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51. E. Bainesii, Rolfe. Leaves about 5-7, tufted, linear, acute, 
somewhat curved, 6-10 in. long. Scapes 1 ft. long, clothed with lanceo- 
late, acuminate, imbricate sheaths; racemes short, few-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, 5—9 lin. long. Pedicels 4 lin. long. Sepals 
oblong, lanceolate, acute, carinate, 9-10 lin. long. Petals broadly 
elliptical-oblong, acute, 8-9 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 8-9 lin. long; 
side lobes narrowly oblong, with a rounded apex; front lobe ovate- 
oblong, subobtuse; dise with four crenulate keels on the lower half, 
the two inner extending half-way along the front lobe, there 
becoming more slender and barbate; midnerve thickened and barbate 
in front ; spur saccate, obtuse, 4 lin. long. Column stout, 2 lin. long; 
foot half as long as the column. 
Tropical South Africa. Without locality, Baines / 
52. E. flavopurpurea, Rolfe. Scape slender, 21 ft. high, with a few 
distant sheaths below; racemes lax, 13 in. long, few-flowered. Bracts. 
lanceolate, scarious, nearly as long as the ovary. Pedicels about ? in. 
long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 9-10 lin. long. Petals oblong- 
ligulate, subobtuse, 9-10 lin. long, about 4 lin. broad, twice as broad as. 
the sepals, yellowish-green. Lip ligulate, trifid, striped with pale 
purple; side lobes semioblong, obtuse ; front lobe obcordate, crenulate ;. 
disc with five teeth ; spur conical, retrorse, small, yellow at the apex. 
Column trigonous.—Cyrtopera flavopurpurea, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. 
Hamb. i. 68. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam, Schweinfurth, 3546! 
53. E. Schweinfurthii, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 54. Scape 
22 in. high, very slender, with several sheaths; racemes lax, few- 
flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, very narrow, 4—5 lin. long. Pedicels. 
4-6 lin. long. Dorsal sepal nearly orbicular, apiculate, 4 lin. long and 
about as broad; lateral subequal, a little broader than the dorsal. 
Petals much smaller than the sepals, broadly ligulate, acute, 4 lin. Jong, 
1} lin. broad. Lip trilobed ; side lobes erect, rhomboid, with a rounded 
apex; front lobe oblong, acute, 5 lin. long; disc with three keels ex- 
tending from the apex to the base of the lip. Keels elevated and 
tuberculatge in front ; spur stout, straight, extinguisher-shaped. Column 
3 lin, long, a little dilated above. 
oo Land. British East Africa : Bongoland; near Tondy River, Schweinfurth, 
fl. 
Only known to me from the original description., 
54. E. holstiana, Kränzl. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 157. Plant 
slender, 24-31 ft. high. Leaves 2—3, very narrowly linear, acuminate.. 
Scape with a few basal sheaths; racemes 24-3 in. long, many-flowered. 
Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary. 
Flowers deep yellow, 6-7 lin. diam. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 4 lin. 
long; dorsal a little narrower than the lateral. Petals oblong, sub- 
obtuse, 34 lin. long, slightly denticulate. Lip trilobed; side lobes 
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