^ ^ AN^-ALS OP KOXAL BOTANIC GAEDEIf, CALCUTTA.
P L A T E 46.
EULOPIIIA EXPLANATA, Lindi.
E. explamia-, scapo aphyllo, bract JÌS subulatis ovario breriorlbus, scpalis oratoo
b l o n g i s acutis basi labolli breTÌtcr adiiatis, potalis ktioribus ellipticis aoatis ó-uérviis,
Libello oblongo T. subpanduriformi basi saccato apico truncato emargiaato v. 2-lobo
c a r i i i i s 3 craasis canmculatis pcrcurso. Lindi. Gcn. and Sp. Orchid. 180; IIoolc. f . FI.
hrit. Ind. vi. 3 et in Hook. le. Plant, t. 18S2. Dipodium scariosum, Ilerh. Ham.
IIAB.—NEPAL; ab Maghiela,
Eerh. Mori. Calcutla).
1 t h e Morung, Hamilton. N.-W. INDIA, Falconer [le. in
Leaves not fully developed at flowering time, afterwards 4—6 in. long, oblong-ovate,
a c u m i n a t e , plicate. Scape 4—8 in., rather stout, 4—10-fld., sheathed at the base; bracts
A—i in., appressed to the pedicel, which with the ovary is about f in. and spreading;
flowers nearly 1 in. diam. Sepals and petals widely spreading or retiurved, pale purp
l i s h - b r o w n wiib a broad pale central band and b^se; lip as long as the sepals, basal
p a r t or hypochil with a broad conical obtuse sac and short broad auricles; epicliil
s p r e a d i n g , golden yellow with the sides transversely barred with short rccurved reel
n e r v e s . Colimn short, stout. PolUnia globose, strap short, gland small orbicular.
A very interesting plant, only inown for many years by a Boütary specimen in Lindley's Herbarium,
labelled as a native of Ceylon, where it was unknown to all Cingalese botanists and collectors.
On esatnining tlio Orchide® of Buclianan-Hamilton's Herbarium, now at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden,
and kindly lent to me when preparing the Orchidete for the Flora of British India, I found a specimen
of a Eulophia so precisely the counterpart of that in Lindley's Herbarium of E. e^phnala as to leave no
doubt that (as in a good many other eases) Lindley's habitat was an error; and I consequently
figured it in the "leones Plantarum" (li?82) as a Nepal plant. I now find the excellent figure here
reproduced of the same species in the Calcutta Herbarium collection of drawings, which confirms the Nepal
habitat, and enables mo to give the colour of the flowers. As a species E. cr¡)lanata is perhaps nearest
to E. bracteosa, Lindl, (including E. grandiflora, Lindl.), a native of the Khosia Hills, Chittagong, etc.,
and to which Lindley has also assigned the erroneous habitat of Ceylon; it difiers from that plant in the
short bracts, the sepals not rouuded at the tip, and in the, petals and lip being by no means obovate.
The Calcutta drawing here reproduced bears the inscription "PAnia, Nepal (date and origin uncertain)."
I t represents a much larger specimen than Harcilton's.
Fig. 1, flower with the sepals and petils detached; 2, aotUerj 8 and 4, polliaia r—o/J enlarged.
P L A T E S 47, 48, 49, 50.
EüLOPniA {Cyrloperu) KUDA, Lindl.
E. meda-, elata, robusta, rhizomate tuberoso crasso, scapo aphyllo paucivaginato,
r a c e m o laxifloro, floribus magni» suberectis, perianthii foliolis conniventi b u s falcatis
v . apicibus recurvis, sepalis lineari-oblongis lanceolati&ve acutis v. acutniuafcis, petalis
b r e v i o r i b u s obìongo-ovatis obtusioribus, labello erecto hypochilio basi saccato, sacco
c o n i c o incurvo obtuso v. subrotundato, lobis lateralibus rotundatia, epichilio rotund
a t o V. lato spathuiato retuso v. bi-eviter bilobo marginibus crispato-crenatis, disco
n c r v i s crenulatis plus minusve cristato, anthera late conica latiore quam longa apice
ö - l o b a , polliniis oblongis divaricatie caudicula brevi lata, gianduia transversa. Lindi, in
A CENTUEr OP II.•DIA^' OECHIDS ; (J. D. HOOEEE), ÍJ3
Wall. Cat. H. 7371 et Gen. ajid Sp. Orchid 180; Hook. f . Fl. Brit. Ind. vi G. E. fusca,
Bin me Orchid. Archip. Ind. 182 in nota. E. bicolor, Dab. in Hook. Em Journ. Bot.
iii. (1857) 343; Dalz. and Gils. Bomb. Fl. 204. Cyrtopera fusca, Wi f f / a le. t. 1690; Lindl.
in. Journ. Lim. Sne. iii. 31; Thuiaites Enurn. PI. Zeyl. 429. C. plicata', Lindl. in. Wall.
