Satyrium. | CXXXIII, ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). 269 
lanceolate, acute, 7-10 lin. long. Pedicels 3—4 lin. long. Flowers 
green. Sepals 2—2} lin. long, odd one oblong, obtuse; lateral twice as 
broad. Petals united for half their length to the sepals, spathulate. 
Lip galeate, keeled, 2—24 lin. long, the basal third united to the sepals; 
sides inflexed at the base; mouth suborbicular above, nearly closed 
below; apex very broad, slightly reflexed ; spurs linear, slightly curved, 
6 lin. long. Column 1} lin. long; stigma broadly obovate-rounded ; 
rostellum trilobed, side lobes oblong, submembranous, front lobe longer, 
laterally dilated, obtuse, fleshy, inflexed. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 7000-10,000 ft., Johnston, 
182! Thomson! 
14. S. Krzenzlinii, Rolfe. Tubers oblong, 7-8 lin. long. Plant 
1} ft. high, 1- or 2-leaved near the base, with three lanceolate, acute 
sheaths above. Leaves ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 4 in. long, 14 in. broad. 
Raceme 5 in. long, rather lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5—9 lin. 
long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Sepals 2 lin. long; odd one cuneate- 
oblong, obtuse ; lateral rather longer and much broader. Petals united 
for half their length to the sepals, and similar to the odd one. Lip 
galeate, subcompressed, 2} lin. long, basal fourth united to the lateral 
sepals; mouth rather narrow ; apex short and broad, slightly reflexed ; 
spurs linear, slightly curved, 5 lin. long. Column 2 lin. long; stigma 
obovately rounded, crenulate; rostellum trilobed, side lobes oblong, 
small, front lobe oblong, obtuse, larger.—S. brachypetalum, Kränz, in 
Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 153, in part (not of A. Rich.). 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, Volkens, 999! 
15. S. mechowianum, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 65. Plant 
14-16 in. high, leafy from the base. Leaves cauline, two or three, lan- 
ceolate, acute or acuminate, with long ample sheaths, the longest 8 in. 
long by 12-14 lin. broad, the remainder gradually decreasing upwards. 
aceme dense and congested, many-flowered. Bracts very large, much 
longer than the flowers, spreading upon flowering, before and after 
erect, never reflexed. Flowers among the smallest in the genus, white. 
Odd sepal united with the petals to the middle into a cuneate limb, 
the free parts of the three united organs linear, obtuse; lateral twice as 
broad, oblong, obtuse, concave, very minutely fimbriate, slightly twisted. 
Lip cucullate, subcompressed behind, very broad; spurs acute, much 
Shorter than the pilose ovary, but equalling the sepals, petals and lip. 
Column elongate. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Malange, Mechow, 284, 
Only known to me from the description, but said to be most allied to S. corio- 
Phoroides, A. Rich, 
16. S. coriophoroides, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 2, xiv. 274, 
t. 18, fig. 3. Tuber ovoid-oblong, 14-14 in. long. Plant stout, 13-2? 
ft. high. Leaves cauline, numerous, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 
Sheathing at the base, 2-4 in. long, the lower one or two reduced to 
tubular sheaths, the remainder gradually diminishing in size upwards ; 
