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racemo laxiusculo ; bracteis quam ovaria paullo brevioribus linea- 

 ribus acuminatis ; floribus mediocribus ; sepalis lanceolatis ; petalis 

 ovatis obtusis brevioribus et latioribus ; labello parvo, petalis sub- 

 sequante, trilobo, lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis, medio cuneato 

 apice lato obtuso, lamellis tribus, duabus cristatis elevatis, inter- 

 media minus elevata iutegra, caleare brevi conico-cylindrico 

 recto ; columna brevi, apice dilatato, stigmate grandiusculo ovato. 



Ankaratra montes, apud colles gramineas, Jan. 1881, Hilde- 

 brandt no. 3864! Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species is allied to E. reticulata. Tbe leaves are 8 incbes 

 in height, the scape one foot. 



Eulophia pileata, n. sp. — Gracilis, pseudobulbis elongatis ; 

 radicibua crassis longis albis ; foliis anguste linearibus longis 

 plicatis ; scapo elato gracili, basi vaginis paueis tecto, racemo 

 laxiusculo ; floribus mediocribu-" ; bracteis membranaceis brevis- 

 simis linearibus acuminatis; pedicellis gracilibus ; petalis sepa- 

 lisque ligulatis obtusis subsimilibus ; labello oblongo, lobo medio 

 profunde emarginato, carinis duabus e basi labelii orientibus ; 

 caleare recto obtuso cylindrieo-conico ; columna parva oblonga 

 exalata recta ; stigmate obtuse triangulari ; anthera conica 

 biconmta, cornubus recurvis, apicibus fascis. 



Ankafaua, Nutongoa, Deans Cowan. 



A rather tall and slender plant, with a scape of 20 inches in 

 height, long narrow leaves 12 inches long and \ across, and a 

 loose raceme of about 20 rather small flowers, orange-yellow in 

 colour, with reddish streaks. The petals and sepals are very 

 similar in shape, but the former have 3 veins distinct in the dry 

 state, not visible in the sepals. The lip is rather broad and 

 oblong, with two ridges highest at the base and gradually taper- 

 ing away towards the median lobe, which is deeply notched. The 

 column is rather small and narrow with straight sides. The form 

 of the anther is rather remarkable ; it is conical, the apex bifid, 

 forming two recurved horns, each terminated by a dark-coloured 

 knob, the whole resembling a Phrygian cap. The pollen-gland is 

 short and triangular. The roots are remarkably long, thick, and 

 corky. After flowering, the ripening fruits become deflexed 

 according to Deans Cowan's drawing. 



E. scripta, Lindley, Gen. and Spec. Orch. PL p. 182; 8. 

 Moore in Flor. Maur. et Seych. p. 359.— Limodorum scriptum, 

 Thouars, Orch. lies Afriq. tt. 40, 47; folio plate ii. ; Rich. 

 Orch. Maur. 48; Bojer, Hort. Maur. p. 313. 



