88 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). [ Lissochilus. 
one being shorter than the others; spur conical, with a broad base, 5-6 
lin. long. Column clavate, stout, 8—9 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Huilla; Monino, sparsely diffused in wooded 
meadows, Welwitsch, 710! 
46. L. Schweinfurthii, Heicht, f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 60. Leaves 
elongate-lanceolate, acute, 14 ft. or more long. Scapes tall; racemes 
1 ft. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, }—-1} in. long. 
Pedicels 3-1 in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 12-13 lin. long. 
Petals suborbicular, 13-14 lin. long. Lip entire or obscurely trilobed, 
suborbicular, undulate, 12-13 lin. long; disc with 5 elevated, crenulate 
lamelle in front and 3 behind, the outer ones being tall and nearly 
semicircular; spur conical, 4 lin. long, with an acute, curved apex. 
Column clavate, 6-7 lin. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; near Fahami’s Seriba, Schwein- 
Surth, 3776 ! 
47. L. Eliotii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 169. Scapes about 
5 ft. high, very stout, 6-7 lin. diam., with numerous sheaths; racemes 
4-6 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts broadly ovate, acute or subobtuse, 
$-1} in. long. Pedicels 3 in. long. Sepais broadly subspathulate- 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 8-10 lin. long. Petals broadly 
elliptical or suborbicular, 10—11 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 12—15 lin. 
long; side lobes broadly rounded; front lobe broadly oblong or sub- 
quadrate, obtuse, crisped-undulate ; disc with 3 strong, narrow, elevated, 
crisped-undulate lamelle, the middle one smaller than the lateral; 
spur broadly conical, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Column clavate, 4—5 lin. 
long; foot half as long as the column. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori; Wimi River, in marshy places, 
7000 ft., Scott- Elliott, 7924! 
48. L. congoensis, Jolie, Racemes 4 in. or more long, many- 
flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4—6 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 
lin. long. Sepals broadly elliptical, apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Petals 
suborbicular, 6-7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lin. long; side lobes 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, divaricate; front lobe very broadly obovate 
and somewhat dilated at the sides, with an emarginate apex; disc 
with a pair of erect, narrow, semicircular keels in front of the spur, 
and about 5 verrucose nerves on the middle of the front lobe; spur 
oblong, curved, somewhat narrowed above, 5 lin. long. Column clavate, 
4 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea? Upper Congo, Dybowski ! 
49. L. Friderici, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 113. Scapes 2 ft. 
high, rather slender, with several apiculate, nerved sheaths; racemes 
elongate, lax-flowered. Bracts linear-setaceous, deflexed, 3—4 lin. long.. 
Flowers as long as the leaves, subcoriaceous, of two shades of yellow, 
nodding. Sepals elliptic-oblong, retuse; dorsal obovate-oblong, 4-9 
lin. long. Petals suborbicular, broader than long, retuse, 4—5 lin. Jong, 
