176 Orchide(S. [Eulophia. 



oblong, side lobes small, erect, mid lobe about as long, broadly 

 oblong, tip rounded, disk with 5 ridges crested with subulate 

 processes, spur short, cylindric, incurved; anth. umbonate, 

 pollinia 2, globose, strap short, gland large; capsule ellipsoid- 

 oblong, \h in., pendulous, ribs rather slender. 



Dry and intermediate regions in open rocky places; rather rare. 

 Kurunegala Rock; Puttalam ; Chunavil, Jaffna Uist. ; Bintenne ; Trin- 

 comalie. Fl. Feb. June, August, Oct.; sep. and pet. yellowish-green, lip 

 white with crimson lines. 



Also in Peninsular India. A handsome ground-orchid. 



The colouring of the Bot. Mag. plate is not that of the Ceylon plant. — 

 Triinen. u 



2. E. gramiziea, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7372 (1828). 

 Eulophia Sp., Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 89. C. P. 3958. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 2, 8, 196. Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutt. viii. t. 238. 



Pseudobulbs conic, clothed with broad, acute, mem- 

 branous sheaths; roots vermiform; 1. 6-10 by 5-3 in., narrowly 

 linear, finely acuminate, grass-like, base sheathing; ped. 

 with the erect branching panicle 1-2 ft., slender, branches 

 suberect, forming lax-fld. racemes; bracts small, spreading, 

 lanceolate, persistent, pedicel with ov. slender, |-i in.; sep. 

 \ in., linear-lanceolate, acuminate; pet. rather broader, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate; lip obovate-oblong, side lobes small, erect, 

 mid lobe about as long, obovate, tip rounded, disk with 

 5 ridges crested with hooked processes, spur short, cylindric, 

 incurved ; anth. hemispheric, pollinia 2, globose, strap short, 

 broad, gland large; fr. \-\\ in., clavate, ribs slender. 



Dry region, by roadsides and other open places ; rare. Near Dam- 

 bulla; Maravila, near Chilaw (Nevill). Fl. March, April; sep. and pet. 

 greenish, veined and tessellate, with lake ; lip white, similarly veined. 



Also in S. India, E. Bengal, Nicobar Is., Malay Peninsula. There 

 is a specimen from Koenig in Herb. Mus. Brit, labelled '■ Satyn'uiii 

 zeylaniciim.^ 



3. E. xnacrostachja, Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orch. 183 (1833). 

 Thw. Enum. 301. C. P. 3188. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 4. Bot. Reg. t. 1972; Bot. Mag. t. 6246 (both from 

 Ceylon specimens). Wight, Ic. tt. 1667-8. 



Pseudobulbs 2-6 in., up to \ in. diam., fascicled, terete or 

 very narrowly fusiform, young sheathed with membranous 

 scales, intcrnodes few; roots thick, vermiform; 1. 2-4, 

 petioled, 6-10 by 2-2 J, in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-7- 

 veined, base narrowed into a channelled petiole 4-8 in. long; 

 ped. from the base or side of the pseudobulb, with the lax- 

 many-fld. raceme 2-3 ft., stout, red-brown, sheaths tubular, 

 I in. long, appressed ; bracts \ in., linear-lanceolate, per- 

 sistent, a few lowest longer and empt}-; pedicel with ovary 

 f in.; sep. i-§ in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, dorsal arching, 



