Tas. 5561. 
EULOPHIA xzvetossa. 
Pretty-lipped Eulophia. 
Nat. Ord. Oncurp—Ex.—Gynanpria MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petalisque ascendentibus, 
subzequalibus, aut omnino liberis, aut cum ungue magis minusve producto 
column connatis. Zabellum cornutum, aut brevius calearatum, sessile, 
venis cristatis, barbatis vel omnino brevibus, seepius: trilobum, nunc indivi- 
sum. Columna semiteres, marginata. Anthera 1-2-locularis. Pollinia 2, 
postice biloba vel cava, caudicula lineari brevi, glandula transversa.—Herbe 
terrestres, pseudobulbose. Folia longa, membranacea, plicata vel pluries cos- 
tata. Scapi radicales, multiflori. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 
Evnorata euglossa; pseudobulbo elongato sursum attenuato, foliis cu- 
neato-oblongis acutis, pedunculo basi vaginato racemoso, bracteis 
lineari-lanceis setaceo-acuminatis flores excedentibus, mento modico, 
sepalis petalisque ligulatis acuminatis subzequalibus, labello trifido, 
laciniis lateralibus acutangulis, lavinidé medid semioblong& acuta hine 
undulata, carinulis obscuris geminis in disco inter lacinias posticas, 
caleari subclavato, ovarii pedicellati dimidiam non attingente, anthera 
apice tumida obtusi. Rchd. fil. 
GaLEaNDRA euglossa. Rehb. fil. in Bot. Zeitung (1852), v. 9. p. 85. Lindl. 
West Afr. Orchids, Proceed. Linn. Soc. (May, 1862.) 
This singular plant was sent to Kew by Mr. G. Mann, from — 
the banks of the Old Calabar river, on which——as indeed on 
all the streams that form the great delta of the Niger—Or- 
chids seem to abound. Unfortunately they rarely possess 
sufficient beauty to recommend them to the notice of the 
cultivator, as is the case with our present Eulophia which, 
notwithstanding its prettily-marked lip, can by no means be~ 
considered an attractive object. Its long pseudobulbs, ta- 
pering from the base upwards, are in their shape and ap- 
- pearance not unlike the fossil Calamites that are found so 
plentifully in the different beds of the New Red Sandstone, 
and with which we are all of us familiar. 
E. euglossa was so named by Prof. Reichenbach, who met 
with it originally among some undetermined species from the 
FEBRUARY lst, 1866. 
