AXn THEIR MANAGRMEXT. 



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Eriopsis. 



similarity to that plant when not in fl.iwer. Flowers 

 show}-, pedicellate ; sepals equal, spreadinL;-, free, or the 

 lateral ones connate with the foot of the" culumn in a 

 very short chin : petals similar to the se|)als : lip affixed 

 to the toot of the column, shortly- incumbent, at length 

 erect, the lateral lobes broad, erect, 1(k>sc1\- enfoldnig 

 the column, the middle one small, spreading, entire or 

 two-Iobed. Lea\-es usually twT), long, ample. 



Probabl}- the only species in general culti\-ation is E. riitido- 

 biilluvi {Hook:\ a curious plant, having brown and )-ellow 

 flowers, produced on a scape a foot or more long. It is 

 best accommodated in well-drained baskets, the potting 

 compost consisting of two parts fbrous peat to one of 

 sphagnum. An abundance of moisture should be given 

 during the season of growth, and the plant should be 

 kept in the warm intermediate-house, cooler conditions 

 being afforded during the resting season. 



ERYCINA. 



Lindley founded this monot)-pic genus of the tribe Vaitdeir, 

 the name being one for \'enus, from Mount Kr)-x, a 

 mountain in .Sicil}-, where she had a tcm|.)le. The species 

 is a singular little Oncidium-like Orchid, differing markedl)- 

 from that genus in the structure of the lip and column, the 

 former being alm.ost equall\- three-lobecl, while the latter 

 is short, thick, and wingless. R. cchiiiata ' B. i\I., t. 7389) 

 has \-ellow flowers, twTi-thirds of an inch in diameter. It 

 requires the same cultural conditions as Oitciihiiiii. 



E5MERALDA (Rchb. /). This is now included under 

 Arachnanthe. 



EULOPHIA. 



A larcje c{enus of stove, terrestrial Orchids, of the 

 tribe Vandecc, a few species of which are interesting and 

 pretty. The name was bestowed b)' Robert Brown, and 

 is derived from culnphos, beautiful cresterl, in allusion to 

 the furrowed lip. Flower-scapes either simple or branched, 

 bearing either fe^\• or many flowers ; sejjals and petals 

 nearl)' equal ; lip pouched or spurred, with an entire or 



