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into a large sac, which itself passes gradually into the spur. The 

 column is 2^ lines long. The anther bears a central blunt apiculus. 

 Is near E. lom/isepiila mihi in Trans. Linn. Hoc. 2, iv. 43, in its 

 long sepals much exceeding the petals, which are also different in 

 shape. The habit of the two species is also very similar. Mr. 

 Elliot's plant is, however, at once distinguished by the different 

 shape of the lip, the long spathulate central lobe of which contrasts 

 markedly with the very short broad one of the Milan] i plant, which 

 has also slightly larger narrow clavate sepals, and cuneate-spatiiu- 

 late petals. 



Eulophia ruwenzoriensis, sp. uov. Planta elata, foliis a 

 basi lineari lanceolatis, inter venas validas membranaceis, caule 

 bracteis tubulosis subscariosis internodos excedentibus usque ad 

 racemum dense capitatum indnta ; bracteis fiorentibus lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, inferioribus flores requantibus vel excedentibus ; sepalo 

 dorsali cuneato, lateralibus ovalibus, petalis oblongis vel oblongo- 

 cuneatis, velut sepalis 3-nerviis ; labello 3-lobo, basi vix gibboso, 

 lobo medio suborbiculari, disco verrucoso ; lobis lateralibus ascen- 

 dentibus breviter oblongis ; columua apoda brevi crassa, anthera 

 apiculata, polliniis 2, globosis. 



Hab. Ruwenzori (eastern side), sunny hill-sides, 6-7000 ft., 

 Nos. 7813 & 7859 ; ditto, granite, 5300 ft.. No. 7551, April to May, 

 1894 (greater rains). 



The only adult leaf present is IG in. long, and nearly 2 in. at its 

 broadest. The younger leaves are narrower and grass-lilie. The 

 tall slender flowering stems (17-28 in. long) are clothed up to the 

 inflorescence with the long subscarious bracts, which become free 

 at the edges, half an inch or more below their blunt apex. The 

 short raceme (about 1^ in. long) is globular or ovoid in outline ; 

 the lowermost of the scarious floral bracts reach an inch in length ; 

 they are light brown, with strongly-marked veins. The flowers 

 vary in colour in the specimens from different localities ; No. 7859 

 has light-coloured flowers, those of No. 7813 have been a deep 

 red, while in No. 7651 they are still deep purple in the dried state. 

 In No. 7813 they are also slightly larger, with the sepals and petals 

 more oblong; while in No. 7551 they are very slightly smaller than 

 in No. 7859, which supplies the measurements given below. There 

 is a general similarity between the sepals and petals. All have 

 3 parallel nerves running from base to apex. The dorsal sepal is 

 5 lines long by 2|- broad ; the apex is slightly apiculate. The 

 lateral sepals and petals are obtuse, the former 4^ by 2-2^ lines, 

 the latter 4^ by 2 lines. The short lip is 4 lines long, with ascending 

 slightly asymmetrical lateral lobes, the free part of which is 2 lines 

 long and nearly as broad. The roundish central lobe (2^ by 2f lines) 

 bears a few irregularly- shaped deeply-coloured warts on the disc, 

 where also the veins are more deeply coloured. The short thick 

 column is 1^ lines long by 1 broad. At the base of the lip is a 

 slight gibbosity. 



Eulophia prsestans, sp. nov. Caule crassa, bracteis inter- 

 nodos sequantibus vagiuata, racemi brevis densi bracteis scariosis 

 longis subulatis ; floribus magnis purpureis, sepalis lanceolatis 



