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dilated at the sheathing base ; inflorescence eae paniculate, 
3-21 ft. high, with numerous lanceolate sheaths le 
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anther-case with 2 stout diverging horns ; bar gee ellipsoid, nearly 
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fil, Suppl. 402. pert tr iste, Thunb. Prodr. 4. Eulophia 
tristis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 7 20; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 184; mee 
Zi ‘ft. Documente, 128, ; Sond. in Linnea, xix. 72; oe 217 
Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soe. v 106, Oreh. Cap. Penins. 106, 
and Journ. Linn. Soe. xxv. 181 ; Du rand & Schinz, Conspect _ Fi. 
Afr. v. 26; Krénal. in Ann. " Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 12 
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SoutH Arrica: without locality, Brown! Masson! Reade! Thom, 771! 
Prey Reeves! Mrs. Bowker! Mrs. Holland ! 
Coast ReGion: Cape Div. ; Simons Bay, Sota siete 471! Milne! Hout 
nbose 
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Wolley-Dod, 576 ! Ceictautin Schlechter, 248! Devils Mountain, Rehmann, 958! 
Riversdale Div. Garcias Pass, Burchell, 7038 ! George eee Bowie! Knysna 
Div.; near Gokkinn (Gouwkam ma 2 Div. ; ~~ 
Clarkson, Schlechter, 6008! Penther, 85. Uite slbeae Div. ; poe. he Zwartkops 
River and on Van Stadens Berg, Zeyher, 285! ‘MacOwan, 1220 ! Uitenhage, 
Zeyher, 600! between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, Drég é, 2205! Port 
Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, fide Bolus, Alexander Div. Set rberg Range, 
2000-3000 ft., Drége, 2205! Bathhurst Div.; near Port Al fr ed, Burchell, 3984 ; 
Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, Williamson! Bolton ! MacOwan, ! between 
Rautenbachs Drift and Addo Drift, Burchell, 4213! Zuur Berg, between Cable 
Farm and ta Atherstone, 76! Eastern Frontier of Cape Colony, Hutton | 
Hallack! Pri 
. A. spherocarpa eam & Bolus in Journ. Bot. 1894, big ; 
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sient robust, 2-3 ft. ; leaves equitant, scurrgh se rigid, 
long as the scape, 1 be hrosd: scape terminal, b anched, ead 
erect-spreading branches, bearing 10-20 flowers ; Palais i 
larger than i tristis, and the petals mar kad with two dark 
purple spots above the base; bracts acuminate, as long as the 
pedi ich i in. long; sepals and petals oblong- 
1 eibeclate, acute, over } in. long ; lip ; 3-lobed, cuneate at the base ; 
side pie short ; front t lobe oblong, obtuse, ¢ crisped at the margin; 
ringed keels; spur short, inflated; capsule broadly 
ellipsoid or nearly spherical, about ? in . long. Eulophia sphzero- 
carpa, Sond. in Linnea, xix. 74; Bolus in bars S. Afr. Phil. Soe. 
v. 106, Orch. Cap. Penins. 106, and 2a Linn. Soc. xxv. 183; 
Dur and & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. ¥ 
