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EULOPHIA* Mackaiána. 
Mr. Mackay's Eulophia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuivex Jussieu. $ Vandee Lindley. (Introduction to 
the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 
EULOPHIA. — Supra, vol. 7. fol. 686. 
E. Mackaiana ; foliis lorato-lanceolatis striatis apice recurvis racemo bre- 
vioribus, bracteis ovatis concavis ovario brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis maculatis undulatis, labelli lobo medio maximo 
obcordato versüs basin callo transverso lunato, calcare brevissimo. 
Zygopetalum Mackaii. Hooker in Bot. mag. t. 2748. 
This most lovely species is, of all the Orchideous tribe, 
one of the most deserving cultivation; not only because of 
the size and rich colours of its flowers, but also because it 
succeeds well with ordinary care, and blossoms frequently. 
We have not seen it thriving better than in the Garden 
of the Horticultural Society, where it is grown in pots filled 
with moss or rotten wood, and hung by wires from the 
rafters of the stove. 
It is readily increased by separating the pseudobulbs, 
with a few roots attached to them. 
A native of Brazil, whence it appears to have been 
originally introduced by Mr. Mackay, ofthe Dublin Col- 
lege Botanic Garden. Flowers in winter and spring. 
The leaves are a foot and a half long, deep green, and 
rather fleshy, arising from a very short hidden stem, which 
* So named by Mr. Brown, from «/Aeóes, having a handsome crest; in 
allusion to the usual character of the labellum, bearing elevated lines or 
ridges. 
