Lissochilus. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDE® (ROLFE). TL 
stouter at the base, becoming elevated into crenulate lamellæ at the 
apex ; spur conical-saccate, 3 lin. long. Column clavate, 5-6 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Urundi, Scott-Elliot, 8347! 
Var. minor, Rendle, Le, 197. Flowers slightly smaller than in the type. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Uganda; Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7305! 
This probably only represents a less vigorous plant, 
11. L. longifolius, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 530. Rhizome 
thickened. Leaves elongate-linear, acute, 2-24 ft. long, 4-6 lin. 
broad. Scapes 21-3 ft. long, with a few short bracts below; racemes 
5 in, long, lax. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long. 
Pedicels 11-13 lin. long. Flowers white and red. Sepals very 
narrowly spathulate, obtuse, 6-8 lin. long. Petals oblong or elliptical- 
oblong, apiculate, 5-6 lin. long. Lip subentire, 8 lin. long; side 
lobes rounded; front lobe quadrate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 
undulate; disc with 3 dwarf, rounded keels below and 5 papillose- 
crested keels above; spur conical-saccate, obtuse, 1-11 lin. long. 
Column clavate, 44 lin. long; anther apiculate—Lind]. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vi. 133, in part; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 553; Flora, 
1878, 77; Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 65. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Delta: Grand Bassa, Vogel, 8! Ansell! Bonny, in 
open, dry savannahs, Kalbreyer (ex Reichenbach). 
12. L. caricifolius, Reichb. f. in Linnea, xli. 74. Leaves linear, 
acute, strongly veined, 2 ft. long. Scapes elongate, with a few 
sheaths ; apex few-flowered. Bracts triangular, much exceeded by the 
pedicellate ovary. Sepals linear-ligulate. Petals oblong. Lip cucullate, 
trilobed in front ; side lobes rather obtuse; front lobe semioblong ; disc 
with 3 keels extending from the base on to the middle lobe, there 
becoming densely muriculate ; spur short, conical, ascending, curved. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon, Griffon de Bellay. 
Only known to me from the original description, where it is said to be allied to 
L. longifolius, Benth., but the lip is very different. 
13. L. antennisepalus, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1882, 533. Sepals 
cuneately linear-ligulate, obtuse, narrow ; base cuneate. Petals ligulate, 
obtuse. Lip trilobed; side lobes short, semiovate; front lobe linear- 
ligulate, obtuse, somewhat crisped; disc with 3 elevated, denticulate 
keels at the base and 5 muriculate lines in front ; spur conical, apiculate, 
retrorse, or straight and deflexed, minute. Column trigonous, apicu- 
late; anther with a single obtuse tubercle. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 419. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
14. L. lindleyanus, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 65. Rhizome 
stout, creeping. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, 2-3 ft. long, 
8-12 lin. broad. Scapes 4-6 ft. long, with several sheathing bracts 
below and sometimes a side branch above; racemes 6-12 in. long, 
laxly many-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, sub- 
