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* EULOPHIA macioslachya. 



Lontj-spiked Eulopkia. 



GVNANDIUA MONAKUIUA. 



Nat. vrd. Orchidace^, § Vande*:. 

 EULOPHIA, SupTa vol. l.fol. 686. 



E. macros tac III/ a; foliis oblongis utrinque acumiiiatis plicatis subtricostatis, scajjo 

 simplici radlcali (laterali) foliis iongiore, sepalis lineari-laiiceolatis acimiinatis, 

 petalis confonnibus latioribus undulatis, labelli suborbicularis trilobi lobis 

 lateralibus intermedio alte bilobo abbreviato subsqualibus : lamellis duabus 

 nanis ad basin, calcare subrotundo inflate obtuso. Gen. et sp. Orch.p. 183. 



A handsome species of this extensive genus, inhabiting 

 shady woods in Ceylon, whence it was sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society some years ago, by Mr. Watson, the Superin- 

 tendent of the Botanic Garden at Peradenia. 



It is one of tlie easiest of Orchidaceous plants to cul- 

 tivate, and produces its graceful racemes of green and yellow 

 flowers abundantly towards the latter part of the year. 

 They go on growing and producing fresh flowers till Christ- 

 mas. 



The stems are in the form of long irregular erect cones, 

 and when old are covered by the withered or ragged remains 

 of the leaves ; they are analogous to the pseudo-bulbs of 

 other Orchidacese, and to those horizontal tuberous rhizomata 

 which in some species of this genus yield a kind of Salep. 



Fig. 1. is a section of the lip showing one of the scales 

 that stand at the base of its limb. 



* See folio 1433. 



