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pallidis ampliatis, acuminatis instructo ; racenio 10-floro ; bracteis 

 minimis ovato-lanceolatis membranaceis ; sepalis petalisque con- 

 niventibus subsimilibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis flavis; petalis 

 parum minoribus et obtusioribus ; labello parvo tenui quam sepala 

 breviore trilobo, lobis lateralibus parvis obtusis, medio oblongo 

 ovato obtuso barbatulo, flavo ochreo-maculato ; calcare nullo. 



Kara in arboribus Aukafana, Deans Cowan in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species is allied to E. ensata, Lindley, a native of Sierra 

 Leone, but differs in the absence of spur, fewer flowers, and less 

 beardt-d lip. The bases of the sepals and petals are prolonged 

 backwards and downwards, so as to form a short gibbosity, in 

 which, however, the lip takes no share. The small lip is narrowed 

 at the base, and its lateral lobes, when spread out, are curved 

 outwards at the apices ; the median lobe is slightly bearded in the 

 middle. The flowers are greenish yellow, and seem never to open 

 widely ; the lip is yellow as if stained with ochre. 



The description is taken from a single specimen and an excel- 

 lent coloured drawing by Deans Cowan. 



Eitlophia eamosa, n. sp. ; scapo paniculato, ramis gracilibus, 

 bracteis lanceolatis acutis ; floribus pluribus, E. concoloris sub- 

 aequalibus ; sepalis petalisque ligulatis subspathulatis, basi angus- 

 tatis, pateutibus ; sepalis longioribus versus apicem dilatatis ; 

 labello angusto recto trilobo, lobis lateralibus oblongis, marginibus 

 exterioribus rectis integris, apicibus obtusis crispis, lobo medio 

 oblongo ovato, apice emarginato, marginibus crispis, in medio 

 cristis tribus brevibus ; calcare conico obtuso curvo pendulo 

 brevi ; columna crassiuscula brevi ; stigtnate oblongo ovato. 



Ankafana, Beans Cowan. Madagascar, no special locality, 

 Ililsenberg and Bojer. 



E. beravensis, BeichenbachJiL, Otia Hamburg, fasc. ii. p. 74.— 

 Collected at Beravi, " in collibus arenosis in umbrosis frutice- 

 torum, Juli 1879," Hildebrandt no. 3055 ! Forms according to 

 Professor Eeichenbach the type of a new section of the genus, 

 distinguished by the leaves not springing from the pseudobulb 

 as in the rest of the genus, but from the summit of a cylindrical 

 stiff bare stem, which in the specimen in the British Museum 

 herbarium is about a foot in height. The flowers are not larger 

 than those of E. pulchra. 



E. reitculata, n. sp.; rhizomate repente, radicibus validulis 

 albis, foliis paucis teretibus acutis ; scapo erecto, basi vaginis 



