300 XX. ORCHIDEE. [ Eulophia. 
or 2 and bifid, waxy, attached to a short mw caudicle on. a trans- 
verse gland.— Terrestrial herbs, with short stems. Leaves distichous, 
po or —, those of the flowering it reduced to sheathing 
mes terminal or on radical scapes. 
eee us is hod over tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. The Australian 
species are "both endemic. 
Labellum strongly and darkly veined, the middle lobe much broader 
BEEN |. 5. 5. ay he re ee VOR edere 
Labellum finely veined, the middle lobe as long as broad . . . . 2. E. Feud: 
. E. venosa, Reichb. f. in Herb. Lindl, An erect leafless herb, with 
iu habit of Dipoi punctatum, the sheathing scales imbricate at t the 
base of the stem, the upper ones distant, passing into narrow bracts, 
often as long as the pedicel and ovar Flowers several in a terminal 
raceme, whitish with deep red veins. “Sepals E. lanceolate, 6 to 8 
lines long, marked with longitudinal somewhat anastomosing veins, the 
lateral ones attached to the short basal projection of thé column. Petals 
rather shorter and ig almost obovate-oblong. Labellum rather 
us lobe which has besides 3 or more short undulate raised lines or 
la Column half as long as the sepals, the dorsal lobe T the 
sitir rather long and ovate. .— Dipodium venosum, uell. Fragm. i. 61. 
. Australia. Providence Hill and Macadam Rabie: F. Mueller. 
nd. Rockingham bay, Dallachy ; Port Mackay, Nernst. 
ES perc x fies Fragm. viii. 30. Habit Ime dá 
i with 
an obtuse; the vidi 4 Might endi: lines e 
tween the lateral lobes, draped or fringed and deba ipa to about half 
the length of the lo Column not. half so long as the sepals. 
Pollen-masses 2, liie globular. 
Queensland. Mount Dryander, F'itzalan. 
14. DIPODIUM, R. Br. 
(Leopardanthus, Blume; Wailesia, Lindl.) 
Sepals and petals nearly equal, free, spreading. Labellum sessile, 
erect, adnate to the column at its base and then gibbous or produce ed 