Cat. n. 73Ü2 et Gen. and Sp. Orchid, ¿90. C. nuda, lieichb. f. in Flora, 1872, 374.
C. Gardneri, Thwailes I. c. 302. C. mysorensis, Lu/dl. vi Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 32.
C. lasiHora, Qardn. inss.. Dipodium Rouiayte and plicatum, Herh. Ham.—? Rhced-i TLort.
Mai. xii. t. 26.
IÍAB.—TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards. ASSAM, MUNNIPORE, PEGU
TEXÍSSERIH, and Urmt BUKMA; the DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Cunean southwards-
CEYLON, in the Cent ral Province.
Tuber large, often 3 in. diameter, marked with transverso ridges, which bear the red
fibrous remains of old Icaf-sheaths; roots lai-go long, vermiform, from all parts of the
t u b e r s . Lcafing-stem 6—10 in. sheathed and ridged, bearing several lanceolate acuminate
p l i c a t e leaves 4—6 in. long or more, not fully developed till after flowering. Flowerir.q
stem or scape leafless, 2 — 3 ft. high, as thick as a goose's or swan' s quill, sheathed towards
t h e base. Raceme loosely 6-10-fld., erect; bracts variable in length, short in var.
viacrantha-, pedicel with ovary asccndiug, §—1 in. long. Flowers 1 — i n . long, curvcd;
l a t e r a l sepals inserted on the sac of the Hp, which- is rather shorter than the sepals^
a n d like them ascending or erect at the base with a. broad explanato recurved epichile. '
When studying tho Orchideco from the Flora of British India, I Lad examined a great many specimens
of this noble species under different names from voa-ious paa-ts of India, without being able to separate
any ore as a distinct species, or to group them all under well-defined varieties (the latter a veiy dangerous
process with dried specimens of Orchidro). This was previous to my receiving the loan of the CaXcnitu
collcetion of orchid drawings, whereiu I find a splendid series of coloured portraits of Eulophias which not
only come under the definition of E. nvda, but which differ so much in habit and colour of flowers that
I cannct help suspecting that they may include more than ono species. I have therefore considered
It best to reproduce the most divergent forms that are represented in the aforesaid collection and
leave it to more estended obsei-vation to discover whether any or oU of them should rauk as swecics
They are— ^
Pi.ATE 47. This appears to me to agree most closely with Lindley's E. nuda from Nepal • ifc ig
of medium size, with gi'een sepals and petals suflused with dull purple towards their bales' as is
the sac of the lip, which (the lip) is not longer than the sepals. It is inscribed «Dar'eelinff Mav
18G2, T. Anderson-, Fli. in H. B. G., Ap.il 1875, G. King; introduced from Sikkim.»
PLATE 48, voi-. macran/ha, is a very taU stout plant, with much shorter bracts, the pedicel anl
fiowei-s not so ercct, the sepals mi petals broader, pale greea; the Hp is white and much lnr„
than the sepals. It is inscribed "Phajus ? Dai-jeeling."
PLATE 49, var. purpurea, is also a tail plant, with the rnther spreading pedicels of var
but it ha. the long bracts of the other vars.; the flowers are very large: t í a . . . J Z Z . Z T Z
pm^le. the petals much broader, rose pink streaked with darker pink, and the red.pua.ple bp i W v
longer then the sepals. It is inscribed "Sikkim No. 3, 1-10-67 drawn, 18-5-70.» ^ ^
PLATE 50 vax. Andenom, is apparently a smaller form, but evidently in a yourig state • the
are large, the pedicel and ovary npcurved as in Plate 47, and flowers nearly C 1 ' f
broad of a deep purple and green, the petals narrow and pinkish purple as is the Hp wJcl
longer than the sepals. It is inscribed "Cyrtopera purpurea, T. Anders., mss. var, d a w ^ . ^ ,
^ I d specimen, Darjeeling, May 1862.-fld. in H. B. C. May 1667 from Darjeeli^g-^^ A » P . T
plate 50 represents the "fld. H. B, C. May 1867." ^a r j e e ü n g - l . A. PiobuUy
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