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EULOPHIA streptopetala. 
Twisted-petaled Eulophia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDR1A. 
Nat. ord. OrchidEjE. Tribus V. Vandeee. Lindl. coll, et Orch. seel. 
EULOPHIA. — R. Br. Pollinia 2, postic6 sulcata; caudiculd lineari 
plana, glanduld reflexd. Anthera semibilocularis, terminalis, opercularis, 
decidua. Stigma excavatum, rostello acuto. Columna libera, semiteres, 
aptera. Labellum cucullatum trilobum calcaratum: lobo medio cristato, 
cum columna articulatum. Sepala subaequalia, libera.-Herb® (Africa 
tropica et India orientalis ) foliis rigidis, lanceolatis, nervosis, radicalibus, 
scapis radicalibus, floribus sparsis spicatis. 
E. streptopetala ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis nervosis, scapis simplicibus, sepalis 
exterioribus oblongis obtusis: interioribus duplo majoribus coloratis basi 
tortis, labelli lobo medio rotundato emarginato; calcare conico abbre¬ 
viate. 
Folia e basi bulbosd squamosd assurgentia, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 
3 -nervia, basi vaqinantia, venis primariis parallelis, contiguis, venulis propriis 
paucissimis interjectis: communibus nullis. Scapus radicalis, erectus, 
teres, vaginatus. Spica elongata, multiflora. Flores solitarii, speciosi. 
Bracteae ovato-lanceolatee, ovario breviores. Perianthium patens. Sepala 
exteriora oblonga, obtusa, patentia, olivaceo-viridi maculata, basi, nisi ad 
imum labellum, omninb distincta; duo interiora majora, lutea, subrotunda, 
venosa, unguis torsione reversa, basi omninb libera. Labellum luteum, 
liberum, cum basi columnat articulatum, calcaratum, trilobum; lobis laterali- 
bus erectis, intermedio oblongo, retuso, supra 3-costato; calcare recto, ovario 
duplo breviore. Columna libera, erecta, semiteres, subclavata ; clinandrium 
planiusculum, antice decline; rostellum ovatum; stigma excavatum. Anthera 
ovata, ecristata, antice in rostro pallido cartilagineo acuminata, semibilocu¬ 
laris, valvulis inferioribus subcompletis, membranaceis. Pollinia duo, oblonga, 
postici sulcata ; caudicula plana, lineari, cartilagined, glanduld pared, 
brunned. 
A fine new addition to the genus Eulophia, for a draw¬ 
ing of which we have to thank Mr. Colvill, at whose 
Nursery it was made in March last. A tender stove 
plant, requiring to be cultivated in well-drained pots of 
