1 7 6 OR CHI D S OF THE SIKZIM-HIMALATJ..
a small carunculate process in its interior. The petals of the plant hero described
are almost rotund and quite entire, -while in Y. japónica they are oblong with broad
oblique serrate apices. Tho Japanesa species moreover has more slender sterna than
Y. Prainii, with longer flower-pedicels and a stouter rhizonio sparsely clothed with larger
scales. In the present species the flowers aro white throughout.
PLATE 237.—Yoania Prainu, King and Pnntling. A plant; of natiirnl sisi. Fig. I a flower, 2 apes
of OTarj> column (the anther ha^mg been removed) and lip, 3 petals, 4 lip seen from aboYO, 5 front
Tiew of the column (the anther absent) sbowiug the polliuia t« sit», 6 pollinia and gland: all
enlarged and ail from a Sik/yint specimen ; 7 much enlarged view of a flower with the anther in
position, from one of Dr. JPratn's Noga Hill specimem.
34. Eulophia, ß. Brown.
Terresti-ial glabrous herbs with fleshy tubers or rliizomcs, rarely pseudo-bulbous.
Lsavis appearing along with or after tlie flowers, long, narrow, usually plicate (probably
sometimes absent). Scape usually lateral, crect, tall, sheathed, bearing a raceme (rarely
a pauicle). Sepals and petals free, spreading, often sub-equal. Lip adnate to tho base
of the column or to its foot, base saccate or with a short spur, usually 3-lobed; the
lateral lobes erect and embraciug the column; disc usually ridged or crested, Column
with or without a foot, its apes entii'c and often oblique, its margins sometimes winged
or lobcd. Author tenuinal, sometimes with two apical processes, its lip often toothed,
2-celled. Pollinia 2, globose, attached by a caudicle to the flat gland of the rostelhim.
Species aljout 100, chiefly Asiatic; all tropical.
Column with no foot or with a very short oue—
Infloresceuce faraaehed 1. E. gramínea.
Inflorescence not branched—
Spur of lip wide, comcfd . . i
Spur of lip ¿aorfc, geniculate
Spur of lip short, straight, cyUndrio
Column with a long foot—
Petals obovate, floral bract strongly deflosed . . .
Petals obbng or ovate-oblong—
Lip without side lobes, its upper surface with about nme
S. E. Mannii.
S. E. genieulata.
If. E. campestris.
5. E. sanguinea.
faint vertical lines 8. S. mda.
Lip with side lobes; the upper sra-face with two lines below
tho middle, each ending m a free tooth, and above
the middle with five carunculate ridges . . . . . . 7. E. hicarinata.
UoTE.—Two species of Eulophia atfrituted i : attributed ^
i the Flora o£ British Indii to i
lud arc thsreforo not dcscril>ed here
Bhutan, have ne'î'er been found by us
No, 14. E. sUnopetala, Lindl. Said to have been collected by Crriifith in Bhntaa.
Ko. 18. E. demißora. Lindl. Colleeted at tho foot of tho Sikkim range by Sir J. D. Hooker, and
in Bhutan by Griffltli.
No. 21. E. eandida, Hook, fil. Colleeted at tho base o£ tho Sikkim-Him al aya by Sir J . D, Hooker.
1. EULOPHIA GEAÍIINEA, Lindl, in Wall. Cat., 7372; Gen. and Spec.
Orch., 182.
Fseudo-hulb obpyi-ifonn, 1 to 4 in. long, epigajal. Leaves persistent, linear, acute,
sheathing at the base, 8 to 14 in. long and 4 to 5 in. broad. Scape from the side of the
pseudo-bulb, branched, longer than the leaves (often measuring as much as 30 in.), witli
several broad-based, acuminate sheaths near tho base and others scattered in tho upper
part. Flowers distant, '75 in. across; floral Iract lanceolate, shoi-ter than the stalked
ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, oblaiiceolate, acute, spreading; the petals a little
broader than tho sepals, the venation in all netted. Lip equal in length to the sepals
and petals but broader, oblong-oblanceolato in general outhnc; tho side lobes naii'ow,
with blunt apices, pointing foi-wards; apical lobe sub-rotund, imdulate, but not lobed; the
upper stixface with five ridges extending from base to apex, the edges entire between the
side lobes but fimbriate on the apical lobe. Spur short, wide, bulbous. Column straight,
without wings or foot. Anther with two bosses iu front. Pollinia sub-quadrate, tho
caudicle short and the gland small. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 23; Hook. fil. PI.
13r. Ind. VI, 2. E. inconspicua, Griff. NotuL, 349; Ic. Plant. Asiat,, t. 32G; Liudl. in
Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 24.
Sikkim, at the foot of tho range; flowering iu March, common; Pantling, No. 438.
Assam, Plains of Bengal, Travancore, Ceylon; also in Tcnasserim, the Nicobar Islands,
Malacca and Singapore.
The sepals and petals are green with reddish nerves, the lip white with red on the
ridges; they are not phcate. The short spur is slightly dilated at the apex. The leaves
of the previous year are present in a withered condition at the time of flowering.
PLATE 23B,—Eulophia gramínea, Lindl. A plant; of natural dzo. Fig, 1 a flower, 2 floral bract,
ovary, column and lip, seen frovt the side, 3 Hp, 4 apes of ovary, column with the anther in situ, and
the spur, 5 anther, 6 poEinia; all enlarged.
2. EULOPHIA MANUII, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t. 2116; FL. Br.
Ind. VI, 4.
Height of entire plant 4 to 7 feet, the leaves and inflorescence rising from an oblong
flattened tuber about 3 or 4 in. long. Pseudo-stem formed by the sheaths enclosing
the bases of the leaves and scape, 2 to 3 feet long and 1 in. thick at the base, and with
long acuminate sheaths. Leaves about three, Knoar, aciuninate, much narrowed at the
base, 1 to 3-5 feet long and 1 to 2 in. broad. Scape 3 to 5 feet long, bearing fo\n- or
five tightly-clasping sheaths each about 1 foot long. Raceme 12 iu. long, lax. Fhwers
about 1 iu. across, deflexed, yellow; floral bract lanceolate, about half as long as the
slender stalked ovary. Sepals equal, oblanceoíate, acute; the lateral pair insetted on
the column and quite free from tho sac of the Hp. Petals broadly obovate, blunt. Lip
couically saccate at the base, as long as the sepals, oblong, 3-lobed; the side lobes
large, erect, roim.ded; tho apical lobe orbicular, crenate-undulate; the disc between the
side lobes with seven to nine more or less thickened nerves wliich nnito to foim a large
cai-unculato callus on the apical lobe. Column rather broad, narrowly winged, the foot
very short. Anther beaked at the base below its apex and with a singlo projecting
process on its smnmit. Pollinia 2, globular, attached by a cylindi-ic caudicle to a
triangular gland.
Sikkim, in tropical valleys; in flower during July and August; Pantling, Ko. 457.
Upper Assam; G. Mann.
The prevailing colom- of the parts of the flower is yellow, but the petals are streaked
with dull brown ou the inner sui'face. This is the taUcst growing Etdophia in Sikkim,
ANN, ROY. BOT. GARD., CALCUTTA, Vor. Till.