TAB. 17. 



Tribe V.WDE.K. 



Sub-tribe EuLOPHiE.K. 



Genus P^ULOPHIA. 



Eulophia platypetala, Lindley., in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag., 

 vol. W., p. 202 (1836).— Herba erecta glabra ad 35 cm. alta ; folia 

 5-6, per anthesin bene evoluta, erecto-patentia lineari-ensiformia 

 acuminata, crebre nervosa, 7-25 cm. longa ; scapus rectus, vel 

 subflexLiosus, vag'inis 2-3 distantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 10-13 

 florus, bractese ovatce acuminata ovario pedicellato multo breviores ; 

 sepala patentia oblonga acuta 1*8 cm. long-a ; petala declinata late 

 elliptica sepalis paullo breviora ; labellum circuitu late ovatum 

 31obum petalis eequilong-um, lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis inter- 

 medio duplo longiore, obovata, retuso conspicue ramentaceo- 

 cristato, calcare leviter incurvo apice bilobulato, 0"7 cm. lono'o ; 

 columna oblonga basi in pedem brevem porrectum producta, 0-9-1 

 cm. long-a; ovarium cum pedicello 2"5-3 cm. long'um. {Ex exempli 

 duobiis vivis exsiccatisque.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Riversdalc 

 division, Zoet Melks R., near Riversdalc, fl. Nov., Burrliell, 

 6611!; near Forest Hall, Plettcnberg- Bay, fl. Nov., Miss 

 Newdigate (No. 6888 in my herb.). 



Plate 17. Fiif. 1, flower ; 2, one of the sepals ; 3, one of the 



petals ; 4, lip, viewed from above ; 5, lip and column, side view ; 

 6, column, front view ; 7, pollinarium. 



An erect iflabrous herb, up to 35 cm. high ; leaves 5-6 well 

 developed during- the flowering period, erect-spreading-, linear- 

 ensiform closely nerved, 7-25 cm. long- ; scape straight or some- 

 what flexuose, with 2-3 distant sheaths ; raceme laxly 10-13 flowered ; 

 bracts ovate acuminate much shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; 

 sepals spreading oblong acute 1-8 cm. long; petals declinate 

 broadly elliptical, a little shorter than the sepals ; lip broad ovate 

 in outline, as long as the petals, 31obed, lateral lobes ovate-obtuse, 



