Eulophia.) CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 69 
64. E. tayloriana, Rolfe. Plant epiphytic. Pseudobulbs approxi- 
mate, with a short ovate-oblong base, 3-1 in. long, covered with loose 
sheaths, crowned by a slender stem, 3—14 ft. high, covered with narrow 
sheaths. Leaves chiefly basal, deciduous (persistent bases only seen). 
Flowers white and pink, with some yellow on the lip, in axillary and 
subterminal, few-fiowered fascicles, or short racemes on the upper part 
of the stems, each fascicle having several ovate sheaths at its base. 
Bracts ovate, acute, 3-1 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Sepals and 
petals 4 lin. long; dorsal sepal and petals oblong, obtuse; lateral 
sepals ovate-oblong, subobtuse, adnate to the foot of the column, 
forming a saccate chin. Lip entire, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse 
or apiculate, 4 lin. long; disc very velvety and somewhat thickened 
at the base; spur obsolete. Column stout, 1 lin. long; foot as long as 
the column. Capsules linear-oblong, 10-16 lin. long.—Polystachya 
tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 385; Krinzl. in Engl. 
PR, Ost-Afr. ©. 155. 
Mozamb Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 
British Central Africa: Manganja Hills, near Magomoro, growing on stems of 
arborescent Hypoxis, Meller, 7! Kirk, 7! 
A very remarkable species. 
65. E. guineensis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 686. Pseudobulbs conical, 
approximate, }-1 in. long. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate—obiong or 
obovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 4-12 in. long, 2-5 in. broad; 
petioles La in. long. Scapes 2-3 ft. high, with several sheaths 
below; racemes 8-12 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 4-10 lin. long. Pedicels 3-1 in. long. Flowers light 
purple, with the sepals and petals often dusky brown. Sepals and 
petals linear-lanceolate, acute or aeuminate, 1-14 in. long, 2-3 lin. 
broad. Lip broadly ovate- or obovate-elliptical, obtuse, somewhat 
undulate ; disc smooth; spur attenuate and slender from a conical 
base, 3—1 in. long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long, broad above.—Lindl. 
Gen. & Sp. Orch. 181; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 131; Bot. Mag. 
t 2467; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 818; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 530; 
Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 66; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 
App. ii. 90; Garden, xiv. 322, t. 277. Var. purpurata, Reichb. f. ex 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Akad. Wissenschaft. Wien. li. (1865), 352; Will. Orch. 
Alb. ii. t. 89. E quartiniana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 284, t. 81 
(Saccolabium abyssinicum, on plate); Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 80. 
Galeandra quartiniana, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 552. Eulophia 
congoensis, Cogn. in Journ. Orch. vi. 155; Lindenia, xi. 15, t. £86. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: G. Don! Lagos, Millen, 186! Niger Territory : 
Nupe, on shady rocks, Barter, 1485! Quorra, Vogel, 1! 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, Donkollo, 2900-3300 ft., Schweinfurth, 125. 
Abyssinia: Tigré, near Mai-goua-goua and near Ada-hensé, Quartin Dillon, Jur, 
Schimper, Schweinfurth, 1672! Without locality, Schweinfurth ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo: Stanley Pool, Callewaert. Angola: Golungo Alto, 
Kä ft., in woods, Welwitsch, 636! Seventy miles inland from Ambriz, in woods, 
onteiro ! : 
