Megaclinium. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). 43 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Mt. Chiradzulu, at Namalowe, 2000- 
2500 ft., on rocks and trees, Meller! Mt. Mlanje, McClounie, 23! 
The description of the flowers is taken from Reichenbach, none now remaining on 
the type specimens preserved at Kew. The Mlanje specimens consist of flowering 
racemes only, but apparently belong to the same species. 
18. M. Bufo, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 42. Rhachis elongate- 
linear, acute, much flattened, 8) in. long, 6-7 lin. broad; margin 
obscurely repand-crenulate, green. Bracts reflexed, linear-oblong from 
a broadly triangular base, subobtuse, 2 lin. long. Flowers speckled, 
8-10 lin. apart, somewhat pubescent. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, 34 lin. long; lateral ones with broadly triangular 
base, lanceolate-acuminate above, 3 lin. long, 24 lin, broad at the base. 
Petals lanceolate-oblong, acute, 3 lin. long. Lip flat, 2 lin. long, 14 lin. 
broad, purple; base broadly ovate-orbicular; apex oblong, subobtuse, 
reflexed. Column very stout, 4 lin. long; teeth oblong, subobtuse, 
4 lin. long.— Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1841, 348, with fig. Bulbophyllum 
Bufo, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 258. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Loddiges, cultivated specimen! 
Described from a single inflorescence, which flowered in Messrs, Loddiges’ Nursery 
in 1841. Nothing further is yet known of the species. 
An inflorescence of the very different species, M. triste, Rolfe, is attached to the 
same sheet in Lindley’s Herbarium, and appears to have been added afterwards, but 
without information as to its origin. 
19. M. Lindleyi, Aalt: Pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid-oblong, 
1}-2 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 34—4 in, long, 
6-8 lin. broad. Scape suberect, 14 ft. long; rhachis ensitorm-falcate, 
very thin, light green, 10—11 in. long, } in. broad in the middle ; margin 
obscurely repand-crenate. Bracts reflexed, subulate-linear from a broad 
base, 1} lin. long. Flowers 5-6 lin. apart, yellowish-green, speckled 
with brown. Pedicels 24 lin. long. Dorsal sepal erect, spathulate, 
obtuse or minutely apiculate, obscurely crenulate, 34 lin. long, 14 lin. 
broad ; lateral ones reflexed, basal half broadly triangular-ovate, nearly 
2 lin. long; apex linear, subacute. Petals linear-oblong, subobtuse, 
somewhat falcate, } lin. long. Lip recurved, linear-oblong from a 
somewhat broader base, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column broad, } lin. long ; 
margin winged ; teeth short, subacute.— Megaclinium maximum, Lindl. 
Bot. Reg. t. 1959 (not of Gen. & Sp. Orch.); Bot. Mag. t. 4028 ; Hook. 
Cent. Orch. 16, t. 3 (flaccidum on plate). Bulbophyllum maximum, 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 259. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Loddiges, cultivated specimen! 
This species has been confused by Lindley with his previously described 
M. maximum, and hence requires a new name. It is only known by the figure and 
an inflorescence in Lindley’s Herbarium. The locality can only be assumed from his 
remarks, but is probably correctly given here. 
20. M. platyrhachis, Kolfe. Rhizome stout and woody. Pseudo- 
bulbs l in. or more apart, oblong, strongly +-angled, 14-3 in. long, 
2-leaved. Scapes 8-10 in. long; rhachis very broadly dilated, 4-6 in. 
