TAB. 27. 



Tribe Vande.'E. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE^. 



Genus Eulophia. 



Eulophia Pillansii, «. sp. — Herba erecta glabra ad 25 cm. 

 alta ; folia 6, erecto-patentia demum recurva equitantia per 

 anthesin nondum evoluta, ensiformia acuminata, 9-15 cm. long-a, 

 1-1 "2 cm. lata ; scapus sub-flexuosus vagina unica bractei-form' 

 praeditus ; racemus laxe 10-llflorus floribus patentibus ; bracteae 

 oblongo-lanceolatae acutae ovario pedicellate duplo breviores ; 

 sepala declinata apicem versus patenti-recurva oblonga acuta 1'6 

 cm. longa ; petala conformia 1'2 cm. longa ; labellum circuitu 

 ovatum acutum conspicue Slamellatum marginibus undulatis, 

 sepalis aequilongum, Slobum lateralibus erectis semi-orbicularibus, 

 intermedio ovato-lanceolata acuto toto labello triplo breviore, cal- 

 care infundibulari-cylindrico obtuso incurvo 0-5-0*7 cm. longo ; 

 columna oblonga basi in pedem porrectum producta, apice apicu- 

 lato. {Ex exemplari vivo unico.) 



Hab : Karroo Region ; Cape Colony : near Cookhouse, alt 

 about 490 met., fl. in garden Jan., leafing Feb., coll N. S. Pillans 

 No. 10479 in my herb. 



Plate 27. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, lip, oblique view 

 3, ditto, side view ; 4, operculum ; 5, column, side view ; 6, ditto, 

 front view ; 7, pollinarium ; 8, transverse section of lower part oi 

 lip (hypochilium), to shew the arrangement of the lamellae ; 9, 

 ditto, through the upper part of the lip (epichilium). 



An erect glabrous herb 25 cm. alta ; leaves 6, erect-spreading 

 finally recurved, equitant, not developed during the flowering 

 period, ensiform, acuminate, 9-15 cm. long, 1-1 '2 cm. broad ; 

 scape somewhat flexuose, with one bract-like sheath ; raceme laxly 

 10-llflowered, flowers spreading ; bracts oblong-lanceolate acute, 

 half as long as the pedicellate ovary ; sepals declinate towards the 

 apex spreading-recurved, oblong-acute, 1*6 cm. long; petals 

 similar 1-2 cm. long; lip in outline ovate-acute, conspicuously 

 ridged with 3 erect plates, margins undulate, as long as the sepals, 

 31obed, the lateral lobes erect, semi orbicular, the intermediate 



