TAB. 18. 



Tribe VandE/I<:. 



Sub-tribe EuLOPHiEyK. 



Genus EuLOPHiA. 



Eulophia hians, Sprengel, SysL Veg. iii. (1826), 720, — Herba 

 erecta, 20-40 cm. alta ; folia 4-5, erecto-patentia Hneari-ensiformia 

 rig-idula, per anthesin, ut videtur, nondum bene evoluta, 6-15 cm. 

 long-a ; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3, distantibus acutis mem- 

 branaceis vestitus ; racemus laxe, vel rarius, subdense 7-15florus; 

 bracteae ovatae acutae, ovario pedicellato breviores ; sepala sub- 

 patentia oblong-o-lanceolata vel lanceolata acuta, 0'9-l'5 cm. longa; 

 petala declinata, sspe aut unum aut ambo columnas marg-ine 

 postico adnata, ovato-oblong-a vel obovata obtusa sepalis subgequi- 

 longa ; labellum circuitu ovato-oblong-um sepalis asquilong-um 

 Slobum, lateralibus obtusis, intermedio circa duplo longiore, 

 obovato, apice truncate, leviter emarginato undulato ramentaceo- 

 tuberculato-cristato, calcare cylindrico, leviter incurvo, 0*5-0"7 cm. 

 long-o ; columna apoda, 0'5-0*7 cm. long^a ; stipes brevissimus ; 

 ovarium cum pedicello 1 •5-2*5 cm. long-um. {Ex exempli, nmltis 

 vivis exsiccatisque). — Ll'modorum hl'ans, Thiinb., Prodr. Plant Cap. 

 (1794), 3; Flor. Cap. (182:^,), 30; £. clauicornis, Lindl., in Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. ii. (1836), 202; £. emarginata, Lindl., ibid. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : between 

 George and Mossel Bay, fl. Oct., BnrcheU., 6147 ! ;— South- 

 eastern Region ; near Grahamstown, alt. 540-750 met., fl. Sept.- 

 Oct., E. E. Galpin, 170! ; near Kentani, alt. 600 met., fl. Sept., 

 Alice Pegler, 781!; Egossa, fl. Aug., T. R. Si?n, 2453!; near 

 Kokstad, alt. 1500 met. fl. Oct., W. Tyson, 1602 !— Natal : 

 near Ladismith, alt. 1260 met., fl. Sept., P. Schlechter, 3431! — 

 Trans- Vaal: near Barberton, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Sept., 

 Bolns, 10675 ; E. E. Galpin, 550 ! ; Cnlver, 52 ! ; near Pretoria, 

 /. MacLea (No. 5817 in my herb.) ; Miss Leenderis, 282 ! 



Plate 18. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 3, petals ; 

 4, lip ; 5, column, front view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, lip, 

 side view. 



An erect herb, 20-40 cm. high ; leaves 4-5, erect-spreading 

 linear-ensiform rigid, apparently not well developed during the 



