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ORCHIDACEM. 



[EULOPHIA. 



Leaves appearing after the flowers have 

 opened : 



Terminal lobe of lip yellow . . . 4. E. Hormusjii. 

 Terminal lobe of lip purple . . . 5. E. campestris. 

 Column produced into a distinct foot : 



Lateral sepals inserted on the spur; basal 



lobes of lip obscure . . . 6. E. nuda. 



Lateral sepals inserted on the foot of the 

 column ; lip with distinct basal lobes : 

 Flowers not exceeding 1 in. diam., 



greenish-yellow tinged with purple . 7. E. bicarinata. 



Flowers large, exceeding 1J in. in diam., 

 lemon-yellow, often spotted or streaked 

 with lilac : 



Terminal lobe of lip J as long as the 

 rhomboid-oblong basal lobes ; spur 

 saccate, blunt . . . . 8. E. flava. 



Terminal lobe of lip twice as long as 

 the rounded basal lobes ; spur short, 

 curved, acute . . . 9. E. obtusa. 



1. E. herbacea, Lindl. Gen. & Spec. OrcJi. 182 ; Royle III. 366 ; 

 #\ B. I. vi, 2 ; Duihie in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, pt. 2, 123, 

 'I. 106 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 693. E. bicolor. Lindl. in Journ. Lim. 

 Soc. Hi, 24 (not of Dalz.}. Limodorum bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. w, 

 469. 



Moot tuberous, the tubers about 1 J in. long, broadly ovate. Pseudostem 

 4-6 long. Leaves 6-10 in. long, linear-lanceolate, variable in breadth, 

 many-nerved, plicate. Flowering stem stout, 2-3 ft. high, with a 

 few sheathing bracts towards the base. Raceme short, 8-10-fld. ; 

 floral bracts about as long as the ovary, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 scarious. Flowers appearing with the leaves, about 2 in. across, 

 white, tinged with green, fragrant. Sepals |-1J in. long, spreading, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, green with pale margins ; lateral pair 

 adnate to the base of the column. Petals shorter than the sepals, 

 pure white, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Lip f- in. long, 

 white tinged with green at the base ; side-lobes small oblong, rounded 

 at the apex ; midlobe oblong, rounded at apex, margins crenate ; 

 disk with five median fimbriate lamellae ; spur very short subgeni- 

 'Culate, obtuse. Column stout, J in., curved and without a foot, 



