78 CXXXIII. ORCHIDE (ROLFE). [ Lissochilus. 
acute, 24-8 lin. long. Pedicels 9-10 lin. long. Flowers yellow. 
Sepals subspathulate, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Petals broadly elliptical- 
oblong, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Lip subpandurate-oblong, 8-9 lin. long; 
side lobes rounded, undulate; front lobe quadrate-oblong, obtuse or 
emarginate; disc with 2 stout, rounded keels below, nearly obsolete 
in the middle, elevated into 8 crenulate lamelle above the base of the 
front lobe ` spur conical-saccate, obtuse, 24 lin. long. Column clavate, 
5 lin. long.—Z. longifolius, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe, vi. 133, in part 
{not Benth. ). 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, inswamps, Barter, 1486! 
15. L. platypterus, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1882, 533. Sepals 
oblong-ligulate from a very narrowly cuneate base, very narrowly 
antenneform, subacute. Petals elliptical, obtuse, very large. Lip 
rhomboid-oblong, retuse, obtuse-angled on either side, plicate, crispu- 
late in front; disc with 3 rhomboid, elevated keels, denticulate in 
front, of which the lateral become bivalved at the apex by the addi- 
tion of two smaller ones; spur cupulate, rounded, minute. Column 
obtuse-angled at either side below the clinandrium; apex apiculate. 
Anther with two horns. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Wechow, 415. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
16. L. Bouliawongo, feichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 188. Scapes 
strong, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, slightly emarginate on 
each side near the apex, 1 in. long. Pedicels longer than the bracts. 
Flowers larger than in Galeandra Baueri, Lindl. Sepals lanceolate, 
acute. Petals dilated, oblong, acute; base cuneate. Lip trilobed ; 
side lobes obtuse-angled ; front lobe broadly ligulate, retuse, crisped ; 
disc with 3 elevated keels; spur short, conical. Column semiterete ; 
anther crested, shortly 2-horned at the apex.—Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 
1893, xiii. 684; Galeandra Bouliawongo, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 
935; Walp. Ann. vL 650. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: without locality (ex Reichenbach.) 
Only known to me from the original description. It is said to be called Boulia 
Wongo and used as a remedy against colic. 
17. L. paludicolus, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 63. Rhizome 
stout. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, 14-2 ft. long, 7-9 lin. broad. 
capes 2}—3 ft. long, with a few sheaths below ; racemes 9-10 in. long, 
laxly many-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 
2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 12-14 lin. long. Flowers yellow. Sepals 
narrowly subspathulate, obtuse, 7—8 lin. long. Petals oblong or elliptical- 
oblong, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Lip obscurely trilobed or pandurate- 
oblong, 8-9 lin. long; side lobes very short, broadly rounded; front 
lobe subquadrate, obtuse or emarginate; disc with 3 keels, becoming 
elevated, crenulate lamelle in front, and the lateral also thickened 
behind ; spur saccate, obtuse, 24-3 lin. long. Column clavate, 5-54 lin. 
Ong. 
