1 66 OrchidecB. [En,i. 



long, secund, sessile; bracts small, o\'ate or lanceolate; scp. 

 and pet. 3-veinecl, dorsal sep. lanceolate or lincar-lanceolatc, 

 finely acuminate, lateral falcately ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; 

 mentum subglobose; pet. as long as the sep., narrowly 

 lanceolate, acuminate; lip half as long as the sep., ovate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, nearly straight, disk with 3 slender 

 ridges ; column short, broad, truncate. 



Var. /i, oblong-a, Tr/;/i. Sysf. Cat. Ccyl. 88. Pseudobulbs elon- 

 i^ated ; fl. larger, .sep. \-\ in. 



Chinks of rocks and tree-trunks in moist region throughout montane 

 zone ; common. Also in Nillowe Kanda, S. Prov., and in Ritigaia, 

 N. C. Prov. Fl. July-October ; greenish-white. Var. /3 in Pedurutalagah''. 



Nepal, Khasia, Burma. A small but very pretty little plant. 



I have seen no specimen of var. /3. 



3. E. bicolor, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 65 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 299. C. P. 2982. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 793. 



Stems tufted, erect, columnar or fusiform, 4-6 in. long> 

 internodes many, J>-i in. diam., cylindric, clothed with brown 

 sheaths; 1. tufted on the narrowed top of the stem, 3-5 b\' 

 \-\ in., linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, thinly coriaceous, 

 many-veined ; ped, from the axils of the old sheaths, with the 

 erect many-fld. raceme 4-5 in. long, stout, erect or inclined, 

 puberulouL-, bearing a few oblong, acuminate, membranou.s 

 bracts, rhachis brown ; bracts \ in., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 spreading and dcflcxed, scarious; pedicel with ov. \-\ in.; fl. 

 \ in. long; sep. 3-veined, dorsal ovate-lanceolate, outer pair of 

 veins branching, lateral falcately ovate, subacute ; mentum 

 rounded, saccate; pet. shorter than the sep., linear, acute; lip 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, laterally obscurely lobed, claw broad, 

 deeply saccate; foot of column short. 



Montane zone above 4000 ft.; common. Fl. Sept. -Oct.; ]nne while, 

 on purple-red stalks, whence the specific name. 



Endemic. A very familiar up-country species, and generally known 

 as the ' Lily-of-the-Valley Orchid.' 



4. E. tricolor, TJi-v. Enioii. 429 (1864). 

 C. P. 3840. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 798. 



Stems tufted, erect, fleshy, rooting at the base, 3-5 in. 

 long, fusiforn, of many short cylindric internodes, \-'i in. 

 diam., young clothed with short obtuse brown sheaths; 1. 

 many, in a terminal tuft, G-"^ by \-\ in., distichous, recurved, 

 Uncar-lanceolate, strongly veined when clr\-, base shortl}- 

 sheathing; ])cd. from the nodes of the stem, short, naked, or 

 with a few bracts, with the laxly many-fld. raceme; 3-4 in. 

 long, fl. about % in. broad, bracts broadl)- o\'al, obtu.sc, 



