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A CENTURY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS; (7. D. HOOKER), 33 
Wall. Cat. т. 7371 et Gen. and Sp. Orchid 180; Hook. у. Fl, Brit. Ind, vi. 6. Е. fusca, 
Blume Orchid. Archip, Ind. 182 in nota. E. bicolor, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ, Bot. 
iil. (1857) 313; Dalz, and Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 264. Cyrtopera fusca, Wight Ic. t. 1690; Lindl, 
en. Journ. Linn, Soc, iii. 31; Thwaites Enum. РІ, Zeyl. 499. С. plicata, Lindl, in, Wall. 
Cat, n. 7362 et Gen. and Sp. Orchid, 290. C. nuda, Reichb, f in Flora, 1872, 374. 
C. Gardneri, Thwaites 1, с. 302. С. mysorensis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn, Soc, iii, 32. 
C. laxiflora, Garda, mss. Dipodium Roniayte and plicatum, Herd, Ham.—? Rheede Hort. 
Маі. xii. t. 26, 
Нав.--Твоғіса, Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards. 777770 Prov, 
TENASSERIM, and Uprer Burma; the Deccan PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards; 
CEYLON, in the Central Province. 
Tuber large, often 3 in. diameter, marked with transverse ridges, which bear the red 
fibrous remains of old leaf-sheaths; roots large long, vermiform, from all parts of the 
tubers. Leafing-stem 6—10 in. sheathed and ridged, bearing several lanceolate acuminate 
plicate leaves 4—6 in. long or more, not fully developed till after flowering. Flowering 
зет or scape leafless, 2—3 ft. high, as thick as a goose's or swan’s quill, sheathed towards 
the base. Raceme loosely 6—10-fld., erect; bracts variable іп length, short in var, 
macrantha ; pedicel with ovary ascending, 2—1 in. long. Flowers 1—11 іп, long, curved; 
lateral sepals inserted on the sac of the lip, which is rather shorter than the sepals, 
and like them ascending or erect at the base with a broad explanate recurved epichile. 
When studying the Orchidem from tho Flora of British India, I had examined a great many specimens 
of this noble species under different names from various parts of India, without being able to separate 
any опе as а distinct species, or to group them all under well-defined varieties (the latter a very dangerous 
process with dried specimens of Orchide). This was previous to my receiving the loan of the Calcutta 
collection of orchid drawings, wherein I find a splendid series of coloured portraits of Eulophias which not 
only come under the definition of E. nuda, but which differ so much in habit and colour of flowers that 
I cannct help suspecting that they may include more than one species. I have therefore considered 
it best to reproduce the most divergent forms that are represented in the aforesaid collection, and 
leave it to more extended observation to discover whether any or all of them should rank as species. 
They are— 
Рілт 47. This appears to me to agree most closely with Lindley's E. muda from Nepal; it is 
of medium size, with green sepals and petals suffused with dull purple towards their bases, as is 
the sac of the lip, which (the lip) is not longer than the sepals. It is inscribed “Darjeeling, May 
1862, T. Anderson; Fld. іп H. B. G., April 1875, 6. King; introduced from Sikkim,” 
Рглте 48, var. macrantha, is a very tall stout plant, with much shorter bracts, the pedicel and 
flowers not so erect, the sepals and petals broader, = green; the lip is white and much larger 
than the sepals. 16 is inscribed “Phajus ۶ Darjeeling.’ 
Рглте 49, var. purpurea, is also a tell plant, with the rather spreading pedicels of var. macrantha, 
but it has the long bracts of the other vars.; the flowers are very large, the sepals narrow end dull 
purple, the petals much broader, rose-pink streaked with darker pink, and the red-purple lip is hardly 
longer then the sepals, It is inscribed “Sikkim No. 3, 1-10-67 drawn, 18-5-70, 
Ргате 50, var. Andersoni, is apparently а smaller form, but evidently in a young state; the bracts 
are large, the pedicel and ovary upeurved as in Plate 47, and flowers nearly erect, the sepals 
broad of а deep purple and green, the petals narrow and pinkish purple as is the lip which is not 
longer than the sepals. It is inscribed “Cyrtopera purpurea, T. Anders. mss, var, drawing made from 
wild specimen, Darjeeling, May 1862.—fld. in Н. E C. Мау 1867 from Darjeeling—T, A.” Probably 
plate 50 represents the « #4. Н. B. C. May 1867.” | : | 07 
Axx. Roy. Bor. Garp Catc., Vor. У. 
