Eulalia
(from eu, well, and lalia, speech; in reference to the high reputation of the plants). ORD. Gramineoe. The very ornamental hardy grass described below should properly be referred to the genus Miscanthus. The varieties are well suited for growing in large pots or tubs in unheated conservatories; they also from excellent border plants in any good ordinary soil. Increased freely by divisions.
E. japonica (Japanese). fl. purplish, in panicles 8in. to 12in. long. l. linear-lanceolate, 3ft. in. length, deep green in colour. Japan.
E. j. foliis striatis (striated-leaved).* l. with a creamy band running through the centre of each.
E. j. zebrina (zebra-leaved).* A very handsome form, with leaves having bars of yellow running crosswise, not longitudinally, as in the foregoing variety. EULOPHIA (from eulophos, handsome-crested; referring to the handsome labellum or lip, which is furrowed into elevated ridges). ORD. Orchideae. A numerous genus of stove terrestrial orchids, a few of which are pretty. Flower-scapes either simple or branched, bearing few or many flowers; sepals and petals nearly equal; lip pouched or spurred, with an entire or trilobed limb, bearded or crested in the middle. Leaves grassy, or lance-shaped and plaited. For culture, see Calanthe.
E. Dregiana (Drege's). fl. produced on spikes sepals; and petals chocolate-colour; lip white. Cape of Good Hope.
E. euglossa (pretty-lipped). fl., sepals and petals green, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal, spreading; lip trifid; lateral segments semi-ovate, acute, greenish-yellow; middle segment semi-oblong, acute, somewhat crisp, white, with some radiating purple streaks on the base; spur clavate, green. l. cuneate. oblong, acute, 1ft. long. Old Calabar, 1866. A rather curious plant, requiring plenty of heat to flower it successfully. (B. M. 5561.)
E. guineensis (Guinea). fl. whitish-pink; lip membranous, complete; spur ascending. May to November. l. lanceolate, nerved. h. 1ft. Sierra Leone, 1822. E. Helleborina (Helleborine). See Habenaria Helleborina.
E. macrostachya (large-spiked). fl. shortly pedicellate, 1in. in diameter across the lateral sepals, erecto-patent; lip very concave, golden-yellow, with red-purple stripes on the disk, broader than long, obtusely shallowly three-lobed. January. l. about two, from the top of the pseudo-bulb, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted into a petiole, membranous, plaited, about three-ribbed. Pseudo-bulbs elongate, conical, terete, striated. Ceylon, 1837. A very desirable plant, on account of its late flowering. (B. M. 6246.)
E. virens (greenish). fl., sepals and petals yellowish-green, tessellated with brown lines, nearly equal, oblong, bluntly pointed, narrowed at base; lip longer than the petals, white, with purple streaks, three-lobed, the lateral ones being shortened, and the central one crisp at margin, obtuse and recurved at apex, and furnished with rows of dark hairs along its disk; spur short, conical. Pseudo-bulbs roundish-ovate, 2in. to 3in. long, bearing several narrow grassy leaves. Ceylon, 1866. (B. M. 5579.)