TAB. 21. 



Tribe Vaxdk.-^:. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.-^:. 



Genus EuLOFHiA. 



Eulophia aequalis, Bolus ^ in Journ. Linn. Sac, vol. xxv., 

 p. 184 (LS90). — Herba erecta glabra 25-55 cm. alta ; folia G-8, 

 patentia, per anthesin bene evoluta, ensiformia, acuta, equitantia, 

 10-25 cm. long-a; scapus validus flexuosus, vag'inis B-4, distantibus 

 membranaceis acutis, 8-8 cm. longis, vestitus ; racemus sublaxe 

 8-14florus, floribus adscendentibus ; bractea; mag-nae ovato- 

 oblongce acutai, ovario-pedicellato aequilongse ; sepala sub-patentia 

 obovata, oblongo-ovata vel suborbicularia [intus colorata, 1-1*7 

 cm. longa ; petala declinata sepalis simillima breviora rarius 

 subcequilonga ; labellum circuitu late ovatum, petalis paullo 

 brevius, Slobum ; lateralibus erectis obtusis, intermedio oblongo 

 apice rotundato convexo tuberculato-cristato, calcare conico ; 

 columna brevis tetragona apoda ; ovarium cum pedicello 1'1-1'5 

 cm. longum. {Ex exempli. 2 vivis phiribusque exsiccalis.) — 

 Lissochilus cequalis, Lindl., in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. ii., 

 p. 204 (1836). 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: Zuurbergen, 

 between Enon and Driefontein, alt. 600-900 met., fl. Nov., Drege ; 

 near Grahamstown, MacOivan ! (No. '-284 in my berb.) ; near Kei 

 R. mouth, fl. Nov., H. G. Flanagan, 1299!— Natal: Krantz 

 Kloof, iUt. 450 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 3200 ! ;— Trans-Vaal : 

 near Barberton, alt. 900-1200 met., fl. Sept., W. Culver, 1 ! 



Plate 21. Fig. 1, flower, front view, enlarged ; 2, 2, sepals, 

 slightly reduced ; 3, 3, petals, ditto ; 4, lip and column, side view, 

 enlarged ; 5, lip, front view, ditto; 6, column, front view, ditto ; 

 7, poUinarium, ditto ; 8, flower, oblique view, ditto ; 9, one of the 

 sepals from another plant, natural size ; 10, one of the petals, 

 ditto ; 11, lip flattened out, ditto. 



An erect glabrous herb, 25-55 cm. high ; leaves 6-8, spreading, 

 equitant, well developed during the flowering period, ensiform 

 acute, 10-25 cm. long ; scape stout flexuous, with 3-4 distant 

 membranous acute sheaths, 3-8 cm. long ; raceme somewhat laxly 



