90 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). [ Lissochilus. 
Very distinct from the type, having more acuminate bracts and much smaller 
flowers. 
53. L. renschianus, Keichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 75. Leaves. 
cuneate-oblong, acuminate, about 15 in. long, 2} in. broad. Scapes. 
elongate, racemose, with a single basal branch, lax-flowered. Bracts 
triangular, acuminate or acute, 4-4 as long as the pedicel. Sepals. 
cuneate-ligulate, acute. Petals rhomboid, acute, obtuse-angled, as long 
as the sepals but much broader. Lip trilobed: side lobes ligulate, 
obtuse, suberect; front lobe subrhomboid-ligulate, acute, with an 
obtuse angle on either side near the apex; disc with a thickened 
median keel; spur slender, not half as long as the front lobe. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Adongo, Mechow, 138. 
Only known to me from the original description, but said to be near L. paiveanus,. 
Reichb. f., from which it differs in its broader leaves, narrower bracts, and in the shape 
and narrower side lotes of the lip. 
54. L. papilionaceus, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 170. Scapes. 
21 ft. high, with a few sheaths below; racemes 9 in. long, lax. Bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 4-10 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. 
long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 7-8 lin. long. Petals orbicular- 
ovate, apiculate, 7—8 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lin. long; side lobes 
broadly oblong, obtuse ; front lobe orbicular-ovate, apiculate, convex, 
with reflexed sides ` disc with 3 slightly thickened keels ; spur conical, 
3-4 lin. long. Column stout, 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Stevenson Road, 4000-5000 ft.» 
Scott-Elliot, 8268 ! 
55. L. Carsoni, olfe. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
9-12 in. long, 3-1 in. broad. Scapes 3 ft. high, with a few sheaths 
below ; racemes 1-14 ft. long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 6-7 lin. long. 
Sepals elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 6 lin. long. Petals. 
broadly suborbicular-ovate, 7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 5-6 lin. long + 
side lobes oblong, obtuse; front lobe suborbicular, apiculate, with 
deflexed sides ; disc with a central, scarcely thickened keel, obscurely 
crenulate at the base ; spur oblong, obtuse, stout, 3 lin. long. Column 
clavate, stout, 4 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Fwambo, south of Lake Tanganyika, 
Carson, 123! 
56. L. Grantii, Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 153. Scapes 
stout, 2-3 ft. high, with several sheaths below; racemes 6—12 in. long, 
many-flowered. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
4-7 lin. long. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Flowers yellow. Sepals broadly 
elliptical or ovate-elliptical, apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Petals orbicular 
or orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 6—7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 5—6 lin. long; 
side lobes orbicular-oblong ; front lobe orbicular-ovate, apiculate, convex 
