360 
orchide^]. (S. Moore.) 
[. Eulophia . 
bearing a small terminal rudiment of an anther. Capsule ovoid, 
crowned by the persistent perianth, 1 in. long. Limodorum seriptum, 
Thouars , Orch. Afr. tt. 46, 47 ; Rich. Orch. Maur. 48 ( excl . syn . ) ; 
Bojer , Sort. Maur. 313. 
Mauritius, forest on high mountains near the centre of island, Bojer. Also 
Bourbon and Madagascar. Bojer is the only authority for its recurrence in Mauritius. 
Var. ? con color. Sheathing leaf bases broader. Bracts | in. long. Lateral 
lobes of labellum shorter. Sepals and petals without the purple spotting. E. 
concolor, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 181. Limodorum concolor, Thouars , Orch. Afr. 
t. 45 ; Bojer , Sort. Maur. p. 313. Possibly the hermaphrodite form, though Thouars’ 
figure does not decide the point. I have seen no specimen. 
2. E. pulehra, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 182. Pseudobulbs oblong- 
ovoid, laterally compressed, If in. long. Leaves twin, crowning the 
naked pseudobulbs, broadly ovate-lanceolate, narrowed towards the 
base, membranous, many-nerved 10 in. long, 2 in. broad. Plowers in 
a rather close raceme, erect from the side of the base of the pseudo- 
bulb ; bracts f in. long ; pedicels ascending, f in. in length. Sepals 
and petals as in E. scripta, but smaller. Lateral lobes of the labellum 
almost obsolete ; mid-lobe ovate, crenulate, glabrous ; spur inflated, 
bifid, t X 2 in. long. Column stout, f in. in length. Capsule narrowly 
obovoid, 1 in. long. Limodorum pulchrum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. tt. 43, 
44 ; Rich. Orch. Maur. 49 ; Bojer, Sort. Maur. 313. 
Mauritius, in forests on high mountains near centre of the island, Bojer. Also 
Bourbon. Given as Mauritian on Bojer’s authority only. 
.3. E. monophylla, S. Moore. Pseudobulbs oblong, completely 
sheathed by persistent scales, f in. long, borne on a stout creeping root- 
stock giving off* numerous thick corky rootlets below. Leaves soli- 
tary, crowning the pseudobhlb, oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, f-1 in. 
broad, fleshy. Scape stout, erect from the side of the base of the 
pseudobulb, 7-9 in. high, bearing a few loose sheathing scales up to 
the few-flowered, dense, corymbose raceme. Flowers purplish, about 
\ in. diam. Sepals oblong-spathulate, f in. long. Petals a little 
longer, oblong, obtuse. Labellum prominently veined, its inner 
surface with two rectangular flat plates near the centre ; lateral lobes 
broad, truncate ; mid-lobe obcordate ; spur obtuse f in. long, almost 
at right angles to labellum. Column incurved, fin. long. Angrsecum 
monophyllum, Rich. Orch. Maur. 66, t. 9 ; Bojer , Sort. Maur. 315. 
CEceoclades maculata, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 237. 
Mauritius, the Pouce, Ayres ! Endemic. 
20. CYRTOPERA, Lindl. 
Sepals spreading, equal or the upper a little the shorter, the lateral 
ones inserted in the sides of the produced column-base. Petals ascend- 
ing, equal to or smaller than the sepals and similar to or unlike them. 
Labellum adnate to the end of the base of the column, more or less 
deeply 3-lobed, usually crested or fringed with rows of hairs on the 
