Eidophia.] CTLVIII. ORCHIDE^I. (J. D. Hooker.) 7 



raceme short many-fld., bracts shorter than the ovary, sepals linear-oblong, 

 petals shorter elliptic obtuse, side lobes of lip short, midlobe large orbicular 

 crisped, nerves of disk as in E. bicarinata. Cyrtopera Candida, Lindl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 31 (in part]. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. ASSAM, Mann. 



Flowering before leafing. Leaves 8-18 by 3-3 in., elliptic-lanceolate, caudate, 

 5-nerved ; petiole 6-8 in., slender. Scape 18-24 in.; sheaths rather loose; raceme 

 3-4 in.; bracts ^-f in., more turgid than in E . bicarinata ; flowers 1 in. diam., 

 white or greenish ; spur conical. Capsule 1 in., narrowly ellipsoid. Perhaps a 

 var. of JS. bicarinata. Lindley's description is taken from a specimen gathered by 

 myself, and a drawing of E. nuda (Ic. Cathcart), from which the root, the colour, 

 and the anther are taken. 



22. E. flava, Hook.f.\ tall, robust, flowers very large, sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate finely acuminate, petals as long much broader elliptic many- 

 nerved, lip large saccate, side lobes large rounded, midlobe orbicular, disk 

 with 2 small pyriform basal calli and 3 crenate lamellae. Cyrtopera flava, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7364 ; Gen. &f Sp. Orchid. 189 ; Boyle HI. 370, t. 88 ; 

 Eeiclib.f. in Gard. CJiron. 1870, 1407. C. Culleni, Wight Ic. t. 1754; 

 Walp. Ann. vi. 667. Dipodium flavum, Herb. Ham. 



WESTEEN TEOPICAL HIMALAYA; from Garwhal, alt. 4-5000 ft., to Nepal. 

 TBAVANCORE, Cullen. DISTRIB. Hong Kong. 



Flowering before leafing. Scape 2-5 ft., as thick as the finger or less ; raceme 

 1-2 ft.; bracts J-f in.; flowers lemon -yellow ; sepals 1-1| in. long, variable in 

 breadth ; lip as long as the sepals ; spur a broad sac ; anther with a 2-fid top, and 

 long anterior process ; pollen obtusely angled. Wight describes the leaves as 2 ft. 

 long, lanceolate. 



23. E. macrobulbon, Parish fy Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 144 ; scape robust, raceme densely many-fld., bracts filiform, sepals linear- 

 oblong acute, petals shorter elliptic obtuse many-nerved, lip cuneate, side 

 lobes short subterminal, midlobe small orbicular crisped, disk with two 

 nerves thickened at the base and together with the middle nerve crenate 

 towards the apex. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). TENASSERIM; at Moulmein,. 

 Parish. 



Tuber large. Scape with raceme 18 in., as thick as the little finger ; sheaths basal, 

 oose; bracts ^-f in., equalling the filiform pedicels; sepals f-f in. long ; petals 

 rather broader ; lip shorter than the sepals ; spur conic, obtuse ; anther with a pro- 

 duced 2-fid top ; pollinia oblong. Parish describes the leaves as oblong, acuminate 

 (more likely elliptic-lanceolate), sepals and petals brown, lip yellow, spotted red. The 

 Sikkim drawing represents a stem as thick as the middle finger, with sessile obovate 

 leaves 1-2 ft. long, purple beneath and on the 'margin ; a scape as thick as a goose- 

 quill, dark purple, as are the flowers ; raceme 12 in., many-fld. ; bracts very slender, 

 as long as the ovary ; sepals f in. long and petals violet-purple ; lip paler. 



24. El- macrorhizonj Hook.fi ; scape robust, raceme lax-fld., bracts 

 long slender, sepals lanceolate acuminate and shorter obovate petals many- 

 nerved, lip broad obtusely 3-lobed many-nerved, 3 median nerves tubercled, 

 disk of mid- and side-lobes rough, spur conical. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; at Ryang, alt. 2000 ft., King (in Herl. Calcutt.). 



Eootstock elongate, as thick as the thumb, ringed. Leaves not seen. Scape 

 8-12 in., sheaths 3-4, loose, obtuse ; raceme 2-4 in. ; bracts ^ f in., about equalling 

 the ovary ; flowers 1 in. diam., reddish sepals adnate to the foot of the column but 

 free of the spur of the lip ; lip much shorter than the sepals, nerves slender, con- 



