TAB. 19. 



Tribe Vande^:. 



Sub-tribe Ei'lophip:.*:. 



Genus Eulophia 



Eulophla Relchenbachiana, Bolus, in Joiirn. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. XXV., p. 185 (1890). — Herba erecta glabra, robusta ad 55 cm. 

 alta ; rhizoma magnum tuberosum ; folia 3-4, per anthesin bene 

 evoluta, erecta lineari-vel lanceolato-ensiformia, longe acuminata, 

 nervis primariis subtus valde prominentibus, scapo longiora ; 

 scapus strictus, vel rarius subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4 rigidiusculis 

 imbricantibus ad 15 cm. longis vestitus ; racemus oblongus 

 obtusus multiflorus, floribus confertis nutantibus, 6-15 cm. longus ; 

 bracte^e lineari-lanceolatae setaceo-acuminatae, ovario longiores ; 

 sepala decHnata, lateralibus oblique ovatis acutis vel acuminatis, 

 imparl lanceolato-oblongo, acuminate, 1'2-1'5 cm. longa ; petala 

 oblique oblanceolata, nunc subobtusa, nunc acuta, sepalis brevi- 

 ora, 1-1*2 cm. longa ; labellum ecalcaratum circuitu late obovatum 

 brevissime unguiculatum sepalis paullo brevius, 31obum lateralibus 

 erectls rotundatis, intermedio apice subcochleariformi, inconspicue 

 tuberculato-cristato, lateralibus duplo longiore latioreque ; columna 

 oblonga, apice attenuata subapiculata, basi in pedem porrectum 

 producta ; pollinia ovoidea ; stipes brevissimus ; ovarium cum 

 pedicello 0'7-l"l cm. longum. {-Ex exempli, pliw. vivis exsicca- 

 tisque.) — Cymbic/ium Buchanan! , Reichb. f. in ''Flora,'' (1881), ;>. 

 329 ; £, Buchanan! , Dur. & Schinz., in Consp. Flor. Afr., vol. v., 

 p. 19 (1895), not of Bolus. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Grahams- 

 town, alt. GOO met., fl. Nov., R. IV. Read {1281 in my herb.); 

 Chumie Peak, near Stockenstrom, fl. Dec, W. C. Scully, 172!; 

 near Kokstad, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, W. Tyson, 1085! in I/erb. 

 Norm. Austr.-Afr., 548 ! — Natal : /. Sanderson (in herb. Wood 

 1006!); Van Renen's Pass, alt. 1500-1800 met., fl. Dec, Wood, 



5863 ! ;— SwAZiELAND : Devil's Bridge, alt. 1200 , 1350 met., 



fl. Dec-Jan., E. E. Galpin, 723 !— Trans-Vaal : near Eland's 

 Spruit-bergen, alt. 1950 met., fl. Dec, R. Schlechter, 4001 ! ; near 

 Belfast, alt. 1950 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 12305. 



Plate 19. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view; 

 3, 3, one of the side sepals ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip, flattened 



