68 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). | Hulophia. 
62. E. Woodfordii, Rolfe. Rhizome tuberous. Leaves lanceolate 
or elongate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 8—18 in. long, 14—24 in. broad, 
attenuate at the base into a sheathing petiole. Scapes 14-3 ft. high, with 
several long sheaths below ; racemes 6-15 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts 
linear-lanceolate or linear, acuminate, 4—1 in. long. Pedicels 6-8 lin. 
long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 7-10 lin. long; lateral adnate 
to the foot of the column, forming a chin. Petals oblong or elliptical- 
oblong, subacute or obtuse, 6-8 lin. long. Lip 7-10 lin. long, more or 
less distinctly trilobed; side lobes broadly oblong, rounded or obtuse at 
the apex; front lobe broadly ovate-orbicular, obtuse, undulate; disc 
with four slightly thickened nerves at the base, and a pair of quadrate- 
oblong, erect lamelle in the middle; nerves covered with long, barbate 
processes in front ; spur broadly saccate. Column clavate, 4 lin. long; 
foot half as long as the column.—Dendrobium longifolium, H. B. K., Nov. 
Gen. & Sp. i. 360. Xylobiwm longifolium, Lindl. ex Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. ii. 733. Mazillaria longifolia, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 150. 
Cyrtopera longifolia, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 668; Flora, 1865, 
189. Cyrtopodium Woodfordii, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1814; Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. t. 1508. Cyrtopera Woodfordii, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 189; 
Lindl. Orch. Linden. 19; Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, ii. 19; Griseb. Fl.. 
Brit. W. Ind. 630. Cypripedium epidendricum, Vell. Fl. Flum. ix. 
t. 64. Govenia barbata, Poepp. & Endl, Nov. Gen. & Sp. ii. 5, t. 107, 
figs. a-d. Lissochilus amazonicus, Rodr. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Nov. i. 89. 
Cyrtopera amazonica, Rodr. l.c. ii. 180. C. vellosiana, Rodr. l.c. ii. 179. 
Paphiopedilum epidendricum, Pfitz. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 42. 
Upper Guinea, Gold Coast, Burton and Cameron! Lagos, Millen ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, in swamps near the river Casabella, 
Sobato de Bumba, Welwitsch, 664! Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 671! 
Common in the West Indies and in Tropical America. It is interesting to find 
this Tropical American plant in several different localities in Tropical Africa, but there 
are grounds for suspecting it to have been introduced. 
63. E. flexuosa, Kränzl. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr.C. 157. Pseudobulbs 
approximate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 6-9 lin. long, 4—6-leaved. -Leaves 
elongate-linear, acute, flaccid, 5-11 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad. Scapes 
9-12 in. long, clothed with narrow white sheaths below, flexuous; 
racemes very short, subcorymbose, few-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, 
2-3 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. long. Flowers white, with a few 
bright purple spots on the petals and sides of the lip, and some yellow 
in the centre. Sepals spreading, oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long; lateral 
adnate to the foot of the column, forming a broad conical chin, 2 lin. 
long. Petals spreading, linear-oblong, obtuse, with an attenuate base, 
4 lin. long. Lip entire, recurved, oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long; disc 
velvety. Column clavate, angulate, 14-2 lin. long; foot half as 
long as the column.—Cyrtopera flexuosa, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1594, 
363. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, cultivated specimens, 
Smith ! 
Originally flowered at Kew in 1894., 
