Eulophia. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). 53 
long. Pedicels 14-2 lin. long. Flowers yellow. Sepals and petals 
oblong or ovate-oblong, subacute, 2-24 lin. long. Lip elliptical-oblong, 
trilobed, 2-24 lin. long, 1} lin. broad; side lobes narrow and obtuse ; 
front lobe broadly oblong, retuse or emarginate ; nerves of disc five, 
each bearing a few suberect papille above the middle; spur oblong, 
obtuse, 1-14 lin. long. Column stout, 1 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Herimankuna, Scott-Elliot, 5248! Niger 
Territory: Nupe, in grassy valleys, Barter, 1480! 
Leaves are absent from the specimens. 
10. E. Monile, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 105. Pseudobulbs 
thickened, superposed. Leaves linear, acuminate, rigid, with two 
tubular sheaths at the base. Scapes slender, over 1 ft. high; basal 
sheaths distant, subacute; racemes lax, few-flowered. Flowers drooping, 
white. Bracts linear-setaceous, longer than the deflexed pedicels. 
Sepals linear-ligulate, acute. Petals shorter and more obtuse. Lip 
cuneate-oblong, trilobed; side lobes obtusely angled; front lobe ovate 
or obovate, emarginate, crenulate; disc with three minutely crested 
keels below, and five barbate lamell on the front lobe. Spur clavate, 
not a third as long as the ovary. Capsule oblong, 5 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Morro de Monino, 5000 ft., among mosses, 
near river, Welwitsch, 709 ! 
11. E. Protearum, Leichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 104. Rhizome 
thickened. Leaves linear-setaceous, cartilaginous. Scapes with two 
appressed nerved sheaths at the base, 9 in. high ; racemes few-flowered. 
Flowers yellow, with a trace of red. Sepals oblong-ligulate, acute, 
5 lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, acute, 5 lin. long. Lip trilobed ; side 
lobes obtusely angled ; front lobe ovate, crenulate at the sides ; dise with 
five keel-like nerves; spur clavate-cylindrical, 14 lin. long. Column 
cylindrical, apiculate. 
_ _Zower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Lopollo and Monino, sandy grassy places 
in Proteaceous woods, Welwitsch, 719 (not 739, as cited by Reichenbach), 
Of this species I have only seen a drawing, which is preserved in the British 
Museum. 
12. E. brevipetala, Rolfe. Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 1 in. long. 
Leaves (immature) fascicled, linear, acute, very short. Scapes slender, 
1-1} ft. high; racemes lax, few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 
1-1} lin. long. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 4—5 lin. long. Petals oblong 
or obovate-oblong, subobtuse, 2—24 lin. long, strongly 5-7-nerved. Lip 
3-3} lin. long, trilobed; side lobes narrow, obtuse; front lobe broadly 
elliptical-oblong, obtuse, undulate; disc three-keeled at the base, five- 
keeled above, nerves all fimbriate-villous. Column clavate, 1} lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : 600 ft. above Falaba, in a dry wood on top of a 
schistose hill, Scott-Elliot, 5224! 
Remarkable for the short petals. 
13. E. lurida, Lindl. Gen. £ Sp. Orch. 182. Epiphytic. Pseudo- 
