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EULOPHIA ensata. 
Sword-leaved Lulophia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OncuivE#&. § Vander Lindl. 
EULOPHIA. Supra, vol. 12. fol. 1002. 
E. ensata; foliis strictis ensiformibus plicatis, seapo radicali vaginato, 
racemo capitato, labelli lobo medio linguiformi barbato, calcare recto 
conico abbreviato, bracteis membranaceis venosis. 
Radix tuberosus, semisubterraneus, subrotundus, depressus, cicatrizatus. 
Caules simplices, stricta, pedales, foliis ensiformibus, strictis, plicatis, 
Bletie more provenientibus. Scapus radicalis, pedalis, vaginatus, superne 
nudus, vaginis bracteisyue membranaceis venosis: his ovario longioribus. 
Flores Zutes, fere wnciam longi, in racemo arcto subcapitato glomeratt. 
Perianthium patens. Sepala 3 exteriora base imbricata, ovali-lanceolata, 
equalia: lateralibus antice cordatis, margine anteriore labello suppostto ; 
2 interiora minora, conformia. Labellum anticum, oblongum, calcaratum, 
cucullatum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, obtusis, glabris, inter- 
medio linguiformt disco barbato, calcare brevi, recto, conico, retuso. Columna 
labello mult) brevior, caleare pauld longior, semiteres, marginata. Stigma 
transversum, excavatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, decidua, emar- 
ginata, bilocularis, septuli rudimento nullo. Pollinia 2, alté sulcata, cere- 
acea, caudiculd brevi, glanduld transversa. 
We received this plant, in July 1827, from Mr. Tate, of 
the Sloane Street Nursery, as a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. We believe, however, that it is peculiar to 
the colony of Sierra Leone, where roots were originally . 
found by Mr. George Don, and by him transmitted to the 
Horticultural Society in 1822. It is a tender stove plant, 
extremely difficult to cultivate, being lable to rot from 
various causes. In growth it resembles the West Indian 
Bletias, like them dying down to the ground periodically. 
Root tuberous, semi-subterraneous, roundish, depressed, 
covered with scars. Stems simple, straight, a foot high, 
with ensiform, ‘straight, plaited leaves. Scape from the 
