TAB. 20. 



Tribe Vaxde.-e. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.-E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia flaccida. Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. v., 20, 

 Bcibl. 50, p. 3 (1895). — Herba gracilis erecta glabra, 30-35 cm. 

 alta ; folia 2-3, fasciculata erecto-patentia flaccida anguste linearia 

 acuta vel acuminata nervosa, scapo longiora vel breviora ; scapus 

 flexuosus, vaginis 4, distantibus membranaceis acuminatis vestitus ; 

 racemus laxe 8-13florus ; bracteae lanceolatas acuminatce ovario 

 pedicellato breviores ; sepala patentia lanceolata vel oblonga acuta 

 0"7-0*8 cm. longa ; petala ovato-vel elliptico-oblonga, sepalis 

 paullo breviora ; labellum circuitu oblongum vel obovatum, e basi 

 fere ad apicem caruncula trifurcata ornatum,marginibus undulatum 

 petalis a^quilongum 31obum, lateralibus erectis subtriangularibus 

 acutis, intermedio subquadrato, apicem versus dilatato. truncate 

 subexciso, calcare cylindrico, obtuso ; columna subtetragona 

 brevis ; anthera apice emarginata ; polliniis subglobosis. {Ex 

 exe?7iplL plur. vivis et descriptione cl. Schlechteri). 



Hab. : South=eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Komgha, 

 alt. 600 met., fl. Jan., //. G. Flanagan, 1645!— Natal: "The 

 Bluff," near Durban, alt. 60 met., fl. July, R. Schlechter, 2860. 



Plate 20. Fig. 1, flovi^er, side view ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, odd 

 sepal ; 4, 5, petals ; 6, lip ; 7, column ; 8, pollinarium. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 30-35 cm. high ; leaves 2-3, 

 fasciculate erect-spreading flaccid narrowly linear acute or 

 acuminate longer or, sometimes, shorter than the scape ; scape 

 flexuous, clothed with 4 distant membranous acuminate sheaths ; 

 raceme laxly 8-13flowered ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, shorter 

 than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals spreading lanceolate or oblong 

 acute 0-7-0-8 cm. long ; petals ovate- or elliptic-oblong, a little 

 shorter than the sepals ; lip oblong or obovate in outline, furnished 

 with a trifurcated caruncle extending from the base almost to the 

 apex, undulate, as long as the petals, 31obed, the lateral erect, 

 somewhat triangular acute, intermediate somewhat quadrate, 

 dilated towards the apex, truncate emarginate, spur cylindrical 



