TAB. 26. 



Tribe Vande^. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE^. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia ensata, Lindl., in Bot. Reg. (1828), / 1147.— 

 Herba crecta g-Iahra 10-GO cm. alta ; rliizoma mag-num tuberosum ; 

 folia 3-4 fasciculata erecta linearia acuminata, per anthesin bene 

 evoluta, scapo sajpissime longiora, nervis subtus prominentibus ; 

 scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 4-G imbricantibus vel subdistantibus 

 paleaceis acuminatis vestitus ; racemus abbreviatus, specie sub- 

 corymbosus, ll-20florus ; bracteae lineari-Ianceolatae, saepissime 

 ovarium pedicellatum excedentes ; sepala patentia oblique-ovata 

 acuminata, basi oblique cordata, 1*8-2 "4 cm. long-a ; petala 

 subpatentia oblonga acvita, sepalis paullo breviores ; labellum 

 circuitu ovale concolor, petalis aequilongum Slobum, lateralibus 

 erectis apice rotundatis, intermedio fere 3 plo longiore obovato- 

 oblong-o subtruncato, tuberculis setaceis cristato, calcare cylindrico 

 tenui recto, 0'G-0"7 cm. longo ; columna oblonga, supra medium 

 dilatata, acuta, basi in pedem porrectum producta, 0'6-0'9 cm. 

 long-a ; operculum apice apiculatum ; ovarium cum pedicello 

 l*5-2'5 cm. long-um. [Ex excniplari unico vivo pluribiis ex- 

 sicca/isqiic. ) 



Hab. : South=eastern Region ; Cape Colony : district of 

 Albany, near the Kareig-a R., alt. 150 met., fl. Jan., Zcyher, 2! ; 

 near Kei R. mouth, alt. GO met., fl. Jan., B. G. Flanagan, 1030! ; 

 Eg-ossa Forest, fl. Jan., alt. 300 met., W. Tyson, 2842!— 

 SwAziELAND : near Bremersdorp, alt., GOO met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 

 12304. 



Plate 26. Fig-. 1, flower, side view; 2, lip and column, side 

 view ; 3, column, side view ; 4, ditto, front view ; 5, pollinarium. 



An erect g-labrous herb, 40-GO cm. high ; rhizome larg-e 

 tuberous ; leaves 3-4, fasciculate erect linear acuminate, well 

 developed during^ the flowering- period, usually longer than the 

 scape, the nerves prominent below ; scape somewhat flexuous ; 

 clothed with 4-G imbricating- or somewhat distant paleaceous 

 acuminate sheaths ; raceme abbreviated, somewhat corymbose in 



