80 CXXXIIH. ORCHIDE® (ROLFE). [ Lissochilus- 
centre; spur conical, with an acute apex, 14-2 lin. long.—Reichb. f. 
in Flora, 1865, 188; Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 63; u. 75, 114; 
Limodorum cristatum, Sw. in Schrad. Neues Journ. i. 86; Pers. Syn. 
Pl. ii. 521; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 185; Hulophia cristata, Steud. 
Nom. Bot. ed. II. i. 605; Limodorum articulatum, Schum. & Thonn. 
Beskr. Guin. Pl. 399; Eulophia articulata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
181; Galeandra longibracteata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 133; 
Eulophia longibracteata, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 22. 
Upper Guinea. North bank of the River Gambia: Ozanne, 21! Gambia: 
Bathurst, in dry sandy soil, Haydon! Guinea, Thonning ! Sierra Leone : on dry 
ground near Franziga, Scott-Elliot, 5047! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! 
Whitfield! Lagos: Yoruba, Millson, 24! Western Lagos, in grassy savannahs, 
Rowland ! Abbeokuta, Barter, 3331! Irving, 154! Bornu: Musgu, at the root of 
the Doom Palm, Vogel, 75! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur, Schweinfurth, 1584. Niamniam, 
Schweinfurth, ser. 2, 22 (ex Durand & Schinz). 
Lower Guinea? Upper Congo: Dybowski ! 
22. L. Heudelotii, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 63;ii.114. Peduncle 
tall, with acute sheaths below; racemes 8 in. long. Bracts linear- 
lanceolate or subulate, 7 lin. long. Sepals ligulate, obtuse, membranous, 
7 lin. long. Petals oblong, subobtuse, membranous, 7 lin. long. Lip 
trilobed ; side lobes obtuse-angled ; front lobe oblong, ligulate, serrate 
denticulate, extending forwards; disc witha pair of semicircular lamelle 
in front of the spur, and 5 crenulate keels about the middle; spur 
arcuate, short, retrorse. Column trigonous. Anther with a single 
short horn at the apex. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot ! 
Only known to me from the original description, but according to Reichenbach 
it is near L. purpuratus, Lindl., from which it is distinguished by the arrangement of 
the keels on the lip. 
23. L. malangensis, Leichd. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 114. Scapes 
tall, with large sheaths; racemes elongate, 10 in. long, very lax- 
flowered. Bracts lanceolate, aristate, not half as long as the pedicels. 
Sepals ligulate, apiculate. Petals oblong. Lip oblong, with very 
obscure rounded auricles at the base; disc with 7 flexuose keels, the 
pair next to the median one gibbous in front of the spur ; spur shortly 
conical, rounded-capitate at the apex.—Durand & Schinz, Conspect- 
Fl. Afr. v. 29, in part. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 261. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
24. L. fallax, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 114, 115. Leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate, produced shortly before flowering. Scapes 
slender, 2—3 ft. high, with a few sheaths ; racemes lax. Bracts very nar- 
rowly setaceous from a triangular base, not half as long as the pedicels. 
Flowers lilac. Sepals ligulate, acute. Petals oblong, apiculate. Lip 
pandurately trilobed; side lobes semiovate ; front lobe oblong, eren: 
late ; disc with 7 straight keels, the pair next to the median one gibbous 
