TAB. 16. 



Tribe Vaxde.-E. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.-E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia aemula, Schlechier, in Eiigl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xx. 

 (1895), Beibl. No. 50, p. 26. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra ad 

 40 cm. alta ; folia 3-4 fasciculata erecto-patentia linearia acuta 

 nervosa, scape paullo breviora ; scapus vaginis 4-6 acuminatis 

 imbricantibus vel subdistantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 6-12 

 floras, floribus in genere inter minores ; bractes lanceolatre acutcC, 

 ovario pedicellato paullo breviores ; sepala patentia late linearia 

 acuta, l"2-l"o cm. longa ; petala declinata oblongo-ovata acuta, 

 sepalis subsequilonga ; labellum petalis paullo brevius, circuitu 

 ovatum, Slobum, lateralibus brevibus acutis, intermedio duplo 

 longiore oblongo rotundato tuberculato-cristato, basi in calcare 

 brevi apice ventricoso productum ; columna apoda, labello vix 

 duplo brevior. {^Ex exempli, auobus vi'v/s, pliii-ibusqiie exsiccalts.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : grassy hills, 

 near Komgha, alt. 600 met., fl. Feb., H. G. Flanagan., 1117!. — 

 Natal: near Sevenfontein, alt. 1200 met., fl. Feb., /. Wylie 

 {J. M. Wood., 5372!). — Swazieland : near Embabaan, alt. 1350 

 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 12302. — Trans- Vaal : Moodie's, near Bar- 

 berton, alt. 600-900 met., fl. Dec, W. Culver, 14!; Botsabelo, 

 near Middelburg, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, R. Schlechter, 4057!; 

 near Johannesburg, alt. 1680 met., fl. Jan., C. JMainwaring {Burft 

 Davy, 1044 !). 



Plate 16. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip, flattened out ; 

 7, lip and column, side view ; 8, lip, front view ; 9, column, front 

 view ; 10, ditto, side view. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, up to 40 cm. high ; leaves 3-4 

 fasciculate, erect-spreading, narrow linear, acute nerved, a little 

 shorter than the scape, scape with 4-6 imbricating, or somewhat 

 distant sheaths ; raceme laxly 6-12flowered ; bracts lanceolate acute, 

 somewhat shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; flowers small in the 

 genus; sepals spreading linear acute, 1*2-1 '5 cm. long; petals 



