Polystachya. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). 12] 
Scapes short, puberulous, simple or rarely slightly branched, many- 
flowered. Bracts setaceous-acuminate, deflexed, 14—24 lin. long. Pedicels 
l-14 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate or ovate-oblong, subacute, 1 lin. 
long; lateral triangular-ovate, acuminate, much larger than the 
dorsal. Petals linear, acuminate, 1 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 14 lin. 
long, broad at the base; side lobes broad, with obtuse, rounded apex ; 
front lobe triangular, acute; disc not hairy and without. a callus. 
Column stout, } lin. long. Chin saceate-oblong, obtuse, 14 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Corisco Bay, Mann, 1884! 
42. P. Adansoniz, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 185. Plant 4-5 in. 
high. Pseudobulbs approximate, ovate-oblong, #—14 in. long, 3—4-leaved. 
Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, 11-24 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad. Scapes 
hispidulous-pubescent ` racemes simple, 11 in. long, many-flowered. 
Bracts setaceous-acuminate, 2-24 lin. long. Pedicels 14 lin. long. 
Dorsal sepal ovate, acuminate, 1} lin. long; lateral triangular-ovate, 
acuminate. Petals falcate-linear, acuminate, 1} lin. long. Lip tri- 
lobed, 14 lin. long; side lobes rounded-auriculate ; front lobe lanceolate, 
acuminate, reflexed; disc villous. Column stout, $ lin. long. Chin 
saccate-oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Capsule elliptical-oblong, 3-4 lin. 
long.—Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 112 (in note). 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, “through the whole district on trunks 
of Adansonia,’ Welwitsch, 654! 
43. P. minima, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 198. Plant 21 in. 
high. Stems short, slender, 2-leaved. Leaves linear, subobtuse, 24 in. 
long, 13 lin. broad. Scapes short, slender, flexuous, setulose ; racemes 
few-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute. Pedicels 1 lin. long. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, acute, concave, 24 lin. long; lateral triangu- 
lar,acute. Petals linear-lanceolate, acute, 2} lin. long. Lip unguiculate, 
2} lin. long, limb obscurely trilobed; side lobes rounded; front lobe 
ovate-acuminate; disc wholly pubescent. Column stout, 1 lin. long. 
Chin narrowly oblong, obtuse, 14 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Shire Highlands; Mount Sochi, on 
trees, Scott-Elliot, 8519 ! 
44. P. Shega, Kränzl. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 155. Plant 
6-9 in. high. Pseudobulbs aggregated, a little swollen at the base, 
2—3-leaved. Leaves linear, acute, 2-6 in. long, 1-14 lin. broad. 
Racemes hispidulous-puberulous, simple, many-flowered, 14-3 in. long. 
Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 lin. long. Pedicels 2-24 lin. 
long. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, acuminate, 4-4} lin. long; lateral 
triangular-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, 34 lin. 
long. Lip trilobed, 3} lin. long; side lobes semi-oblong, rounded at 
the apex; front lobe ovate, acuminate; disc glabrous. Column stout, 
l lin. long. Chin oblong, obtuse, 14 lin. long.—Kriinzl. in Engl. Jabrb. 
1, 22. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo and Amboni, among 
stones, Holst, 2431! 
