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SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS 
slender processes arranged in 3 rows, spur curved, up to 0-7 cm. long; column 
oblong, slightly narrowed towards the apex, produced at base into a foot; 
operculum very shortly beaked. 
The drawing was made from a living specimen collected by Mr T. R. Sim 
from Maritzburg (Sim, 4208). 
Eulophia arenaria, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv, 185. Ad 40 cm. 
alta, rhizomate 1 — 2 cm. diam. ; folia plus minusve synanthia, 4 — 5, inferiora 2 
vix producta, cetera linearia acuminata, ad 20 cm. longa, ad 0-8 cm. lata; 
scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3 distantibus, 6 — 3 cm. longis, onustus; racemus 
laxe 5 — 8-fl., floribus adscendentibus vel mox cernuis, pedicellis ad 1*3 cm. 
longis; axis florifer saepe flexuosus; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae, 2 — 
1 cm. longae; sepala reflexa, saepius 1-6 cm. longa, lateralia oblique lateque 
ovato-oblonga, obtusa apiculata, impar ovato-oblongum subacutum; petala 
fere orbicularia, sepalis subaequilonga; labellum petahs longius, saepius 2 cm. 
longum, ad 2-4 cm. latum, late saccatum, ore sacci processibus 2 erectis sub- 
quadratis, 0-3 cm. longis, onustum, 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, 
intermedio subquadrato, truncato vel late emarginato, callis elongatis medio 
ornato; columna subpanduriformis, basi in pedem producta; anthera acumi- 
nata; pollinia orbiculata, stipite triangulari, glandula transverse linearis, 
utrinque attenuata. Lissocliilus arenarius, Lindl., in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, 133. 
South-Eastern Region: Natal; Umvoti, Mrs K. Saunders ! Near Tongaat 
River, alt. 500ft., fl. Nov. 1887, Wood! (Herbarium Normale, No. 1368). 
Zululand; Amatikulu, fl. Nov. 1914, T. R. Sim, 4235! 
Up to 40cm. high, the rhizome 1 — 2cm. in diam.; leaves more or less 
synanthous, 4 — 5, the 2 lower scarcely produced, the rest linear acuminate, 
up to 20 cm. long and 0-8 cm. broad; scape somewhat flexuous, with 3 distant 
sheaths, 6 — 3 cm. long; raceme laxly 5 — 8-fl., flowers ascending or soon nod- 
ding; pedicels up to 1-3 cm. long; flowering-axis often flexuous; bracts lanceo- 
late acuminate, 2 — 1 cm. long; sepals reflexed, usually 1-6 cm. long, lateral 
ones obliquely and broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse apiculate, the odd one ovate- 
oblong subacute ; petals almost orbicular, about as long as the sepals ; lip longer 
than the petals, usually 2 cm. long, up to 2-4 cm. wide, broadly saccate, fur- 
nished at the mouth of the sac with 2 erect subquadrate processes, 0*3 cm. 
long, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes rounded, the intermediate subquadrate, 
truncate or widely emarginate, furnished in the middle with three elongated 
calli; column somewhat fiddle-shaped, produced at base into a foot; anther 
acuminate; pollinia orbiculate, the stipe triangular, gland transversely linear, 
attenuate on both sides. 
The drawing was made from living specimens collected in Natal. 
Eulophia clitellifer, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv, 184, var. major, 
L. Bolus. Saepius 12 — 36cm. alta, rhizomate 2 — 3cm. diam.; folia plus 
minusve hysteranthia (i.e. orientia eodem tempore cum floribus bene evolutis), 
