TAB. 24, 



Tribe Vande/E. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE/E. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia Zeyheri, Hook f. in Bat. Mag. t. 7330 (1898).— 

 Herba erecta glabra, 30-40 cm. alta ; folia 2-3, fasciculata erecta, 

 per anthesin bene evoluta, linearia vel lanceolata acuminata rig-ida 

 subplicata nervis primariis subtus prominentibus, scapo nunc 

 breviora nunc longiora ; scapus strictus, vaginis 3-4 imbricantibus 

 vel subdistantibus vestitus ; racemus subabbreviatus subcorym- 

 bosus, ad 15 fl. ; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, ovario pedicellate 

 longiores ; sepala cum petalis patentia oblongo-elliptica acuminata 

 3-3 "5 cm. longa ; petala conformia paullo breviora ; labellum 

 circuitu ovatum 31obum, lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis, 

 intermedio triplo longiore obovato tuberculato-cristato, tuberculis 

 setaceis tomentellis, basi in calcar breve cylindrico productum ; 

 columna oblonga, fronte excavata, basi in pedem porrectum pro- 

 ductum ; ovaria cum pedicello, l"-2"2 cm. longa. {Ex exempli, 

 unico vivo phiribnsque exsiccaiis). — E. bico/or, Reichb, f. (^ Sonder 

 ex Reiche?ib. f in ^' Flora,'' vol. xlviii. (18G5), p. 18G partim {non 

 Blu?ne). 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Damp places 

 on the road between Maclear and Umtata near the Chwenka R., 

 Tembuland., alt., 1110 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 873G ; near 

 Kokstad ; Grioualand East, alt., 750-1500 met., fl. Jan., W. 

 Tyson, 1591! — Trans-Vaal : near Lydenburg, alt. 1440 met., fl. 

 Dec, R. Schlechter 3940!; near Heidelburg ; fl. Dec, Miss 

 Leendertz, 1038 ! ; Elands' Fontein, near Johannesburg, alt. 1650 

 met., fl. Nov., D. F. Gilfillan (1428! in herb. Galpin). 



Plate 24. Fig. 1, side sepal; 2, odd sepal; 3, one of the 

 petals ; 4, lip ; 5, column ; 6, pollinarium. 



An erect glabrous herb, 30-40 cm. high ; leaves 2-3, fasciculate 

 erect, well developed during the flowering period, linear or lanceo- 

 late acuminate rigid subplicate, the primary nerves prominent 

 beneath, longer or shorter than the scape ; scape straight clothed 

 with 3-4 imbricating or somewhat distant bracts ; raceme some- 



