Tab. 7387. 

 EULOPHIELLA Elizabeths. 



Native of Madagascar. 



Nat. Ord. OrchidejE. — Tribe Vande^:. 

 Genus Eulophiella ; (Bolfa in Lindenia, vol. iii. p. 29.) 



Etlophieixa Elizabeths ; pseudobulbis e rhizomate repente crassis cylindraceis 

 viridibus annulatim cicatricosis, vestigiis foliorum scopiformibus brunneia 

 iiiBtructia, foliis bipedalibus elongato-lanceolatia acuminatia plicatis 

 deciduia, scapo crasso decurvo basi vaginis brevibua obtusis atriatia 

 operto dein elongato nudo rufo-brunneo, racemo pendulo multifloro, 

 floribus suberecti8 albis extus roseo irroratis, bracteia ovatis aubacutia 

 rufo-brunneis, pedicellis una cum ovariis 1-1J pollicaribua roseia decurvia 

 dein ascendentibua, 8epalis rotundatis dorao roseo irroratis, petalis obovato- 

 rotundatiB, labello sessili parvo 3-lobo albo disco aureo, lobis oblongia 

 margine interiore crenatis, disco inter loboa callo hippocrepiforme 

 carinisque 2 antice dentatis instructo, lobo terminali rotundato crenu- 

 lato retuso v. emarginatco, disco Betoso, columna mediocri apice contracta 

 basi in pedem producta, anthera parva tumida postice deorBum producta, 

 polliniis globosis in glandula transversa Bessillibus. 



E. Elisabethse, Linden Sf Rolfe, I. c. vol. vii. p. 77, t. 325, and in Orchid 

 Review, vol. i. (1893), p. 207. Linden Illustr. Mortic. vol. xl. (1893), p. 39, 

 t. 173, f. 2, Sf Journ. Orchid. (1892), p. 95, fig. 11. Le Jardtn (im), 

 p. Ill, fig. 43. Journ. Sortie. Ser. 3, vol. xxv. p. 255. JSeub. Gard. 

 Mag. (1894), p. 2, t. 1. 



Eulophiella is a remarkable genus, manifestly belonging 

 to the Sub-Tribe Cyrtopodieae, and to be placed near Gyrto- 

 podium, from which it differs in habit, and in the absence 

 of a mentum, the perianth being hemispherical and equally 

 rounded at the base. Its native country was for some time 

 doubtful, and supposed to be the Congo region. Latterly 

 it has been sent to Messrs. Sander & Co. of St. Albans, 

 from Madagascar, by M. L. Hamelin, a French gentleman 

 resident in that island, who is believed to be the discoverer 

 of the plant. It was first flowered by Linden. The 

 specific name Elizabeths is given in compliment to H.M. 

 the Queen of Roumelia (" Carmen Sylva,") 



The Royal Gardens are indebted to Messrs. Sander for 

 a plant received in 1893, which had not, however, flowered 



December 1st, 1894. 



