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sepals and petals; in another, flowers rather small, petals and sepals dull 

 uniform yellow. 



21. Saocolabium. Sepals and petals spreading, spur not septate 

 within and without a scale under the column. 



22. Saroanthus. As in Saccolabiurn, but spur longitudinally septate 

 and with a scale under the column. 



23. Cleisostoma. Differs from Sarcanthus in the non-septate spur 

 and from Saccolabium in having a scale within the spur, beneath the 

 column. 



24. Diplocentrum. Lip 2-spurred. 



12. EULOPHIA. 

 Ground orchids. Pseudobulbs tuber-like. Leaves plaited, appear- 

 ing with the flowers or some time after. Flowers in racemes. Sepals 

 and petals spreading, lip erect from the base or foot of the column, 

 base saccate or with a short spur, lateral lobes embracing the column, 

 midlobe spreading, usually recurved, disk crested. Column short or 

 long, top oblique entire, anthers 2-celled, pollinia 2 or 4, sessile or with 

 a short stalk. 



* Lip longer than broad, side lobes short or 0. 

 Stalk of raceme with broad, loose sheaths, racemes 



many and rather densely-flowered «... 1. E. ochreata. 



Stalk of raceme with large acuminate sheaths, bracts 



very long, flowers large, in a few-flowered raceme. 2. E. herbacea. 



* * Lip broader than long, side lobes short or ... 3. E. prate?isis. 



* * * Column produced into a foot, lateral sepals 

 on the spur of the lip, flowers large, very 



variable in colour 4 E. nuda. 



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

 Gibs., p. 265. 



Stem stout. Leaves 3 to 5, elliptic acuminate, many-nerved, sessile. 

 Scape stout, up to a foot in length, with broad loose sheaths, racemes 4 

 to 5 inches long, dense, cylindrical, bracts lanceolate, as long as the 

 ovary, flowers membranous, se/als § inch long, linear oblong concave, 

 petals flat, broadly ovate acute, lip broadly ovate, entire obtuse, serrated 

 and with the veins fringed, spur a small sac. 



Recorded from the Konkan and North Kanara by Law, Dalzell and others 

 It is not included by Woodrow in his Synopsis. The colour of the flower is 

 not noted by Dalzell and Hooker. I once received a specimen from Mr. C. D. 

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