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Mahaluxmivala, but this with my notes was lost in May 1902. It probably 

 flowers during the rains. 



2. Eulophia herbaoea, Lindl. Fl. Br. Ind. VI. 2 ; Dalz. and 

 Gibs., p. 265. 



Tuber round. Stem slender from 6 to 18 inches long. Leaves 

 lanceolate, many-nerved, 6 to 8 inches long, scape 2 to 3 feet, stout, 

 sheaths large, long pointed ; flowers 8 to 10 on a raceme, about 3 

 inches broad, bracts 2 inches long, twice the length of the stalk and 

 ovary combined, sepals 1-| inch long, linear lanceolate pointed, green, 

 petals variable, oval or lanceolate acute or obtuse, many-nerved, usually 

 white with purple veins, lip white with yellow veins, obovate oblong, 

 side lobes small, rounded, midlobe ovate oblong, disk with many 

 fringed nerves, spur very short, blunt. 



Flowers during the rains. 



Distribution. — Konkan, Panch Mahals ( Woodrow), Western Himalayas and 

 Bengal. 



3. Eulophia pratensis, Lindl. Fl. Br. Ind. VI. 4, Dalz. and 

 Gibs., p. 265. 



About 18 inches in height. Leaves, appearing during the rains, 

 narrowly lanceolate, three-nerved, one foot long by one inch broad, 

 scape racemose on its upper half, sheaths appressed, bracts short, ovate- 

 lanceolate, sepals oblong, obtuse, 1J inch long, brown, petals similar 

 but shorter, f inch long, light yellow with brown tips, lip sessile, 

 lateral lobes pale yellow, oblong, rounded, midlobe small yellow, with 

 three irregular crenate nerves ending in crenate calli on the midlobe, 

 spur conical, pointed. 



Flowers in the Deccan in damp grassy pastures during the cold weather. 

 Sir J. D. Hooker says that Lindley and the Bombay Flora err in describing 

 this species as leafless when flowering. They are quite correct. The leaves 

 seldom make their appearance until August or even later. 



Distribution. — The Deccan and Konkan. 



Plate IV. — Eulophia pratensis, Lindl., Fig. 1. Upper part of 

 flower shoot. Fig. 2. Upper part of leaf shoot. Fig. 3. Column 

 (enlarged). Fig. 4. Anther and cap (enlarged). Fig. 5. Lip 

 (enlarged). Drawn by Mrs. E. Silcock. 



4. Eulophia nuda, Wall. Fl. Br. Ind., VI, 5; E. bicolor, Dalz., 

 and Gibs., p. 264. 



Tuber green, often as large as the fist. Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, 

 raceme up to 3 feet long, many-flowered, bracts about equalling the 



