ORCHIDACE.E 



3. Eulophia macrorhiza Bl Fl. Jav. Orch. 155, t. 63. 

 Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 0121, May 11, 1913. Terrestrial in forest 

 foothills, 60 meters above sea level. Flowers purple, brown, and yellowish. 

 Also Java. 



4. Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 183. 



Leyte, Mindanao. 



Also southern India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Moluccas, Java. 



5. Eulophia Merrilliisp. nov. Rhizoma? Folia? Scapus 8.8 dm. 

 altus, basim versus bracteis tubularibus circiter 4 cm. longis. Ra- 

 cemus laxiflorus, elongatus, flores ± 2 cm. distantes, infra race- 

 mum bractea caulis 2.5 cm. longa, linearia, acuta. Bractese racemi 

 lineari-lanceolata?, valde acute, in sicco scariosse,± 1.5 cm. longa?. 

 Pedicellus gracilis cum ovario 1-1.5 cm. longus. Sepala lateralia 

 pedi gynostemii inserta, oblongi-elliptica, acuta, 1.2-1.4 cm. 

 longa, 4.5 mm. lata, quinquenervia, nerviis dorso prominenti- 

 bus. Sepalum dorsale simile circiter 1.2 cm. longum. Petala mem- 

 branacea, late spathulata, vix 8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, breviter 

 apiculata, trinervia, nerviis lateralibus ramosis. Labellum 1 1 mm. 

 longum, trilobatum, pedi gynostemii insertum, brevissime cal- 

 caratum, intus valde nervosum, costis duabus parallelis, glabris 

 apice paulo altioribus, rotundato-terminantibus, lobis laterali- 

 bus bene brevioribus,seriebus tribus verrucularum a medio labelli 

 usque ad basim lobi medii ; lobi laterales erecti oblique subovato- 

 trianguli, obtusi vix 3 mm. longi, 3 mm. lati; lobus medius 

 suborbicularis vix unguiculatus, obtusus, leviter retusus vel un- 

 guiculatus, vix 4 mm. longus, 6 mm. latus, latior quam longior. 

 Gynostemium 5 mm. longum in pedem brevem productum. 



This is undoubtedly a close ally of Eulophia venosa Reichb. f. 

 and of E. papuana J. J. Smith. E. Versteegii J. J. Smith, which 

 Schlechter considers conspecific with E. papuana, is very closely 



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