 1024!; between 

 Pietersburg and Houtbosch, alt. 1350 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 11164. 



Plate 15. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 3, lip and column, side view ; 4, lip, front view ; 5, 5, side sepals ; 

 6, odd sepal ; 7, one of the petals ; 8, column, oblique view ; 9, 

 a transverse section of the column. 



An erect herb, 20-40 cm. high ; leaves 4-6, fasciculate erect- 

 spreading narrow-linear acuminate 10-30 cm. long; scape some- 



