2 cxLViii. OECHiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sulophia. 



Pseudobulb large, oonico-obpyriform. Leaves many, fi-lO by f in., midrib 

 stout. Scape 1-3 ft.; sepals f-1 in., and petals green with reddish nerves; lip as 

 long as the sepals, white with red crested nerves ; spur short, subcylindric or 

 conical. — Bbeede's xii. t. 26 is, I think, this ; his t. 25 may be IE. graminea. 



2. E. graminea, Lindl. in Wall. Oat. 7872 ; Oen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 182 ; 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 23 ; leaves grass-like, bracts small lanceolate, 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate and elliptic-lanceolate acute petals tessellate, 

 lip obovate-oblong, side lobes small, disk with 3-5 lamellate or crested 

 nerves whicli are fimbriate on tbe rounded midlobe. E. inconspioua, 

 Griff. Notul. 349 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 326 ; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 25. 



Assam, Mann. Bengal, J. D. M., Clarke. Tenassebim, Parish. Nicobak 

 Islands, Kurz. Singaporb, Wallich. Malacca, Maingay. Teavancoeb, Wight. 

 Cbtlon, at Damballa, Trimen. 



Habit of E. virens and colour of flower, but leaves usually shorter, flowers much 

 smaller, and spur cylindric with often a clavate tip. — Cuming's specimens No. 2059 

 are marked as from Malacca in some collections, from Bohol Island (Philippines) 

 in others. 



ft Boots tuberous, hypogeal. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. Scape 

 unbrancbed. 



§ Lip longer than broad, side lobes short or 0. 



3. £■ oclireata, Lindl. in Journ. Litm. Soc. iii. 2-1 ; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate, scape with broad loose ochreate sheaths, bracts lanceolate 

 equalling the ovary, sepals linear-oblong, petals broadly elliptic acute, lip 

 broadly ovate entire, tip rounded, nerves all fimbriate. Dalz. &■ Gibs.- 

 Bomb. Fl. 265. 



The CoNCAK and Canaea, Law, DaUell, &c. 



Stem stout. Leaves 3-5, 4-10 in., many-uerved, sessile. Scape 10-12 in., very 

 stout below ; raceme many- and rather dense-fid., bracts J-^ in. ; sepals f in. long ; 

 spur a small sac. 



4. B. herbacea, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sj>. Orchid. 182 ; in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. iii. 24 ; bracts very long, flowers large, sepals linear-lanceolate acu- 

 minate, petals elliptic or lanceolate obtuse or acute very many-nerved, lip 

 obovate-oblong, side lobes small rounded, midlobe ovate-oblong, disk with 

 many fimbriate nerves. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 266. E. brachypetala, 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. f-oc. I. c. E. albiflora, Fdgew. mss. Limodorum 

 bicolor, Boxb. Fl. Jnd. iii. 469. 



Westebn Himalaya ; Garwhal, alt. 4-7000 ft., UopU, Falconer, Bdgeworth, &c. 

 Bengal, Soxlurgh ; at liungpore, Olarhe. CoNOAN, Balz. Sf Q-ibs. I. c. 



Stem 4r-Q in., rather slender, sheathed. Leaves 6-8 in., linear-lanceolate, 

 variable in breadth, many-nerved. Scape 2-3 ft., stout ; sheaths large, acuminate ; 

 raceme short, S-lO-fld. ; bracts 1^-2 in. ; pedicel with ovary J-1 in. ; sepals IJ in., 

 green ; petals very variable, white, nerves purple ; lip white, nerves yellow ; spur 

 very short, obtuse. — The flowers seem to be often produced before t he leaves. Lindley 

 gives Ceylon, Macrae, as a habitat, probably by the same error as affects M. explanata. 



5. E. lactanocheila, Hooh. f.; scape stout, raceme lax-fld., bracts 

 equalling or exceeding the ovary subspathaoeous, sepals lanceolate acumi- 

 nate and shorter elliptic petals many-nerved, lip narrow pubescent, side 

 lobes short rounded, midlobe obovate-oblong retuse, margin waved, disk 

 densely softly spiny. 



