4 CXLviii. OROHiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eulophia. 



much broader ; lip as long as the sepals j spur conic, acute, curved, placed between 

 the lateral lobes ; column short, stout.— Placed by Lindley in Ct/rtopera, but there 

 is no foot to the column ; he also errs in describing the sepals and bracts as obtuse. 



10. E. pratensis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 25; bracts shorter 

 than the ovary, sepals oblong obtnse 6-nerved, petals subsimilar, lip sessile 

 broader than long, side lobes large oblong rounded, midlobe small semi- 

 circnlar, disk vfith three orenate nerves ending in crenate oalli on the mid- 

 lobe. Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 265. E. ramentaoea, Wight Ic. t. 1666 

 (not of Lindl.). 



The Decoan Peninsula ; in pastures, from the Concan southwards. 



Leaves few, 10-12 in., long-petioled, narrowly lanceolate, strongly 3-nerved. 

 Scape 1-3 ft. ; sheaths acute, appressed ; bracts \-\ in., ovate -lanceolate j sepals 

 J in., fleshy ; spur conical, acute. Capsule H in., elliptic, turgid. — The broad lip 

 is like that of E. maorostachya. Lindley and the Bombay Flora err in describing 

 this species as leafless when flowering. 



11. E. xhacrostachya, Lindl. Gen. Sf 8p. Orohid. 183; in'Bot. Beg. 

 t. 1972 ; bracts lanceolate, sepals lanceolate acute, petals rather broader, 

 lip broader than long, side lobes short obtuse, midlobe revolute rounded, 

 disk 2-lamellate at the base. Bot. Beg. t. 1972 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6246 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1667-8 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 646. 



Tbavancoke and NiianiEi Hiils, Wight. Oeyion, in the Central Province, 

 ascending to 4000 ft., Thwaites, &c. 



Pseudohulb 2-6 in., fusiform. Leaves 2-3, 6-10 in., petioled, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 3-nerved. Scape stout and raceme together 2-3 ft. ; sheaths appressed, obtuse ; 

 bracts caducous ; sepals and petals i in., green ; lip golden yellow with red stripes j 

 spur a 2-lobed green sac. Capsule 2 in. 



12. E. nXannii, BLooh.f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; scape tall, raceme many- 

 fld., bracts shorter than the ovary, sepals oblong-lanceolate acute many- 

 nerved, petals broader elliptic many-nerved, lip rhomboidly ovate obtuse 

 obscurely lobed, disk with branching crested nerves. Oyrtopera Mannii, 

 Beichb.f. in Flora 1872, 274. 



IJpPEB Assam, Mann. 



Leaves 12 by 4 in., narrowly linear-lanceolate. Scape with raceme 3 ft. ; 

 sheaths appressed, acute ; bracts J-J in., ovate-lanceolate ; sepals f in. long, lip 

 shorter ; spur conical ; column short, clavate. 



** Flowers appearing long before the leaves. (I have not seen the 

 leaves of any species of this subdivision.) 



13. E. campestris, Wall. Cat. 7617 ; bracts variable, raceme many- 

 fld., sepals |-|-f in. linear-lanceolate acute 5-7-nerved, petals oblanceolate 

 3-5-nerved, lip cuneate-obovate or oblong, side lobes short, midlobe orbicu- 

 lar quadrate or oblong crenulate, disk with 3 central nerves lamellate 

 at the base and tuberoled or spinulose on the midlobe. Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 185 ; in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 24 (excl. syn. Wight) ; Walp. Ann. vi. 

 647. E. ramentacea & rupestris, lAndl. in Wall. Cai. 7367, 7368 ; Gen. 

 Sc Sp. Orchid. 185 ; ira Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 25. E. hemileuca, Lindl. in 

 Jowrn. Linn. Soe. iii. 25. Limodorum ramentaceum, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 

 63 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 467. L. dubium. Ham. mss. Bletia Dabia, Bon Prodr. 

 30. Dipodium ramentaceum, Serb. Sam. 



Plains of India; from the Panjab to Oudh, Bengal, Chittagong, and 

 the Deccah. — Distbib. Affghanistnn. 



