TAB. 22. 



Tribe Vande^. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE/E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia tuberculata, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xxv., 

 p. 184 (1890).— Herba erecta glabra, 25-35 cm. alta ; folia 2-3 

 erecto-patentla demum recurva, per anthesin ut videtur nondum 

 bene evoluta, lanceolato-ensiformia, rigidula, crebre nervosa, 4-12 

 cm. long-a, 1-1*5 cm. lata ; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 2-3 

 distantibus brevibus acutis vestitus ; racemus laxe 6-15florus, 

 floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae, ovario 

 pedicellate multo breviores ; sepala patentia demum reflexa 

 oblonga acuta, 0'8 cm. longa ; petala late patentia late ovata 

 obtusa 0*9-1 cm. longa ; labellum circuitu ovatum, juxta basin 

 levissime saccatum, tuberculis duobus ore sacci, 31obum, later- 

 alibus erectis rotundatis, per totam fere longitudinem columnae 

 adnatis, intermedio ovato acuto vel obtuso, arcuato-incurvo, 

 marginibus deflexis, tuberculato-cristato, tuberculis 3-5 seriebus 

 incrassatis ; columna tetragona apoda. {Ex exempli, duobus vivis 

 pluribiisque exsiccatis). — Lissochilus platypetalus, Lindl. in Hook 

 Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. W., p. 204 (1836.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Uitenhage 

 Div., dry hills near the Zwartkops R., fl. Nov., C. Zeyher, 1120 ! ; 

 near Grahamstown, alt. 600 met., fl. Nov., MacOwan, 1046 ! ; Blue 

 Stone Quarry, near King William's Town, fl. Dec, T. R. Si?n, 

 2! — Trans- Vaal : near Pretoria, alt. 1350 meters, fl. Sept.,/. H. 

 McLea (in my herb. No. 5819 partly). 



Plate 22. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, lip and column, 

 oblique view ; 3, one of the petals ; 4, one of the sepals ; 5, 

 column ; 6, poUinarium, back view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, lip 

 viewed from above ; 9, lip, with column, side view ; 10, transverse 

 section through the anterior part of the middle lobe of the lip. 



An erect glabrous herb, 25-35 cm. high ; leaves 2-3, erect- 

 spreading, finally recurved, apparently not well developed during 

 the flowering period, lanceolate-ensiform, rigid, closely nerved, 

 4-12 cm. long, l-l'a cm. wide; scape somevi'hat flexuous, with 



