Tab. 5861. 

 LISSOCHILUS Krebsii. 



Mr. Kreb's Lissochilus. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5486.) 



Lissochilus Krebsii; pseudobulbis ovoideis, foliis sessilibus breviter 

 vaginantibus elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis membranaceis 

 marginibus lsevibus nervis validis, racemo erecto laxo multifloro, 

 bracteis anguste lanceolatis ovario subasquilongis, floribus 1|- poll, latis, 

 sepalis refractis oblongis acutis subundulatis viridibus purpureo- 

 maculatis, petalis sepalis 4-plo majoribus aureis patentibus late ovatis 

 obtusis breviter unguiculatis, labello sessili medio baccato sepalis minore 

 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus brevibus ovato-rotundatis ascendentibus, inter- 

 medio ovato-rotundato apice emarginato lateribus a medio retlexis basi 

 obtuse 3-cristato, calcare brevi obtuso. 



Lissochilus Krebsii, Reich, f. in Linnaia, vol. xx. p. 685. 



Lissochihs Krebsii was first described by Keiclienbach in 

 1 847, from specimens sent to Europe by the collector whose 

 name it bears. For that here figured, the Royal Gardens are in- 

 debted to their old and valued correspondent, John Sanderson, 

 Esq., of Natal, who contributed living plants in 1 807 along 

 with those of three other species of this interesting genus. 

 It has also been received from Mr. McKen, of the Natal 

 Botanic Gardens; and we have dried specimens from Mr. 

 Gerrard (who died subsequently when botanizing in Mada- 

 gascar), also collected in the Natal colony a good many years 

 ago. Though closely allied to several East-tropical African 

 species, collected by*Drs. Kirk, Heller, and others, during 

 Livingstone's second expedition, it does not seem to be 

 identical with any of these, having a broader midlobe of the 

 lip and longer spur. 



OCTOBER 1ST, 1870 



