THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Eulophia.] C){XXVI. ORCHIDElE.
short caudicle to a disc. Species numerous especially III Africa,
Indo-Malaya.
Pseudo bulb short; leaves broad herbaceous; scape
termmal; column short broad; sepals gIbbous
at base . . . . . . . (I) E. squalida
Pseudobulb large; leaves lmear grassy; scape
lateral.
Leaves narrow; scape branched; bp SIde-lobes
blunt . . . . . . . (2) E. graminea
Leaves lanceolate lmear; scape simple; IIp sidelobes
acute . . . (3) E. Keithii
Pseudo bulb rhIzomatous, no leaves (4) E. macrorrhiza
(1) E. squalida Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841; Misc. 77; Ridl. Mat.
i. 137. E. elata Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 3.
Pseudo bulb conic short. Leaves appearing with the flowers,
lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 18 in. long, 1'5 in. wide. Scape I to
1'5 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 Rang. Johor, Batu Pahat; Rota
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. elata is based on ScortechmI's specimen 2023, which is E.
squaltda, but Scortechmi's drawing 2023 is of E. nzacrorrkiza.
(2) E. graminea Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 182; Ridl. Mat.
i. 137. E. inconspicua Griff. NotulCB, 349; Ie. Pl. As. t. 326.
Pseudobulbs conic, 4 in. long, I in. thick, green. Leaves linear
acute, 6 in. long, '25 in. wide. Scapes lateral, I to 3 ft. tall, slender
branched. Flowers numerous, I 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 Rang. Johor, Batu Pahat (Kelsall).
Malaq::a. Bukit Sabukor (Derry); Pulau Besar (Maingay). Pahang,
Sungei Meang. Negri Sembilan, SiIiau (Williams). Kelantan
near Kota Bharu (Ridley). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). Perak
(Scortechini). Penang (Curtis). Pulau Adang. Lankawi, Kwah
(Curtis). Pedis. Setul. Distrib. India, Siam. Native name,'
Bawang Hantu.