Plate 135.
EULOPHIA LEONTOGLOSSA.
Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Province, Natal.
Orchidaceae. Tribe Vandeae.
Eulophia, R.Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 535.
Eulophia leontoglossa, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1881, 329; Fl. Cap. vol. v.
sect. iii. p. 45.
This charming little Eulophia is found in the summer months round Pretoria growing in the grass veld, and is fairly abundant. Like many other plants found in the neighbourhood of the Magaliesberg, it was collected by the travellers Burke and Zeyher. It ranges from the Maclear Division, through the Orange Free State, to Natal and the Transvaal.
E. leontoglossa belongs to the same small group (four species) in the genus as E. Zeyheri (figured on Plate 119), which is characterised by the flowers being arranged in congested racemes or short heads. Like E. Zeyheri also, the tubers are arranged in a linear series and resemble large oval beads.
Our figure was made from specimens collected by Dr. I. B. Pole Evans, C.M.G., at Irene, near Pretoria.