Etttophia.] cXxxVi. orchide^. 141 
short caudicle to a disc. Species numerous especially in Africa, 
Indo-Malaya. 
Pseudobulb short; leaves broad herbaceous; scape 
terminal; column short broad; sepals gibbous 
at base. (1) E. squalida 
Pseudobulb large; leaves linear grassy; scape 
lateral. 
Leaves narrow; scape branched; lip side-lobes 
blunt . . . . . . . (2) E. graminea 
Leaves lanceolate linear; scape simple; lip side- 
lobes acute . . . . . . (3) E. Keithii 
Pseudobulb rhizomatous, no leaves . . . (4) E. macrorrhiza 
(1) E. squalida LindL Bot. Reg. 1841; Misc. 77; Ridl. Mat. 
i. 137. E. elata Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 3. 
Pseudobulb conic short. Leaves appearing with the flowers, 
lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 18 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Scape 1 to 
i*5 ft. tall. Flowers numerous. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 
•5 in. long. Ovary and pedicel 1 in. long. Upper sepal lanceolate 
cuspidate, laterals prolonged at base into a conic mentum *25 in. 
long, brownish green, -5 in. long. Petals ovate-oblong crisp, veins 
on disc thick 4, base of lip ochreous, side-lobes veined ochre, tip 
pale lilac. Column broad with large opening to mentum, spur 
white streaked pink. Anther conic with 2 white or crimson knobs. 
Capsule fusiform, 2 in. long. Hab. Common in open grassy country. 
Singapore, Tanglin; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu Paliat; Kota 
Tinggi (Ridley); Sedili River (Nanson). Malacca, Machap (Derry). 
Negri Sembilan, in old rubber fields (Williams). Perak (Scortechini). 
Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes. 
Hooker's E. data is based on Scortechini’s specimen 2023, which is E. 
squalida, but Scortechini’s drawing 2023 is of E. macrorrhiza. 
(2) E. graminea Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 182; Ridl. Mat. 
i. 137. E. inconspicua Griff. Notulce, 349; Ic. PI. As. t. 326. 
Pseudobulbs conic, 4 in. long, 1 in. thick, green. Leaves linear 
acute, 6 in. long, -25 in. wide. Scapes lateral, 1 to 3 ft. tall, slender 
branched. Flowers numerous, 1 in. long. Bracts -12 in. long, 
linear acuminate. Sepals lanceolate-linear acute. Petals little 
broader green with brown reticulations. Lip side-lobes blunt; 
midlobe obovate undulate crisp, white veined violet, white-hairy; 
nerves on disc 3, spur short clubbed. Column slender erect. 
Anther broad 2 purple processes at top. Capsule elliptic, 3 in. 
long. Hab. Common in fields and open sandy spots. Singapore 
(Wallich, Cuming). Chan Chu Kang, Johor, Batu Pahat (Kelsall). 
Malacca. Bukit Sabukor (Derry); Pulau Besar (Maingay). Pa¬ 
hang, Sungei Meang. Negri Sembilan, Siliau (Williams). Kelantan 
near Kota Bharu (Ridley). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). Perak 
(Scortechini). Penang (Curtis). Pulau Adang. Lankawi, Kwah 
(Curtis). Perlis. Setul. Distrib. India, Siam. Native name: 
Bawang Hantu. 
