Tas. 6246. 
BKULOPHIA MACROSTACHYA. 
Native of Ceylon. 
Nat. Ord. OrncutpEs#.—Tribe VANDEZ. 
Genus Evropuia, Lindl. (Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 18.) 
Evropnia macrostachya ; pseudobulbis elongatis articulatis sulcatis, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis subtricostatis, scapo simplici radicali foliis 
longiore, vaginis elongatis appressis, racemo stricto multifloro, bracteis subu- 
latis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis viridibus, lateralibus patentibus, 
dorsali fornicato, petalis sepalo dorsali consimilibus porrectis, labello latiore 
quam longo aureo rubro striato obtuse 3-lobo, lobis recurvis lateralibus bre- 
vibus intermedio e basi lata oblongo apice rotundato, disco basi 2-lamellato, 
caleare brevi subgloboso 2-lobo, columni brevi. 
E. macrostachya, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 183; Bot. Reg. t. 1972; Wight, 
Je. Pl. Ind. Or.t. 1667-8; Thwaites Enum. Pt. Zeyl., p. 301; Walp. Ann. 
vol. vi. p. 646. 
A very graceful Orchid, introduced into the Horticultural 
Gardens from those of Peradenia by Mr. Watson, their then 
superintendent, so long ago as 1837, and more recently sent 
to England by Dr. Thwaites, from whose specimens cultivated 
at Kew the drawing now reproduced was made in 1860, and 
who states that it is not uncommon in the central province of 
the island, ascending to 4000 ft. It is also, according to — 
Wight, a native of the eastern slopes of the Neilgherry 
Mountains. Lindley describes it as one of the easiest-grown 
of Orchids, flowering late, and producing fresh flowers till 
Christmas ; ours bloomed first in January, 1864. 
Derscr. Pseudobulbs 3 to 5 inches long, elongate conical, 
terete, striated, formed of 3-6 superposed green cylindric 
joints, the basal sending down very thick cylindric roots. 
Leaves about 2 from the top of the pseudobulb, 6-10 inches 
long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted into a petiole, 
membraneous, plaited, about 3-ribbed. Scape springing from 
the side of the base of the pseudobulb, 1-14 feet high, strict, 
erect, red-brown, with two or three cylindric appressed 
obtuse sheaths. aceme 4-8 inches long, many-flowered, 
strict, erect; bracts subulate. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 
