SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS 
By H. M. L. BOLUS. 
Eulophia Dregeana, Lindley, in Comp. Bot. Mag. n, 202. Herba sat 
robusta, 31 — 47 cm. alta, rhizomate 1 — 1-5 cm. diam.; folia 5 — 10, synanthia 
erecto-patentia linearia acuminata, plus minusve conduplicata, duo inferiora 
multo breviora parumque latiora quam cetera, 5 — 36 cm. longa, 0-4 — 1-6 cm. 
lata; scapus strictus, vaginis 5 — 7, acuminatis griseo-brunneis, crebre nervosis, 
internodiis aequilongis vel longioribus, 7 — 3 cm. longis; racemus laxe 11 — 20 fl. 
(saepius 2 — 4 flores eodem tempore aperti), floribus adscendentibus, deinde 
patentibus; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae, 2-5 — 1 cm. longae; sepala pallide 
viridia, lateralia patentia, impar recurvatum, linearia acuminata, 2 — 2-4 cm. 
longa, ad 0-6 cm. lata; petala oblongo-elliptica acuta, pallida, fere albida, 
sepalis fere duplo latiora aequilongaque; labellum circuitu oblongum, petalis 
parum brevius, basin versus tuberculis, in 3 — 4 series dispositis, onustum, 
3-lobum, lobis lateralibus circa 0-5 cm. longis, intermedio late obovato, dimidio 
inferiore processibus gracilibus brevibus, in 3 series dispositis, barbato, calcari 
curvato, ad 0-7 cm. longo; columna oblonga, apicem versus leviter angustata, 
basi in pedem producta; operculum brevissime rostratum. 
South-Eastern Region: Cape Province; Komgha Div., near Komgha, in 
grassy valleys, alt. 2000 ft., fl. Dec. 1889, H. G. Flanagan, 344 ! Griqualand 
East, near Clydesdale, in damp grassy places, alt. 2500 ft., fl. Jan. 1885, 
W. Tyson, 2160! Natal; Maritzburg, fl. Dec. 1911, T. R. Sim, 4208! Dargle, 
Umgeni River, fl. Jan. 1922, J. W. Bews (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15394!). 
Kalahari Region: Transvaal; near Pretoria, A. G. McLoughlin\ 
A rather robust herb, 31 — 47 cm. high, with the rhizome 1 — 1-5 cm. diam. ; 
leaves 5 — 10, synanthous erect-spreading linear acuminate, more or less con- 
duplicate, the two lower ones much shorter and a little broader than the rest, 
5 — 36 cm. long, 0-4 — 1-6 cm. broad; scape straight, sheaths 5 — 7, acuminate 
greyish-brown, closely nerved, as long as the internodes or longer, 7 — 3 cm. 
long; raceme laxly 11— 20-fl. (usually 2 — 4 flowers open at the same time), 
flowers at first ascending, then spreading; bracts lanceolate acuminate, 2-5 — 
1 cm. long; sepals pale green, the lateral spreading, the odd sepal recurved, 
linear acuminate, 2 — 2-4 cm. long, up to 0-6 cm. broad; petals oblong-elliptic 
acute, pale, almost whitish, as long as the sepals and nearly twice as broad; 
lip oblong in outhne, a little shorter than the petals, furnished towards the 
base with tubercles arranged in 3 — 4 rows, 3-lobed, lateral lobes about 0-5 cm. 
long, intermediate broadly obovate, bearded in the lower half with short 
