134 VANDEiE.
falconer, Udjeioorlh, &c.; Lansdowne in Brit. Garhwal, 5-6,000 feet, Capi. Roberts;
Kuruaon below Naini Tiilj Colonel Davidson, Flowers during June and July. It
extends eastwards to Bengal, aud southwai'ds to Kanara, the Kookan and Mysore.
Tke Bpeoimens from "Western aud S. India have usually much smaller flowers, tlie petals often
hare purple -veins, and ths spur is longer. This is no doubt Lindley's bicolor.
P l a t e 108. Eulophia herbacea Lindl—kn entire plant;—re^acei? to half size.
Portion of a flowering stem,—of natural sise. Fig. 1, single flower; 2, ditto with
sepals and petals removed; 3, lip spread out] 4, column front view; 5, side view of
d i t t o ; 6, front view of anther; 7, side view of ditto; 8 and 9, pollinia;—all enlarged.
2. EoLOPniA Maceixnohi Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. k s i , pt. ii, 40. '
Rhisome composed o£ a series ot flattened triangular-shaped tubers. Pseudo-stem about
2 dm. long, proceeding from the summit of the bulb-like current year's tuber (pseadobulb).
Leaves usually two, appearing with the flowers, 7 to 8 dm. long and 5 to 8 cm.
broad, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into long sheaths and with a few leafless
sheaths below, prominently nerved and plicate. Scape shorter than the leaves,
arising from the side of the pseado-bulb, bearing three or four loosely sheathing
bracts. Flowers rather large, spreading or deflexed; floral hract equalling or exceeding
tlie ovary, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, persistent. Sepals and petals erect, fleshy,
yellow tinged with reddish-brown, the veins prominent outside. Dorsal sepal 1-7 cm.
long, ovate, obtase, subcordate at the base, 9-veined, the margin at the apex iuflexed;
lateral a little longer than the dorsal, unequal at the base. Petals shorter than the
sepals, obi on g-ob ovate, obtuse, their margins overlapping and reflexed at the apex.
Lip 3-lobed, with long erect rather shallow side lobes, its body with 5—7 parallel
purple-coloured ridges which extend into a caraneulate area within the terminal lobe;
terminal lobe broad, roundud and with undulate edges. Spur short, geniculate. Column
short, broadly winged, its foot very slightly produced. Anther bicornute at the apex,
its lip 2-toothed; pollinia transversely oval, attached by a broad caudicle to a shallow
crescent-shaped gland. E. bicolor Falc. MSS. (not of Lindl. nor of Dalz.).
N.-W. India, Royle (named E. licolor Falc. MSS.); Siwalik range, Vicary; Cehra
Dun, Maekinnon, Duthie's collector Nos. 21748, 22723, 2 i l 6 1 ; Patli Dun in Gfarhwal,
Duthie's collector No. 25789; Bahraich district in N. Oudh, Duthie'a collector No. 23799.
I t has also been found by Mr. J. Marten of the Forest Survey Dept. in the Raipur
district of the Central Provinces. It flowers during July and August.
This plant appears to be most nearly related to E. geiiiculata King & Paatl., an extremely rare
Sikkim species. It differs, hoT.-ever, in the shape of the rhizome, the very muoh broader leares, and
in the shape and oolour of the lip. It also resembles E. bracteosa Lindl., but the bracts are not
BO long, the leaves are much broader, and the lip is distinctly S-lobed.
P l a t e 107. Eulophia Mackinnoni Duthie.—An entire plant,—one-fifth of natural size.
A leaf aud portion of flowering scape,—of natural size. Fig. 1, single flower seen from
below; 2, side view of ditto, with sepals and petals removed; 3, column and spur;
i. lip; flattened out; 5, lip and anther ia situ seen from atove; 6, front view of
anther: 7, back view of ditto; 8, pollinia ; - all enlarged.
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3. Eulophia ESPLANATA Lindl, Gen. and Sp. Orch. 180.
Height of plant 2 to 2-5 dm. Pseudo-Mb ovoid, about 5 cm. long, annulated.
Pseudo-stem 4 to 5 cm. long. Leaves young at the time of flowering, lanceolate,
acuminate, plicate, attaining 3 dm. in length and 1 dm, in breadth when fully grown,
broadly elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into a short petiole, 7-veined, Scape
2 to 2'0 dm., arising from below the summit of the pseudo-bulb and bearing two
loose sheaths at its base. Raceme laxly many-flowered; flowering bract shorter than
the slender ovary, lanceolate, "acuminate. Flowers about 2'5 cm. across. Sefals and
petals about equal in length, spreading, yellow with pur])le lines and blotches, 5-nerved,
tlie nerves with transverse connecting veinlets. Sepals spathulate-lanceolate, acute.
Petals broader, oblong and rounded at the apex. Lip a little shorter than the
sepals and petals, 3-lobed, subpanduriform when flattened out, adnato by its base
to the lateral sepals; basal lobes rounded, erect and forming a conical sac at their
base; terminal lobe oblong, with a rounded emarginate apex, the edges deflexeddisk
with two very prominent crenate lamell» and with a shorter interposed one, all
three abruptly terminating within the margin of the apical lobe. Column short, its
foot very slightly produced. Anther emarginate at the apex; pollinia 2, subglobose,
attached to a sliort broad caudicle, and this to a conical gland. Hook. Ic. PI.
1882; Hook, f, Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 3. Dipodium scariosim Herb. Ham.
N-W. India, Falconer; Dehra Dun and up to 3,000 feet on the Mussoorie
range, Maekinnon {Duthie's No. 22710); Sub-Himalayan tracts of Pilibhit and N. Oudh
Duthiés collector Nos. 2279t, 22801, 23859, 23860; Nepal Terai, Dutkie's collector
No. 23858; Garhwál, Dutkie's collector Nos. 25791, 25792. Flowers during May. Also
in Nepal at Maghada in the Morung, Buchanan-Hamilton.
Sir Joseph Hooter regards this plant as an anomalous species with ths habit of sn Australian
Dipodium. The upper surface of the lip is white tinged with yellow and beautifully marked with
reddish-purple veins.
P l a t e 108. Eulophia explanata Lindl—A.n entire plant and a full-grown leaf,—
of natural size. Fig. 1, a single flower; 2, ditto, uith the sepals and petals removed; 3,
lip, flattened out; 4, column; 5, anther; 6 and 7, pollinia;—all enlarged.
4. Eulophia Hoemusjii Duthie.
Pseudo-stem about 1 dm. long, bearing two tightiy-fitting eulcate subacute sheaths.
Leaves two, developing late, 3 to 3-6 dm. long, and 1-5 to 3 cm. in breadth, narrowly
elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate. Scape stout, 2 to 3-3 dm, long, rising from the
summit of a depressed tuber, clothed at intervals with loose membranous lanceolate
acuminate sheathing bracts, many and rather densely flowered. Flowers about 2'ñ cm.
across, spreading and at length deflexed; floral hract variable in length, lanceolate,
acuminate, membranous, brownish. Sepals and petals attached to the column, erectoputent,
12 mm. long, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, bluntly mucronate, pale green
with purple veins. Lip with spur a little longer than the sepals and petals; basal
portion and side lobes deep purple; side lobes erect, rounded, entire; terminal lobe
orbicular, obscurely bifid, yellow, with an undulate erose margin; basal portion of