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EvLoPnta. 
1. Eulophia inconspicua Gr. Pl. CCCXXVI. 
Caulis basi obovato-tuberosus, tubera annalato vestigiaque 
vaginam ostendens. 
Scapus 3-4 pedalis simpliciter racemosus glaucescens, 
squamis (loco folior.) distantia stipat. 
Flores bractei anguste suffulti, pedicello longitudine ovarii 
secundi, mediocres inconspicui resupinati. 
Petala sepala liuearia lanceolata, apices versus reflexa oblique 
patentia herbacea viridescentia venis fuscescentibus, (petala 
paullo breviora.) 
Labellum columne parallel. 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus sub- 
connivente, opposite to the head of the column rounded, ter- 
minal lobe broadly obovate or rotundate, margine undulato-pli- 
cato, disco ramentaceo rumentis vel processubus irregularibus 
in lineis simpl. dispos. Calcare ovario duplo brevior, late cla- 
vato, clavo emarginato. Color albidus lilacino, venatus, pro- 
cessus tinged with the same, and contiduous with the base 
of the column. 
Columna cum ovario continua semiteres, ambito-spathu- 
lata, concave on the inner face. 
Clinandrium produced behind into a conspicuous posticous 
tooth, shallow. 
Anther not immersed, connective produced upwards into а 
large fleshy cuneate 3-lobed crest, trisulcate anteriorly. 
The Stigma is a pit in the broadest part of the apex of the 
column. 
Pollinia 2, oblongly round, postice foveolato, fissa, caudi- 
cula, brevis. 
Glandula solubilis indistinct. 
Rostellum indistinct. 
Capsule oblong, perianth terminal. 
The tubers were brought in from the jungles, and flowered 
during Sept. and Oct. The flowers last a very longtime. Im- 
pregnation followed by fruit occurred only in one. 
