102 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). [Ansellia. 
3. A. confusa, A. E. Br. in Lindenia, ii. 36. Pseudobulb 14-3 ft. 
long, somewhat thickened in the middle. Leaves lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, acute, 14—14 ft. long, 14-2 in. broad. Panicle 9-12 in. long, 
branched, many-flowered. Bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, subobtuse or 
acute, 2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 1-1} in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 
10-12 lin. long. Petals equal to, or scarcely broader than, the sepals. 
Lip trilobed, 7-8 lin. long; side lobes semiovate, obtuse; front lobe 
obovate or suborbicular; disc puberulous, 2-keeled or rarely with the 
middle keel slightly developed, verrucose or crenulate in front. Column 
clavate, 6 lin. long.—A. africana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 30 (not 
1844, sub t. 12); Paxt. Mag. Bot. xiii. 241, with plate; Puydt, Orch. 
249, t. 5. 
Upper Guinea. Without locality, long cultivated in gardens, Loddiges ! 
Kaka River, Elephant Forest, Earl of Scarborough ! 
4, A. humilis, Bull, Cat. 1891, 3. Pseudobulb a little thickened 
in the middle, 6-9 in. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, 
6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad. Panicle stalked, erect, 14 ft. high, branched. 
Bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 1—2 lin. long. Pedicels 1-1} in. 
long. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, 10—11 lin. long. ` Petals similar to the 
sepals, subequal. Lip trilobed, 8 lin. long; side lobes semiovate, 
obtuse; front lobe obovate, obtuse; disc smooth, 2-keeled or with a 
much smaller middle one. Column clavate, 5 lin. long.—Gartenfl. 
1891, 333 ; Kew Bulletin, 1892, App. ii. 30. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, growing 
on the Baobab, Kirk ! Scott ! Cultivated specimens, Bull ! 
There is also a var. pallida, Bull. Le with the ground colour of the flowers milk- 
white, 
5. A. congoensis, Rodigas in Jil. Hort. 1886, 148 (name only); 
N. E. Br. in Lindenia, ii. 30, 35, t. 64. Pseudobulb elongate, slightly 
thickened in the middle, 9-12 in. long. Leaves oblong, subacute 
(immature). Panicle erect, 6-8 in, long, very slightly branched. 
Pedicels 1-1} in. long. Bracts ovate-triangular or triangular-oblong, 
acute, 1-2 lin. long. Sepals and petals lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, 
9 lin. long, yellow spotted with brown. Lip trilobed, 5 lin. long; ‘side 
lobes semiovate, obtuse, white striped with purple; front lobe obovate- 
oblong, obtuse or emarginate, yellow; disc smooth, 2-keeled. Column 
clavate, 4—5 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea, Congo, cultivated specimens, Linden ! 
14. NEOBENTHAMIA, Rolfe in Gard. Chron, 1891, 
x. 272, 273, fig. 33. 
Sepals subequal, somewhat spreading; lateral slightly united at the 
base, and slightly adnate to the base of the lip. Petals free, similar 
to the sepals. Lip somewhat spreading, sessile at the base of the 
column and somewhat adnate to it, entire, fleshy and somewhat 
narrowed in the lower half; disc slightly hairy but without keels or 
crest. Column short and stout, footless, angles subacute; pollinia 2, 
