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Eulophia. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). D 
broad. Scapes erect, 13-2 ft. long, often loosely paniculate above. 
Flowers lax, yellow, except the crests and margin of the lip, which are 
white. Bracts linear-lanceolate, subacute, 2—4 lin. long. Pedicels 6-8 
lin.long. Sepals oblong-linear, obtuse, 5—6 lin.long. Petals oblong-linear, 
obtuse, 4-5 lin. long. Lip equalling the sepals, narrowly elliptical- 
oblong, obtuse, nearly entire, apical half undulate; disc with five thickened 
nerves or keels, which are somewhat undulate or verrucose above; spur 
oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column oblong, 2 lin. long.—N. E. Br. in 
Gard. Chron. 1889, vi. 298; Kew Bulletin, 1890, App. ii. 45. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Manganja Hills, Meller, 6 ! 3900 ft. 
Kirk,6! Zomba mountain, Meller ! 
17. E. aloifolia, Welw. ex Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 104. Pseudo- 
bulbs oblong-elliptical or elongate-elliptical, clothed with the persistent 
leaf-sheaths. Leaves ligulate, acute, limb very cartilaginous or rigidly 
coriaceous, retuse, crenulate or denticulate, 5-nerved, glaucous, 1-2 ft. 
long, }-1 in. broad. Scape 4-5 ft. high, with distant sheaths below, 
paniculately branched above, many-flowered. Bracts triangular, acute, 
shorter than the ovary. Flowers as large as those of Æ. tristis, Spreng., 
greenish-purple. Sepals ligulate, acute. Petals ligulate-oblong, acute. 
Lip cuneate-oblong; apex trifid; side lobes rectangular; front lobe 
roundish-oblong, fleshy, apiculate, crisped-lobulate; disc 5-nerved ; 
nerves crenulate, the central one large ; spur cylindrical, obtuse, a fifth 
as long as the lip. Column clavate; anther bicornute. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Adongo, near Cundumba, among shrubs on 
rocky slopes by the side of the river Cuanza, rare, Welwitsch, 682! (857 ex Reichenbach). 
18. E. Peters, Reich. f. in Flora, 1865, 186 (in note), Rhizome 
creeping, 4—4} in. thick, bearing scarious imbricate scales. Stems pseudo- 
bulbous, 3 in. long, with sheathing acuminate scales below, 3—4-leaved 
above. Leaves falcate, rigidly coriaceous, narrowed above and acute, 
12-16 in. long, 7-10 lin. broad, keeled behind; margin scabrid. Scapes 
3-5 ft. high, with several sheaths at the base, loosely paniculate above, 
or rarely simple. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 
nate, 3-8 lin. long. Pedicels $-lin.long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, sub- 
acute or apiculate, 9-12 lin. long. Petals oblong, obtuse, a little shorter 
and broader than the sepals. Lip 7-10 lin. long, obscurely trilobed ; 
side lobes broadly elliptical-oblong, obtuse, erect ` front one broadly 
elliptical-oblong, or nearly quadrate, undulate ; dise with three crenulate 
keels below, which are elevated into erect undulate lamelle on the front 
lobe; spur clavate-oblong, incurved, 24-3 lin. long. Column clavate, 
34-5 lin. long; apex broadly margined ; base produced into a short foot. 
Capsule subcylindrical, 14 in. long.—Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 
T4. Galeandra Petersii, Reichb. f. in Linnea, xx. 679; Peters, Reise 
Mossamb. 514. Eulophia schimperiana, A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
283; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 89.  Hpidendrum 
schimperianum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. 1. c. Eulophia longepedunculata, 
Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 382 ; Journ. Bot. 1895, 165. 
Mile Land. Eritrea: Mt. Alamkale, near Aidereso, 5900 ft., Schweinfurth, 
1469! Near Acrur, 7100 ft., Schweinfurth, 1353! 1829. Abyssinia : without locality, 
