50 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [EulopMa. 



Sepals 1 in. or more long. 

 Sepals and petals linear . 

 Sepals and petals lanceolate . 

 Leaves lanceolate, 1 in. or more broad. 

 Spur shortly calcarate 

 Spur broadly saccate 

 *"* Epiphytes with distinct pseudobulbs. 

 Flowei's on a long slender scape 

 Flowers in axillary fascicles . . . 

 Spur attenuatCf f-1 in. long- . 



1. E. Ledienii, Stein in Gartenji. 1888, 609 {in note). Pseudobulbs 

 fusiform-oblong, 1 J in. or more long, 1 -leaved. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 subobtuse, 6-15 in. long. 1-lf in. broad, fleshy, coriaceous, whitish-gre;;^ 

 with irregular bands of green spots ; base attenuate. Scapes f-1 J ft. 

 iiigh, with two or three sheaths ; racemes lax, 3-6 in. long. Bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2J-5 lin. long. Pedicels 4-6 lin. long. 

 Flowers pale brownish-green with two pale purple blotches on the sides 

 of the lip. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4-5 lin. long. Petals oblong, 

 acute, 4-5 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3 lin. long; side lobes broadly 

 rounded ; front lobe bilobed, with obovate-rounded lobes ; disc smooth ; 

 spur clavate, 2 lin. long. Column broad, 1| lin. long. Capsule elliptical- 

 oblong, 1-1 J in. long.— K E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1889, 90; Rolfe in 

 Gard. Chron. 1892, xii. 583. Evlophia maculaia, Stein in Gartenflora, 

 1888, 609, t. 1285 (not of Reichb. f.); Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 23 (in part). Eulophidium maculatum, Pfitz. in Engl. 

 <k Prantl. Pflanzenf. ii. Abth. 6, 188 (in part). 



Upper Guinea. Ashantee, Sander, cultivated specimen ! 



3jOwer Guinea. St. Thomas, Van JSoutte, cultivated specimen ! Congo, 

 Ledien, cultivated specimen. Angola: Golungo Alto, in dense woods near river 

 Mata de Quisuculo, Wehvitsch, 665 ! 



Quite distinct from the Brazilian E. maculata, Reichb. f., with which it has been 

 confused. 



2. E. latifolia, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ix. 139. Pseudobulbs 

 fusiform, lJ-2^ in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 subacute, 2-2J in. long, IJ-IJ in. broad; petioles 1-1 J in. long. 

 Scapes 6-8 in. high, with several sheaths, paniculate with short 

 branches above ; flowers numerous and rather crowded, white with 

 purple- striped lip. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, lJ-2 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Sepals and petals lanceolate-linear, subobtuse, 

 3-4 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3f lin. long; ade lobes rounded; front 

 lobe broadly rounded, truncate or emarginate; disc smooth or nearly 

 so; spur clavate, IJ lin. long. Column clavate, Ij lin. long. 



iMO'wer Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Quintas, cultivated specimens ! 

 Originally flowered in the Coimbra Botanic Garden in 1889. 



3. E. saundersianay Reichh.f. in Bot. Zeit. 1866, 378. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovoid-oblong, 2J-6 in. long, 2-Ieaved. Leaves petiolate, elliptical- 

 oblong, subacute, 5-9 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; petioles 4-6 in. long. 



