Lissochilus. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEX (ROLFE). 93 
and obscurely verrucose keel at the base; spur conical-oblong, obtuse, 
lł-14 lin. long. Column stout, clavate, 24 iin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen ! 
Flowcred at Kew in 1882. The dried specimen is imperfect, 
64. L. micranthus, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 53. Plant very 
slender. Leaves linear, 3-nerved, much attenuate at the base and apex. 
Racemes simple, slender, as long as or shorter than the leaves, with a 
few acuminate sheaths below. Bracts linear, acuminate, shorter than 
the ovary. Flowers } in. diam. Sepals obovate-oblong, rounded and 
apiculate at the apex; lateral shortly unguiculate. Petals rhomboid- 
oblong, very obtuse. Lip trilobed; side lobes erect, triangular, with a 
rounded apex; front lobe suborbicular, apiculate, distinctly plicate, 
without calli; spur short, conical. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Noro on Mount Kenia, Hohnel, 78. 
Only known to me from the original description, but said to be near L. parviflorus, 
Lindl. 
65. L. Stuhlmanni, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 249. Pseudobulb 
oblong-cylindrical, with 3 or 4 internodes. Leaves, of which 2 are 
present at flowering time, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 20—24 in. long, 
or perhaps even longer after flowering. Scapes strong, 5 ft. high, with 
several sheaths below ; racemes laxly many-flowered. Bracts oblong, 
acute, as long as the pedicels. Flowers ł in. diam. Sepals oblong, 
dark green with red-brown nerves; dorsal acute; lateral more obtuse. 
Petals suborbicular, very obtuse, apiculate, slightly longer than the 
Sepals, yellow. Lip trilobed; side lobes oblong, acute; front lobe 
rounded at the apex, pandurate, compressed, with a central, oblong 
callus ; spur short, sulcate and reflexed at the apex, ascending. Column 
broad, dilated above. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba, on Lake Victoria 
Nyanza, Stuhlmann, 3220, 
Only known to me from the original description. 
66. L. calopterus, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, iii. 218. Rhizome 
tuberous. Leaves elongate-linear or lanceolate-linear, acute, 6—18 in. 
long, 6-13 lin, broad. Scapes 21_4 ft. high, with a few short sheaths 
low; racemes 8-12 in. long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts linear- 
lanceolate, acute, 3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 8-10 lin. long. Flowers. 
yellow. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 34-4 lin. long, adnate at the base 
to the foot of the column. Petals ovate, obtuse, or subobtuse, 6-8 lin. 
long. Lip pandurate-oblong, 6 lin. long ; side lobes auriculate, rounded ; 
front lobe elliptic-oblong, obtuse, convex with reflexed sides; disc 
with about 9 thickened keels; spur conical, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 
23-3 lin. long; foot half as long as the column.—Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 
vi. 670 ; Flora, 1865, 187; Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 76; Klotzsch in Peters 
Mossamb. Bot. 513. ; 
_ Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda; near Cacuaco, Welwitsch, 652! Ambriz, 
in thickets, Monteiro, 2! 
