C 2931 ) 
EULOPHIA STREPTOPETALA. T'wISsTED- 
PETALED EULOPHIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpri. 
( Nat. Ord. — Orcuinez. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Petala 5, distincta, conformia, adsendentia, patentia. 
Labellum basi calearatum ; lamina sessili, cristata, triloba, 
postice indivisa. Masse pollinis 2, bilobe, lobulo postico. 
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Specific Character and Synonym. 
Evtornia* streptopetala ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis nervosis, 
scapis simplicibus, sepalis exterioribus oblongis obtusis, 
interioribus duplo majoribus coloratis basi tortis, la- 
belli lobo medio rotundato (emarginato ?): calcare 
conico abbreviato. Lindley. 
Evtopnia streptopetala. Bot. Reg. t. 1002. 
Descr. Bulb (three inches long, one broad) ovate and 
Somewhat elongated, green and smooth, but cased in the 
Withered bases of the leaves. Leaves (one foot long, one 
inch broad), bright green, equitant, articulated above their 
dilated bases by which they ensheath the bulb, strongly 
nerved, plicate, linear-lanceolate, about seven perfect, and 
two or three on the outside, having the dilated bases ma: 
Scape (three feet high), rising from the base of the bulb, 
erect, jointed, with alternate, marcescent pointed sheaths 
Tsing from the joints. Spike were Bre gm evolved before 
the leaves on the bulb which produced it decayed, and after 
the leaves of a new bulb had nearly attained their full size. 
ractee resembling diminished sheaths, ovate, pointed, 
equal in length to the germen. Flowers single, inodorus, 
handsome. External perianth of three segments, reflected, 
ovate, acuminate, contracted at the base, obscurely nerved, 
Steen and irregularly spotted with brown within ; internal 
Pertanth of two segments, similar in form to the — 
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* Eyaoos, on account of the crest of the labellum. 
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