40 J. F. Duthie — Some new species of Orchidese. [No. 1, 



like projections. Column about 1 cm. long, oblong, narrowly winged, 

 curving into a short foot at the base. PolUnia 2, globose, attached by a 

 cylindric caudicle to a triangular gland. 



North-West India: Dehra Dun, at Karwapani, W. Bell, and 

 P. W. Mackinnon's collector ; N. Oudh, at Chandanpur in the Gonda 

 district. Duthie's collector. 



Amongst the Indian species this very handsome orchid appears to be 

 most nearly related to E. Mannii^ Hk. f., which is found in Sikkim and in 

 Upper Assam. It was originally discovered in Dehra Dun in 1879 by 

 Mr. W. Bell, formerly Head Gardener at the Saharanpur Botanical 

 Garden, after whom I have named it. 



5. EuLOPHiA Mackinnoni Duthie, n. sp. 



Rhizome composed of a series of triangular jBlattened tubers. Leaves 

 ievf, plicate, 5 to 6*5 dm. long and 5 to 8 cm. broad, appearing with the 

 flowers, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into long sheaths, and 

 with a few leafless sheaths below; nerves prominent. Scape 6-4 dm., 

 arising from the swollen base of the pseudo-stem. FlowerSy rather large, 

 arranged in a lax raceme, spreading and afterwards deflexed. Bracts 

 as long as, or shorter than, the ovary, linear, acuminate, persistent. 

 Sepals and petals fleshy, yellow, tinged with reddish-brown, veins 

 prominent outside. Dorsal sepal 1"7 cm. long, ovate, obtuse, subcordate at 

 the base, 9- veined, maigin inflexed at the apex ; lateral, a little longer 

 than the dorsal, unequal at the base. Petals shorter than the sepals, 

 oblong-obovate, obtuse, overlapping and with their margins reflexed 

 at the apex. Lip 3-lobed, with long erect rather shallow side-lobes, 

 its body with 5-7 parallel purple-coloured ridges which extend into a 

 carunculate area within the apical lobe ] apical lobe rounded, its margin 

 undulate. Sptir short, geniculate. Column rather broad, winged, with, 

 no foot. Anther bicornute at the apex, its lip 2*toothed. Stigma trans- 

 verse, placed immediately under the anther. PolUnia, tranversely 

 oval, attached by a broad caudicle to a shallow crescent-shaped 

 gland. 



North-West India : Dehra Dun, Mackinnon ; Siwalik range, Vicary 

 (in Herb. Calc.) ; Bahraich district in N. Oudh, Duthie's collector ; 

 Raipur district in Cent. Provinces, /. Marten. In the Saharanpur her- 

 barium there is an old specimen named " E. hicolor " which is said to 

 have been collected near Mussoorie in October 1842. 



This species is evidently allied to E. geniculata, King and Pantling, 

 an extremely rare Sikkim orchid. It differs chiefly in the shape of 

 the rhizome, the \erj much broader leaves, the colour of the flowers, 

 and in the shape of the lip. 



