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EULOPHIA* INIackaiana. 

 Mr. Mackaifs Eulophia. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidek Jussicu. ^ Vandece Lindley. (Tntrodicction to 

 the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 



E UL OPHIA . — Supra ,\<ol. l.fol. GS6. 



K. Mnckniana ; foliis lorato-lanccolatis striatis apice rccurvis racomo ])rc- 

 vioribiis, bractois ovatis concavis ovario brevioribus, sejialis jK'talisqiie 

 obloii^o-lanccolatis aciitis niaciilatis undulatis, labelli lobo medio maxinio 

 obcordato versus basin callo transvcrso lunato, calcarc brcvissimo. 



Zygopetalum Mackaii. Hooker in Bat. mag. t. 2748. 



This most lovely species is, of all the Orchideous tribe, 

 one of the nio.st deserving cultivation; not only because of 

 the size and rich colours of its Howers, but also because it 

 succeeds well with ordinary care, and blossoms frequently. 



We have not seen it thriving better than in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, where it is grown in pots filled 

 with moss or rotten wood, and hung by wires from the 

 rafters of the stove. 



It is readily increased by separating the pseudobulbs, 

 with a few roots attached to them. 



A native of 15razil, whence it appears to have been 

 originally introduced by Mr. Mackay, of the Dublin Col- 

 lege Botanic Garden. Flowers in winter and spring. 



The leaves are a foot and a half long, dee}) green, and 

 rather fleshy, arising from a very short hidden stem, which 



* So named by Mr. Brown, iVom 6wAof/>o;, havinp,- a handsome crest ; in 

 alhision to the usual character of the labellum, bcariuij elevated lines or 

 ridses. 



