details, especially in the shape of the lip. Vegetatively it is reminis- 
cent of O. seychellarum. The flowers are rose-colored. 
Oeceoclades latifolia (Rolfe) Garay & Taylor, comb. 
nov. 
Basionym: Mulophia latifolia Rolfe in Bol. Soc. Broter. 
9: 189, 1891. 
Syn.: Mulophidium latifolium (Rolfe) Summerh. in 
Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 896, 1957. 
Type: Island of Sio Tomé. Coll. Quintas s.n./ (KX). 
Distribution: Africa—Island of Sao Tomé. 
Florally the plants referable to this species are rather similar to 
O. ugandae, but vegetatively they are very different and more remi- 
niscent of O. atrovirens. The lateral veins of the lip are papillose- 
ciliolate in this alliance to which O. pandurata, O. seychellarum and 
O. lanceata also belong. 
Oeceoclades lonchophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay & Tay- 
lor, comb. nov. 
Basionym: IZulophia lonchophylla Rchb.f. in Flora 68 : 
542, 1885. 
Syn.: HMulophidium lonchophyllum (Rehb.f.) Schltr. in 
Fedde Rep. Beih. 83: 256, 1925. 
Lissochilus lonchophyllus (Rehb.f.) H. Perr. in 
Humbert, Fl. Madag. Orch. 2: 26, 1941. 
Type: Comoro Islands, without proper locality. Coll. 
Humblot no. 433! (P,W). 
Kulophia tainioides Schltr. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 
26: 889, 1899. 
Kulophidium tainioides (Schltr.) Summerh. in 
Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 408, 1957. 
Type: Mozambique, between Morumben and Mass- 
inga, region of Inhambane. Coll. Schlechter 
no. 12106! (K,Z). 
Eulophia dissimilis Dyer in FI. Pl. Afr. 27: t. 
1066, 1949. 
Eulophidium dissimile Dyer in Fl. Pl. Afr. 27: 
t. 1066, 1949, nom. altern. in obs. 
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