pollinia 0.25—-0.5 mm. longa, stipitibus + geniculatim 
decurvatis apice subspathulato-dilatatis 0.2 mm. longis, 
viscidiis ligulatis utroque rotundatis marginibus hyalinis 
0.7 mm. longis; rostellum viscidils amotis sursum trifur- 
catum, lobis lateralibus leviter convergentibus cornibus 
similibus circiter 0.5 mm. longis, lobo intermedio tri- 
angulari-subulato quam lateralibus satis breviore, deor- 
sum breviter trifurcatum, lobis lateralibus brevibus tri- 
angularibus acutis, lobo intermedio fere duplo longiore 
subulato-lineari, circiter 1.5 mm. longo. 
Ueanpa: Bunyoro, Budongo Forest, June 1935, Eggeling 2058; 
same locality, epiphytic on Olea Welwitschii, cult. and flowered Busin- 
giro, June-July 1944, Eggeling 5492 (Tyrer). 
Kenya Cotony: Kakemega Forest, 1500 m. alt., June 1944, E.W. 
Carroll; comm. F.M. Tweedie 648. 
This plant is probably generally distributed in the for- 
ests of this region, but it is easily overlooked on account 
of its small size and inconspicuous green flowers. 
Eggelingia Swmmerhayes gen. nov. 
Epiphytica. Caulis monopodialis, elongatus, basi radi- 
cans, superne laxe foliatus. Folia ligulata, apice bilobu- 
lata. Inflorescentiae ex axillis foliorum ortae, brevissimae, 
pauciflorae. Flores parvi, pedicellati. Sepala libera, + 
patentia, lanceolata vel oblonga, aequalia. Petala ob- 
longa, quam sepala paulo minora. Labellum calearatum, 
simplex, ovatum, acutum, ecallosum, sepalis aequilon- 
gum; calcar fere rectum, ore pro rata angustum, cylin- 
dricum, prope apicem paulo dilatatum, labelli laminae 
aequilongum. Columna brevis, crassa, apice truncata, 
semiteres; androclinium leviter excavatum; anthera 
hemisphaerica, antice in appendicem acutam producta; 
pollinia 2, ovoidea vel subpyriformi-ovoidea, stipite lig- 
ulato apice truncato dilatato = incurvato, viscidio rec- 
tangulari-elliptico stipite paulo breviore, rostellum de- 
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