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* EULOPHIA macrostáchya. 
Long-spiked Eulophia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEZ, S VANDEA. 
EULOPHIA, Suprà vol. 7. fol. 686. 
E. macrostachya ; foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis plicatis subtricostatis, scapo 
simplici radicali (laterali) foliis longiore, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
petalis conformibus latioribus undulatis, labelli suborbicularis trilobi lobis 
lateralibus intermedio alté bilobo abbreviato subsequalibus : lamellis duabus 
nanis ad basin, calcare subrotundo inflato obtuso. Gen. et sp. Orch. p. 183. 
A handsome species of this extensive genus, inhabiting 
shady woods in Ceylon, whence it was sent to the Horticul- 
tural Society some years ago, by Mr. Watson, the Superin- 
tendent of the Botanic Garden at Peradenia. 
It is one of the easiest of Orchidaceous plants to cul- 
tivate, and produces its graceful racemes of green and yellow 
flowers abundantly towards the latter part of the year. 
They go on growing and producing fresh flowers till Christ- 
mas. 
The stems are in the form of long irregular erect cones, 
and when old are covered by the withered or ragged remains 
of the leaves; they are analogous to the pseudo-bulbs of 
other Orchidacez, and to those horizontal tuberous rhizomata 
which in some species of this genus yield a kind of Salep. 
Fig. 1.is a section of the lip showing one of the scales 
that stand at the base of its limb. 
ii: _ _ 8 a E 
* See folio 1433. 
