694 CXXV. OBCHIDACEJB. 



Flowers large, in rather lax raceines ; scape stout, 2-3 ft. liigl), with 

 large acuminate sheaths ; bracts beneath the pedicels reaching 1|- in. 

 long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; pedicels with ovary |^-1 in. long. 

 Sepals green, |— 1^ by ^ in., linear-lanceolate. Mentum (sjmr) ^ in. 

 long, slender, terete, obtuse. Petals white, |-f by -^f in., oblong- 

 elliptic, obtuse or subacute, with numerous strong branched purple 

 nerves. Lip f in. long ; side lobes i in. long, rounded ; midlobe f-^ in. 

 long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, white, with many 

 fringed yellow nerves. Column ■} in. high, not produced into a foot. 

 Capsules Ig-lf in. long, eUipsoid, faintly ribbed. Tl. B. I. v. 6, p. 2; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 265 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. JS'at. v. 12 (1899) p. 519; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 291. EulopMa bicolor, Liiidl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1858) p. 2-1 (not of Dalzell). Eulojihia carinata, Grab. 

 Cat. p. 202 (not of Lindl.).— Flowers : July. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I, Law I, Dalzell \, Balzcll cf- Gibson. Kanara: Law\ Gujarat: 

 Panch Mahals near Dohad, Baojil; Khodva, Baojil — Distrib. India (W. Himalaya, 

 W. Peninsula). 



3. Eulophia pratensis, Lijidl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1858) 

 p. 25. Leaves appearing after the flowers ; hence Lindley and Dalzell 

 describe the plant as leafless. Leaves petiolate, reaching 12 in. long, in 

 breadth varying from |-1| in., oblong-lanceolate, acute, strongly nerved, 

 tapering at the base into a long sheathing petiole. Flowers yellow, in 

 lax racemes ; scape 1-3 -ft. long, with appressed acute sheaths ; bracts 

 beneath the pedicels f-^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, mem- 

 branous ; pedicels with ovary ^f in. long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, subfleshy, 5-uerved; lateral sepals | by 1 in.; dorsal sepal 

 slightly longer and slightly narrower than the lateral ones. Mentum 

 (spur) i in. long, conical from a broad base, subacute. Petals shorter and 

 broader than the dorsal sepal, elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Lip -^^ in. long, 

 ■| in. broad across the side lobes when spread out ; side lobes large, 

 i in. long, oblong, rounded ; midlobe i in. long, broadly ovate or sub- 

 orbicular, obtuse ; disk with 3 crested nerves. Capsules 1^ in. long, 

 ellipsoid, turgid. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 4 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 2G4 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519. Eulophia ramentacea, Wight, 

 Icon. V. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 8, t. 1666 (not of Lindl.). E. virens. Grab. 

 Cat. p. 202 (not of Brown). — Flowers : Nov.-Feb. Veen. Satavari. 



Deccan : Slocks, 221; pasture-lands, Dalzell 8( Gibson; Pashan 6 miles west of 

 Poona, Tukaraml; Poona, Woodr ow,QQb\; Panchgani, ^. St. J. Cooke'l S. M. Country; 

 Belgaum, Hitchie, 1421 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



4. Eulophia nuda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 7371. Eoot 

 tuberous, like a small potato, spherical, smooth. Leaves from the 

 sides of the tuber (forming by their sheaths a short pseudo-stem), 

 10-14 in. long, variable in breadth, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, phcate, 

 narrowed into the long tubular sheath. Flowers 9-20, in lax racemes 

 from the base of the pseudo-stem ; scape l|-2 ft. long, erect, stiff, with 

 a few wide sheaths at the base and some scattered upwards ; bracts 

 beneath the flowers -}— f in. long, lanceolate, acute; pedicels with ovary 

 ■J-li in. long. Sepals greenish-purple, hnear-oblong, acute, 7-nerved ; 

 lateral sepals -^ by i in., inserted on the spur of the lip, slightly falcate ; 

 dorsal sepal -J- by ^ in. Mentum {.'^jnir) very short, conical, obtuse, 

 purplish-green. Petals while, f by ^ in., oblong, obtuse, many-nerved. 



