Liparis. ] CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). 21 
base.—Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 265. Sturmia abyssinica, Reichb. 
f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 527. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Mt. Sholoda, near Adowa, Quartin Dillon. 
Only known to me from the original description, ‘The author compares it with 
the Mauritian Z. purpurascens, Lindl., and the South Indian L. alata, A. Rich, 
remarking that the leaves are not undulate as in the former, and the rbachis not 
winged nor the lateral sepals free as in the latter. 
5. L. Bowkeri, Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 6, t. 109. Stems covered 
with the loose sheathing bases of the leaves, 1-3 in. high, 2—3-leaved. 
Leaves broadly ovate or elliptical-oblong, obtuse, petiolate; blade 14-4 
in. long, 1-24 in. broad. Scapes 3-5 in. long; racemes lax. Bracts 
ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 
lanceolate-linear, obtuse, 4-5 lin. long; lateral ones falcate-oblong, 
obtuse, 3-4 lin. long. Petals elongate-linear, very narrow, 5-6 lin. 
long. Lip broadly elliptical-oblong, obtuse, shortly unguiculate ; margin 
slightly undulate, equalling the lateral sepals; base bituberculate. 
Column slender, 2 lin. long; wings rounded, obtuse.—Ridl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxii. 270; Kranz]. in Engl. Pü. Ost-Afr. C. 154. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 6000-6500 ft., 
Voikens, 2094! British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 698! 
Found also in extra-tropical South-east Africa. 
6. L. gracilis, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. ix. 138. Rhizomes 
slender, creeping. Stems slender, erect, 4—14 in. high, 2-3-leaved. 
Leaves lanceolate to ovate, narrowed at the base into a short sheathing 
petiole, limb 3—14 in. long, 3—5 lin. broad. Scapes 23 in. high; raceme 
lax, few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate-ovate, acute, 1 lin. long. Pedicels 
4 lin. long. Dorsal sepal lanceolate-linear, obtuse, 3 lin. long; lateral 
ones united nearly to the apex in a suborbicular body, 2 lin. long. 
Petals narrowly falcate-linear, obtuse, a little longer than the sepals. 
Lip reniform-ovate, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, with three inconspicuous 
keels in the middle ; base bituberculate. Column slender, with short, 
broad, obtuse wings. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Quintas, 9! 
Allied to the preceding, but a smaller, more slender plant in every respect. 
"E, Welwitschii, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865,184. Rhizome creep- 
ing. Stems erect, slender, 3 in. high, 3~4-leaved. Leaves ovate, 
subobtuse, petiolate, blade 1-14 in. long, 3-1} in. broad; petioles 4—} in. 
long, with narrow, sheathing base. Racemes dense, peduncled, about 
2 in. long. Flowers very small, dark purple; lip with white margin. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate ; lateral ones ovate-oblong, much broader. 
Petals linear, obtuse. Lip short, cordate, obtuse, rather fleshy, without 
basal ealli, about equalling the lateral sepals, Column semiterete, 
slightly curved, without wings. Capsule elliptical-oblong, shortly 
stalked, 2-3 lin. long.—Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Xx 280. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 660! 
