TAB. 29. 



Tribe Vande^:. 



Sub-tribe EULOPHIE^. 



Genus Ansellia. 



Ansellia Africana, Lindley, Bot. Reg. 1844, sub. t. 12, et 1845, 

 /. 30.--Herba epiphytica glabra, 30-70 cm. alta ; caulis erectus 

 elongatus, vaginis foliorum delapsorum vestitus, apice toliatus, 

 20-40 cm. longus ; folia erecto-patentia equitantia, basi caulem 

 vaginantia articulataque, ligulata acuta rigida subcoriacea, nervis 

 primariis 3-5, subtus valde prominentibus, 26-30 cm. longa ; 

 panicula terminalis pedunculata laxe multifiora floribus adscen- 

 dentibus ; bracteae ovatae membranaceae minutee ; sepala cum 

 petalis patentia oblonga obtusa vel subacuta, 1 •7-2-1 cm. longa; 

 petala sepalis conformia sed paullo latiora brevioraque ; labellum 

 circuitu orbicularis 2-81amellatum, petalis aequilongum, 31obum, 

 lateralibus erectis ovatis obtusis, intermedio obovato obtusissimo 

 subrecurvo ; columna oblonga acuta, basi in pedem porrectum 

 producta ; operculum Slobulata ; pollinia sphsroidea, stipite 

 brevissimo glandular latse affixa ; ovarium cum pedicello 2-3'5 cm. 

 longum. {Ex exemplari unico culto vivo pluribusqtie exsiccatis.) — 

 A. gigantea, Reichb. f. in Linncea, vol. xx., p. 673. 



Habi Natal: Mrs. K. Saunders! (No. 6060 in my herb.)— 

 Trans-Vaal: near Barberton, alt. 540 met., fl. Aug.-Sept., E. E. 

 Galpin, 1004 ! ; Avoca, alt. 600 met., fl. Aug., W. Culver, 55!— 

 Portuguese S.E. Africa: near Louren^o Marques, fl. Aug., 

 Bolus, 9786. Very common. 



Plate 29. Sketch of the whole plant reduced in size by about 

 4 diameters. ' Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view— natural 

 size ; 8, lip and column, side view ; 4, lip, viewed from above ; 

 5, column, front view ; 6, do., side view ; 7, pollinarium ; 8, oper. 

 culum — variously magnified. 



An epiphytic glabrous herb, 30-70 cm. high ; stem erect 

 elongate, clothed with the sheaths of fallen leaves, leafy at the 

 apex, 20-40 cm. long ; leaves erect-spreading equitant, sheathmg 

 the stem at the base and articulate, ligulate acute rigid rather 

 coriaceous, primary nerves 3-5, strongly prominent below, 26-30 



