Vadonb/io, | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 63 
43. E. milanjiana, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 44. 
thizome stout. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-14 ft. long, 1-14 in. 
broad ; base attenuate. Scapes 1-13 ft. long, with a few long sheaths 
below; racemes subcorymbose, dense. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, 3—14} in. long. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Flowers yellow, with 
purple-blue side lobes to the lip. Sepals elliptical-oblong, acute, 14-16 
lin. long, 5-6 lin. broad. Petals oblong, 12-13 lin. long, 4-5 lin. 
broad. Lip trilobed, 11-12 lin. long; side lobes roundish-oblong ; 
front lobe obovate-suborbicular, obtuse ; disc with 2 keels at the base, in 
front of which the nerves are somewhat fimbriate ; spur conical, slender, 
24 lin. long. Column clavate, 24 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Lower Mlanje, 2500 ft. Whyte, 257! 
Manganja Hills, at Cananda, Meller ! Nyasaland, Buchanan, 349! 1328! German 
East Africa : Uganda, Wilson, 114! Portuguese East Africa: Morambala mountains, 
3000 ft., Kirk ! 
44. E. Mechowii, Durand d Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 23. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Scape a little longer than the 
leaves; raceme densely capitate. Sepals and petals not described. 
Lip cuneate, trifid ; side lobes retrorse, obtuse-angled ; front lobe with 
a narrow isthmus, dilated, obtuse-angled, denticulate and subemarginate 
at the apex, velvety near the base; disc with a pair of keels, which 
become fimbriate upwards, and bear some linear or filiform appendages 
in front.—Orthochilus Mechowii, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1882, 532. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 300. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
45. E. Nuttii, Rolfe. Scape 1-14 in. long, rather slender, covered 
with long imbricate sheaths; raceme subcorymbose. Bracts linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 lin. long. Pedicels 6-7 lin. long. Lateral 
sepals broadly oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 8-9 lin. long, dorsal one 
much narrower, attenuate below. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 5-6 
lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lin. long, narrowed at the base; side lobes 
oblong, with rounded apex; front lobe lanceolate, subobtuse ; dise with 
a pair of acute keels, terminating in a tuft of fringes at the base of the 
front lobe; spur narrowly oblong, 14-1? lin. long. Column clavate, 2 
lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Fwambo, south of Lake Tanganyika, 
5250 ft., Nutt / 
46. E. speciosa, Rolfe. Scape 1} ft. high; with about 3 basal 
sheaths; raceme obtuse, 5-6-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 
5-6 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Flowers mauve and white. 
Sepals ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 11 lin. long. Petals elliptical- 
oblong, acute or apiculate, 10 lin. long. Lip 9 lin. long, trilobed; side 
lobes broadly rounded; front lobe broadly suborbicular; disc with 2 
thickened, slightly pubescent keels at the base, very slightly barbate in 
the centre; spur oblong, 1} lin. long. Column clavate, 2 lin. long; 
foot short. ` 
