196 ORCHIDACEZ. —_—[ Evnoputa. 
Leaves appearing after the flowers have 
opened :— 
Terminal lobe of lip yellow . ° . 4&4. EB. Hormusjii. 
Terminal lobe of lip’purple  . : . d. EH. campestris. 
Column produced into a distinct foot :— 
Lateral sepals inserted on the spur; basal 
lobes of lip obscure § : : . 6. E. nuda. 
Lateral sepals inserted on the foot of the 
column ; lip with distinct basal lobes :— 
Flowers not exceeding 1 in. diam., 
greenish-yellow tinged with purple . 7 E. bicarinata. 
Fiowers large, exceeding 14 in. in diam.; 
lemon-yellow, often spotted or streaked 
with lilac :— 
Terminal lobe of lip } as long as the 
rhomboid-oblong basal lobes; spur 
saccate, blunt : : : . & LH. flava. 
_ Terminal lobe of lip twice as long as 
the rounded basal lobes ; spur, short, 
curved, acute : > S . 9. #. obtusa. 
1. E, herbacea, Lindl. Gen. & Spec. Orch. 182 ; Royle Til. 366 ; 
F. B. I. vi, 2; Duthie in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, pt. 2, 123, 
&. 106 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ti, 693. EK. bicolor. Lindl. in Journ. Lim. 
Soc. tii, 24 (not of Dalz.). Limodorum bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. it, 
469. 
Root tuberous, the tubers about 14 in. long, broadly ovate. Pseudostem 
4-6 long. Leaves 6-10 in. long, linear-lanceolate, variable in breadth, 
many-nerved, plicate. Flowering stem stout, 2-3 ft. high, with a 
few sheathing bracts towards the base. Raceme short, 8-10-fid. ; 
floral bracts about as long as the ovary, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
scarious. Flowers appearing with the leaves, about 2 in. across, 
white, tinged with green, fragrant. Sepals 3-14 in. long, spreading, 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, green with pale margins; lateral pair 
adnate to the base of the column. Petals shorter than the sepals, 
pure white, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Lip 2 in. long, 
white tinged with green at the base; side-lobes small oblong, rounded 
at the apex; midlobe oblong, rounded at apex, margins crenate 5 
disk with five median fimbriate lamellz; spur very short subgeni- 
culate, obtuse. Column stout, } in., curved and without a foot, 
