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165. E. iiemileuca; aphylla, vaginis 4 apice lierbaceis, racemis 

 longis laxis subsecundis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis herbaceis, petalis 

 latioribus planis, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus apice vectangulis 

 acutis intermedia concava crispa, ramentis venarum paucis sparsis, 

 calcare brevi conico. 



Plains of Rohileund, T. T. (219). 



Sepals green, petals white. The lip is very membranous, with 

 a very few scattered ramenta on the veins of the middle lobe. 

 Next E. camjpestris. 



166. E. PRATENSis J aphylla, vaginis caulis 5 acutissimis, racemo 

 laxo multifloro, sepalis petalisque brevioribus oblongis acutis, labello 

 oblato 3-lobo laciniis lateralibus ovatis obtusis intermedise ovatae 

 obtusae subaequalibus venis tribus cristatis, calcare brevi conico obtuso. 



Pasture lands in the Deccan, in the cold season. Stocks (22 bis. E. virens, 

 in herb. Hooker.). 



Quite a different plant from E. virens, to which Stocks referred 

 it, known at sight by its short oblong sepals, still shorter petals, 

 and obtuse 3-lobed 3-crested lip. 



167. E. densiflora; aphylla, vaginis pluribus obtusis, racemo dense, 

 bracteis inferioribus herbaceis ovario longioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 lineari-lanceolatis his brevioribus, labelli trilobi calcare conico lobis 

 lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato crispo, venis tribus fimbriatis, 

 ovario calcaris longitudine. 



Bootan, Griffith. 



I have this by favour of the East India Company, through the 

 good offices of Dr. Eoyle. It is much larger in all its parts than 

 any other of the aphyllous section. The ovary is not at all longer 

 than the spur. 



168. E. raraentacea, Lindl. 1. c. (not Wight). 

 Bootan, Griffith. 



169. E. rupestris, Lindl. I.e. 



N. W. Himalayas, Royle, Jacquemont, Herb. Mus. Par. (53, 47). 



170. E. HASTATA ; aphylla, racemis gracilibus densis multifloris, brac- 

 teis setaceis ovario brevioribus, sepalis petalisque linearibus distantibus 

 acuminatis, labello unguiculato hastato trilobo acuminato lamellis 

 2 altis integris supra unguem ortis ad sinus evanescentibus, calcare 

 brevi oblongo. 



Assam, Griffith. 



The flowers are smaller than in any other of the aphyllous spe- 

 cies. The nearly hastate lip, the side lobes curving forwards, and 

 the two deep lamellae beginning above the unguis and vanishing 

 into mere lines opposite the re-entering angles, are unlike anything 

 else in the genus. 



