54 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). | Eulophia. 
bulbs oblong to ovoid-oblong, 2—24} Jm. long, 4—5-leaved. Leaves 
lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 4-10 in. long, 
5-11 lin. broad. Scapes 1—2 ft. long, loosely paniculate above ; branches 
2-9 in. long. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, ?-1 lin. long. Pedicels 
3-9 lin. long. Sepals oblong or subspathulate-oblong, obtuse or apicu- 
late, 24-3 lin. long, dull lurid purple. Petals oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 
as long as the sepals, but broader, and a little paler in colour. Lip 
trilobed, 24 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, yellow; side lobes obtuse or rounded ; 
front lobe broadly obcordate or obovate; disc with a pair of oblong 
flattened tubercles near the base; spur linear-cblong, more or less bifid 
at the apex, spreading or incurved as the flowers become old, a little 
shorter than the lip. Column stout, 1-1} lin. long; basal angles 
prominent and pubescent.—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1821; Journ. Linn. 
Soc. vi. 132. Limodorum luridum, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 521. Angraecum 
luridum, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. 86. Eulophia longicollis, 
Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 132. E virilis, Lindl. Le: Kranz: 
in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 156 (by error as viridis). 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4812! Bumban to Port 
Lokko, Scott-Elliot, 5741! Kikonkou Island, River Scarcies, Hart! and without 
precise locality, Don! Afzelius! Lagos, Millen, 187! Niger Delta: Brass River, 
Barter, 2040! Nun River, “on Phenix spinosa,” Barter, 20121! Cameroons : Ambas 
Bay, Mann, 782! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Corisco Bay, Mann, 1882! 
I cannot find a single character by which to separate Lindley’s E. longicollis and 
E. virilis from the present one. 
14. E. Elliotii, 2o/fe. Rhizome and leaf not seen. Scape 14 ft. 
high, with a few loose sheaths below, loosely paniculate above. Bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long. Pedicels 3-5 lin. long. Sepals 
narrowly oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lin. long. Petals similar, but a 
little broader and more membranous. Lip trilobed, 3 lin. long; side 
lobes narrow, oblong, obtuse, slightly crenulate towards their apices; 
front lobe broadly rounded, obtuse, somewhat undulate ; dise with five 
slender keels, becoming lamellate and crenulate in front. Column 
clavate, 14 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: on a grassy hillside about 600 ft. above Falaba, 
among schistose rocks, Scott-Elliot, 5116 ! 
15. E. Smithii, olfe. Scape tall and branched ; branches 9 in. 
long, slender, lax-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, 1—2 lin. 
long. Pedicels 9 lin. long. Sepals linear-oblong, acute, 6 lin. long. 
Petals similar, but a little broader and apiculate. Lip trilobed, 5 lin. 
long; side lobes narrow, with short oblong obtuse apex; front lobe 
oblong, emarginate, crisped-undulate, with three tuberculate keels; spur 
clavate-oblong, slightly curved, 14-2 lin.long. Column clavate, 2 lin. long- 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith, 45! 
Only known from a specimen at the British Museum. 
16. E. callichroma, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 116. Rhizome 
stout. Leaves several, elongate-linear, subacute, 4-1 ft. long, 3-5 lin. 
