SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS 
By H. M. L. BOLUS 
(With Plates XIV, XV, XVI and XVII.) 
Eulophia violacea, Reichenbach /., in Linnaea, xx, 683. Folia 4 — 6, erecta, 
per anthesin evoluta, conduplicata, 7 — 12 cm. longa, vel ultra, 8 — 9 mm. 
lata; scapus sat gracilis, cum racemo 8 — 13 cm. lougo, ad 35 cm. altus, 
vaginis 4, distantibus membranaceis, 4 — 2-5 cm. longis; bracteae sat 
parvae, rhomboideae, longe attenuatae, ad 1-5 cm. longae; pedicelli ad 
lcm. longi; sepala oblongo-lanceolata acuta, 1 — 1-3 cm. longa; petala 
circuitu subelliptica, posteriore columuae adnata, sepalis aequilonga; 
labellum superum vel in floribus senectis inferum ob ovarium tortum, 
3-lobum, lobis lateralibus supra medium positis, subovatis obtusis brevi- 
bus, intermedio late obovato-rotundato emarginato, cristato-papillato, 
papillis in 5 lineas dispositis, 3 intermediis ad medium lobi attingentibus 
vel parum ultra, cum calcare obtuso, 5 — 6 mm. longo, 1-5 — 1-7 cm. 
longum; columna obovato-oblonga, 4 mm. longa, basi baud producta; 
antbera fere orbicularis. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Albany Div., Stone’s Hill, near 
Grahamstown, fl. Nov. 1889, S. Schonland (Bolus Herbarium, No. 5980 !). 
Uitenhage Div., near Redbouse, Nov. 1916, Mrs T. V. Paterson! Uniondale 
Div., Avontuur, fl. Oct. 1916, F. H. Holland! Knysna Div., Mund, Bowie. 
Leaves 4 — 6, erect, developed during tbe flowering period, folded together 
lengthwise, 7 — 12 cm. long, or longer when fully developed, 8 — 9 mm. 
broad; scape rather slender, together with 8 — 13 cm. long raceme, up 
to 35 cm. high, with 4 distant membranous sheaths, 4 — 2-5 cm. long; 
bracts rather small, rhomboidal with long, tapering apex, up to 1-5 cm. 
long; pedicels up to 1 cm. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate acute, 1 — 1-3 
cm. long; petals somewhat elliptic in outline when flattened, the posterior 
margin adnate to the column for the whole, or almost the whole, of the 
latter’s length, equalling the sepals in length; lip superior, or in old 
flowers on account of the twisted ovary inferior, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 
placed above the middle, subovate obtuse short, the intermediate lobe 
broadly obovate-rounded, emarginate, crested, the papillae arranged in 
5 lines of which the 3 central ones reach to the middle of the lobe or a 
little beyond, together with the obtuse, 5 — 6 mm. long spur, 1-5 — 1-7 cm. 
long ; column obovate-oblong, 4 mm. long, not produced at base into a 
projecting foot; anther almost orbicular. 
The drawing was made from Mr F. Holland’s collection. 
Eulophia Meleagris, Reichenbach /., in Linnaea, xx, 683. Folia erecta, per 
