Tab. 5875. 

 EULOPHIA Helleborina. 



Helleborine Eulophia. 



Nat. Ord. ORCHIDE.E. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5561.) 



Eulophta Helleborina ; caule folioso basi non incrassato (pseudobulbo nullo), 

 foliis alternis remotis oblongis oblongo-lanceolatisve subacutis, vaginis 

 brevibus, spica sparsiflora, bracteis foliaceis, sepalo posterioye fusco- 

 viridi lineari-oblongo fornicato obtuso cum petalis consirnilibus sig- 

 moideo falcatis connivente, lateralibus fusco-viridibus paulo majoribua 

 patenti-recurvis apicibus incurvis, labello amplo pallide roseo basi con- 

 tracto 2-carinato dein in laminam sub A-circularem 2-fidam margins 

 undulatam dilatato, calcare ovario subsquilongo, basi late conico-infun- 

 dibuliforme apice contracto truncato v. 2-lobo, columna brevi sessili. 



A native of Sierra Leone, whence living specimens were 

 sent to the Eoyal Gardens by our valued correspondent 

 H. Bockstatt, Esq., and which arrived in full flower in a 

 Ward's-case in September of the present year. 



E. Helleborina, so called from its resemblance to the Helle- 

 borine {Epipactis latifolia), differs much from its congeners in 

 wanting the pseudo-bulbs uniformly ascribed to the genus, 

 but which are equally wanting in E. ensata, Lindl. (Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 1147), also a native of Sierra Leone; and in the 

 very short column being completely concealed by the dorsal 

 sepals and petals, which arch forward and form a sort of helmet 

 over that organ. In colour of flower and form of lip it much 

 resembles the W. African E. guinieemis (Tab. Nost. 2467), but 

 differs widely in habit. 



The genus Eulophia is a very large one, it abounds in 

 tropical Africa, and extends thence into India, and is divisible 

 into several very distinct sections, if not different genera. 



Descr. Tubers subterranean. Stem slender, cylindric, ten 

 to twelve inches high, not swelling into a pseudo-bulb at 

 the base, leafy throughout. Leaves alternate, rather distant, 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1870. 



