ORCHIDS OF MADAGASCAR. 469 



Madagascar, Forbes ! Bourbon, Capt. Carmichael, Nov. 1813, 

 in Herb. Brit. Mns. Mauritius, fide Bojer. Insula Masca- 

 renes, Sir J. Macgregor ! 



There is also an unlocalized specimen from Thouars's Herbarium 

 in the British Museum, of what seems to be Limodorum concolor, 

 made by S. Moore a variety of JE. scripta, Lindley ; and except 

 for the coloration I can really see no difference. 



The rhizome is, in one of the Bourbon specimens, very stout 

 and thick and covered with a dense mass of the fibrovascular 

 bundles of the old leaves. The longest leaves I have seen are 

 from 2 to 3 inches in length and narrow, but Bichard, /. c, gives 

 them 8 to 9 inches long and 1 across, and S. Moore 6| inches 

 long by £. 



The scape attains a length of nearly 2 feet. The lower bracts 

 are | an inch long, the pedicel of the flower 1 inch, the ovary £. 

 The flowers are an inch across, yellowish green with large purple 

 spots. S. Moore describes two forms — one, male, with slender 

 curved column ; the other, female, with a stout straight column 

 and rudimentary anther. 



Eulophta madagascariensts, Kranzlin, Verhandl. Bremen, 

 vii. p. 255, I have not seen. It was obtained by Butenberg on 

 the shores of Lake Itasi, and near Antananarivo. 



E. BuTEN'BERGrANA, Kranzlin, Verhandl. Bremen, vii. p. 255. 



Imerina in paludibus, llildebrandt no. 3842 in Kerb. Brit. 

 Mns. ! prope Antananarivo, vulgaris, Butenberg. 



The plant collected by Hildebrandt seems to be identical with 

 that described by Dr. Kranzlin, an original specimen of which, 

 however, I have not seen. He states that it has a large spatha- 

 ceous basal leaf 5-6 centimetres iu length, bifid at the apex. 

 This is wanting in Hildebrandt's specimens, which, however, lack 

 almost all of the pseudobulb. The plant is allied to E. ensata, 

 Lindley. The flowers are yellow, the lateral lobes of the lip 

 purple at the apex. The compact conical raceme with comose 

 bracts, connivent perianth, and bearded lip, with two low ridges 

 on the disk between the lateral lobes, distinguish it from the 

 other Mascarene species. 



E. GALBANA,n. sp.— Epiphytica ; pseudobulbis ovoideis flavis 

 nitidis ; foliis paucis angustis linearibus lanceolatis acutis plicatis, 

 scapum superantibus ; scapo 7-unciali, vaginis 6 membranaceis 



