Tap. 8044, 
LISSOCHILUS Uaanpa. 
ay Uganda. 
Orcuipacea. Tribe VANDER. 
Lissocuiuus, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 536. 
Lissochilus Ugande, Ro/fe (sp. nov.); affinis, Z. lato, Rolfe, sed sepalis 
longioribus, petalis fere dimidio angustioribus, labelli lobo intermedio vix 
undulato et sacco latiore distincta. 
Herba terrestris, tuberosa, Folia elongata, ligulata, subacuta, plicata, 2-3 ped. 
longa, 1 poll. lata. Scapus erectus, 3} ped. altus, vaginis 4 tubulosis 
tectus. Facemus compactus, 6-8 poll. longus, multiflorus. Bractesz 
oblongo-lanceolatz, acute, concavie, 4 poll. longew. Pedicelli 9-11 lin. 
longi. lores speciosi, flavi, sepalorum apicibus brunneo suffusis, labelli 
lobis lateralibus brunneo-lineatis. Sepala reflexa, spathulato-oblonga, 
obtusa, concava, circa 1 poll. longa. Petala incurva, elliptico-oblonga, 
obtusa, 10 lin. longa. Labellwm trilobum, 1 poll. longum; lobi laterales 
erecti, oblongi, obtusi, apice undulati; lobus intermedius orbiculari- 
oblongus, obtusus, lateribus reflexis leviter undulatis; discus ad basin 
3-carinatus, carinis crenulatis; saccus latissimus, obtusus, fere 3 lin. latus. 
Columna clavata, angulata, circa 6 lin. longa. — 
Lissochilus is a large and characteristic African 
genus, Which, unlike the allied genus Hulophia, does 
not extend its range through the eastern tropics. Over 
ninety species are now known, about eighty of which 
are limited to Tropical Africa, though a few extend 
south of the tropic, where several additional species 
occur, and there are four or five imperfectly known 
Mascarene representatives. Many of the species are 
strikingly handsome, though, owing to their large size 
and deciduous, terrestrial habits, they are not very common 
in cultivation. One of them ranks among the giants of 
the Order, namely, L. giganteus, Welw., which, according 
to Sir Harry Johnston, sometimes produces an inflorescence 
as much as sixteen feet high, and plants have reached half 
this height in cultivation. Five species have already been 
figured in this work, namely, J. Horsfallii, Batem. 
(t. 5486), L. Krebsii, Rehb. f. (t. 5861), L. Sandersoni, 
Kehb. f. (t. 6858), L. milanjianus, Rendle (t. 7546), and 
L. purpuratus, Lindl. (t. 7921). The genus is polymorphic, 
NovemBer Isr, 1905. 
