merh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 401, 
1957. 
Type: Africa, West Coast, without precise locality. 
Coll. Mann s.n./ (W). 
Lissochilus barombensis Kral. in Engl., Bot. 
Jahrb. 17: 52, 1898. 
Type: Cameroun, Barombi. Coll. Preuss no. 546! (Kx). 
Kulophia Bierleri De Wildem., Not. Pl. Util. 
Congo 1: 311, 1904. 
Type: Zaire, Coquilhatville. Coll. Bierler s.n. (BR). 
Hulophia Mildbraedi Wrz). in Engl., Bot. 
Jahrb. 43: 339, 1909. 
Type: Zaire, Ruwenzori Range, Semliki Plains. Coll. 
Mildbraed no. 275! (Kx). 
Distribution: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, 
Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, 
Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zam- 
bia, Angola. 
The long cylindrical pseudobulbs with two leaves and the equally 
four-lobed lip of rather large flowers easily identify the plants of this 
species. 
Oeceoclades sclerophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay & Tay- 
lor, comb. nov. 
Basionym: MWulophia sclerophylla Rchb.f. in Flora 68: 
542, 1885. 
Syn. : Mulophidium sclerophyllum (Rehb. f.) Summerh. 
in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 402, 1957. 
Type: Madagascar, Forét d’Ankaye. Coll. Humblot 
s.n.! (W). 
Hulophia Elhoti Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
London 29: 52, 1891. 
Lissochilus Elliot (Rolfe) H. Perr. in Hum- 
bert, Fl. Madag. Orch. 2: 47, 1941. 
Type: Madagascar, near Fort Dauphin. Coll. Elliot 
no. 2424! (Kx). 
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