Lissochilus.] CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 75 
5 keels; spur narrowly conical, slightly curved, 3 lin. long. Column 
stout, 14 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Shire Highlands; Mt. Sochi, 
3000 ft. Kirk (Eulophia 4)! near Mt. Chiradzulu, in open places among short grass, 
Kirk! Manganja Hills, Analizewa, 3000 ft., Meller ! 
4. L. heteroglossus, eicht, f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 115. 
Scapes 8-9 in. long, with 2-3 imbricate, basal sheaths; racemes 6 in. 
long, lax. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2—4 lin. long. Pedicels 
4-5 lin. long. Sepals and petals oblong, subobtuse, 24-3 lin. long ; 
petals a little broader than the sepals. Lip trilobed, 2}~3 lin. long ; 
side lobes semiovate, subacute ; front lobe broadly oblong or elliptical- 
oblong, emarginate, slightly crenulate; disc 5-keeled; spur oblong- 
cylindrical, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column short, apiculate. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Upper Shire Valley, near Zemika, 
2000 ft., Kirk ! 
5. L. pulchellus, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 196. Scape 
6-9 in. high, with several loose basal bracts; racemes 4-6 in. long, 
laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. 
Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, 3 lin. long ; lateral 
adnate to the foot of the column. Petals broadly ovate, subobtuse, 
35 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 34 lin. long; side lobes oblong, obtuse, $ 
adnate to the column ; front lobe elliptical-oblong, obtuse, crenulate ; 
disc with ‘several minutely verrucose nerves, somewhat convex in the 
middle of the front lobe; spur conical, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 
1} lin. long ; foot short. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; Kibwera, 4000-5000 ft., 
in dry places after burning, Scott-Elliot, 8126! 
6. L. gracilior, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 194. Scape slender, 
1-1} ft. high, with a few short tubular sheaths below; racemes 
3—4-flowered, lax. Bracts subulate or lanceolate-subulate, acuminate, 
3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 3-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, apicu- 
late, 4-4} lin. long. Petals elliptical-oblong, obtuse or minutely apicu- 
late, 4-41 lin. long. Lip subpandurate, 44—5 lin. long ; base auriculate, 
broadly rounded; front lobe quadrate, obtuse or emarginate ; disc 
convex with 5-7 fleshy, slightly crenulate keels, two of them being 
stouter and gibbous in front of the spur; spur conical, 2 lin. long. 
Column clavate, 24 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Urundi, N. of Lake Tanganyika, 
4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8173, in part! British Central Africa: Shire Highlands, 
at Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8499! 
Var angusta, Rendle, Le, 195. Differs in its rather narrower segments, and the 
slightly thicker nerves of the disc. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: on dry grassy hills, east of Lake Albert Edward 
Nyanza, Scott-Elliot, 8075! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
8209 ! 
