Eulo/>hta.] OrckidecF. 177 



lateral spreading; pet. rather shorter, acuminate, erect; h'p 

 very broad, saccate, with rounded erect side lobes, mid lobe 

 short, recurved, rounded-obcordate, deeply cleft, spur a 

 very short, globose, or ampulliform, purple sac, disk with 

 2 short lamellae; column stout, base produced into a very 

 short foot ; anth. umbonate, pollinia trapeziform, united by a 

 short broad strap to a rather large orbicular purple gland. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft.; Heneratgoda. Fl.; sep. and pet. pale or 

 purplish-green, lip yellow, with orange or purple veins on the side lobes. 

 Also in S. India. 



4. E. nuda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7371 (1828). 



Cyrtopera fusca^ Wight, Thw. Enum. 429 \Cyrt.fuscuni). C. Gardnert, 

 Thw. Enum. 302. Cyrtopodium fusaim. Trim. Cat. Ceyl. 89. C. P. 

 2370. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 5. Wight, Ic. t. 1690. 



Rootstock large, tuberous, annulate, slightly branched, 

 with long vermiform roots; stem 1-3 ft., rather slender, erect, 

 leafy, with a few basal sheaths; 1. 2 at flg, (1-2 more after- 

 wards), 1-2 ft, by i-i^ in., linear to narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, strongly plaited, narrowed into the long sheath; 

 ped. from near the base of the leafing stem, i|-2 ft., erect, 

 stiff, sheaths few, distant ; raceme 8-9 in., erect, laxly 1 0-20-fld. ; 

 bracts subulate-lanceolate, much shorter than the ov., mem- 

 branous, pedicel with ov. ^-f in.; sep. i in. long, connivent at 

 the base, oblong, acute, lateral inserted on the foot of the 

 column ; mentum broadly conical, tip rounded; pet. connivent, 

 oval-oblong, obtuse; lip large, ovate-oblong, obtuse, recurved, 

 side lobes obscure, margins crisped, base saccate, disk with 

 many crested ridges ; column rather long, acute, base produced 

 in a foot; anth. umbonate, pollinia ovoid, divaricate on the top 

 of the short broad strap, gland large; fr. r^-2 in., fusiform, 

 pendulous. 



Moist region in the low country to 3000 ft.; rather rare. Mirigama 

 (Wright); Dolosbagie. Fl. Feb -June; sep. greenish-purple, pet. white, 

 lip white or yellow, stained with pink or purple, spur dark purplish-^^reen. 



5. India, E. Bengal, Burma. 



Four varieties from the Himalayan region are figured in Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calcutt. V. tt. 47-50, but none are much like the Ceylon form. — Triinen. 



5. E. sang'uinea, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 8 (1890). 



Cyrtopera ru/a, Thw. Enum. 302. Cyrtopodium riifu»i., Trim. Syst. 

 Cat. Ceyl. 89. C. P. 3566. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 196. Bot. Mag. t. 6161 [Cyrtopera sant^iatiea). Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calcutt. t. 242. 



Rootstock horizontal, tuberous, annulate; roots very stout, 

 vermiform ; 1. appearing after the fl. (not seen) ; flg. stem 

 2 ft., very stout, erect, green or red, with a few broad, brown, 

 semi-amplexicaul sheaths i in. long; raceme 6-5 in., lax-fld 



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