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EULOPHIA ensata 



Sicord-leaved Eulophia, 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 



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Nat, ord, Orchide.e. § Vandese Lindl. 

 EULOPHIA. _Suprd, vol, \% fol 1002. 



E. ensata; foliis strictis ensiformibus plicatis, scapo radicali vaginato, 

 racemo capitato, labelli lobo medio linguiformi barbato, calcare recto 

 conico abbreviate, bracteis membranaceis venosis. 



Radix tiiherosus, semisubterraneus, subrotunduSy depressus, cicatrizatus. 

 Caules simplices, strictis pedales, foliis ensiformibus, strictis, plicatis, 

 BleticB more provenientibus, Scapus radicalis, pedalis, vaginatus, supern^ 

 midus, vaginis bracteisque membranaceis venosis: his ovario lo7igioribus. 

 Flores lutei, ferh unciam longi, in racemo arcto subcapitato glomeraii. 

 Perianthium patens, Sepala 3 exteriora basi imbricata, ovali-lanceolata, 

 cequalia: lateralihus antic t cor datis, margins anteriore labello supposito ; 

 2 interiora minora, conformia. Labellum anticum, oblongum, calcaratum, 

 cucullatum, trilobitm, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, obtusis, glabris, inter^ 

 medio linguiformi disco barbato, calcare brevi, recto, conico, retuso, Colurana 

 labello miiltb brevior, calcare paulb longior, semiteres, marginata. Stigma 

 transversum, excavatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, deci(hia, emar- 

 ginata, bilocularis, septuU rudimento nullo. Pollinia 2, alt^ sidcata, cere- 

 acea, caudicidd brevi, glanduld transversa, ■'! 



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We received this plant, in July 1827, from Mr. Tate, ot 

 the Sloane Street Nursery, as a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. We believe, however, that it is peculiar to 

 the colony of Sierra Leone, where roots were originally 

 found by Mr. George Don, and by him transmitted to the 

 Horticultural Society in 1822. It is a tender stove plant, 

 extremely difficult to cultivate, being liable to rot from 

 various causes. In growth it resembles the West Indian 

 Bletias, like them dying down to the ground periodically. 



Root tuberous, semi-subterraneous, roundish, depressed, 

 covered with scars. Stems simple, straight, a foot high, 

 with ensiform, straight, plaited leaves. Scape from the 



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