Eulophia. } ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 29 
16. E. brachystyla (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 336) ; erect, 
slender, much like H. hians, Spreng., in : habit t ; rhizomes gosveeea 
oblong, depressed, small ; leaves radical, in fascicles of 2—4, erect or 
somewhat spreading, acute, rather rigid, not fully developed “until 
after flowering time, usually shorter than the scapes, 6-10 in. long, 
about } in, broad ; scapes erect, sometimes a little flexuous, 8-14 in. 
long, with 3 or 4 lanceolate sheaths below ; racemes 2—3 in. long, 
lax ; many-flowered ; bracts lanceolate, AGRE, 6 somewhat spread- 
ing, about half as long as the ovary; flowers much like those of 
E. violacea, Reichb. f. ; sepals oblong, apiculate, 5-nerved, over } in. 
long ; petals s broadly obovate- oblong, obtuse, fe twice as broad as 
the : sepals, several-nerved ; lip 3-lobed, over 4 pri side lobes 
obliquely oblong, obtuse ; front lobe oblong, Stittios r subtruneate 
dise with 3-5 papillose_ keels spur subcylindric, tii about } 
long ; column about } in. long 
Fastern Reaion: Griqualand East ; Insiswa Range, 6800 ft., Schlechter, 6489 ! 
long ; petals obtuse, about as long as the sepals, nearly three times 
as broad; lip hastately 3-lobed; side lobes basal, horizontally 
spreading, ovate, acute, membratious ; front lobe obovate, obtuse, 
. ise somewhat fleshy ; spur cylindric, obtuse, nearly } 
as long as the lip. Bolus ~ at Linn. Soc. xxv. 183; Durand ii 
Schinz, Conti Fl. Afr. v 
Coast Recron: Queenstown Div.; in marshy places on the Winter Berg, 
Zeyher, 
I have only seen a single leaf and flower in Dr. Lindley’s Herbarium. 
18. E. purpurascens (Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 281) ; rhizome 
stout, thickened and corm-like she the nodes; leaves contempora- 
neous with the scape, 3 or 4 in a fascicle, straight and suberect, 
narrowly elongate-linear, baci closely vei ed, 4-1 ft. long, 
with two or three lanceolate peceee 1s, sheaths at the base ; 
scape lateral, erect, straight, 14-2! }-24 long, with several 
narrow imbricate sheaths below ; racemes elongate, many- -flowered, 
3-7 in. long; bracts lanacolate, acuminate, ii in. long, usually 
bee 
suberect ; pedicels slender, }—} in. 1o flowers medium-sized ; 
sepals su en somewhat spreading, lanceolate or narrowly 
oblong-lanceola e, $-} in. long, wn or greenish-purple ; 
acu 
petals elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, nearly as long as “the sepals, light 
purple, pink or whitish with purple spots ; lip deeply 3-lobed, nearly 
as long as the petals; side lobes broadly oblong, obtuse or rounded ; 
front — obovate, obtuse or rounded at the we almost covered with 
