rests the small and often narrow viscidium. As in some 
species of Section II the apex of the stipes (or of the two 
branches of the stipes) is not only widened but curved 
back to form a small flat or concave platform in the cen- 
tre of which the pollinia rest. 
21. Microcoelia dahomeensis (/inet) Summerhayes 
in Hutchinson & Dalziel Fl. West Trop. Afr. 2 (1986) 
454, 
Dicranotaenia dahomeensis Finet in Mém. Soe. Bot. 
France 9 (1907) 47, t. IX, figs. 28-88. 
Gussonea dahomeensis Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Cen- 
tralbl. 36, Abt. 2 (1918) 92. 
Goip Coast: Assuantsi, Aug. 1909, Miles; Akim, Bunsu Planta- 
tion, Gillett. 
Danomey: Adja Ouéré, Le Testu 125 (Tyre not seen). 
Frencw Cameroons: No locality, Bates 1213. 
Beiaran Congo: Eala, 1925, Robyns 531. 
Uaanpa: Mabira Forest, April 1908, Brown 433. 
Evidently widely distributed throughout the forest re- 
gion of equatorial Africa. This species may be recognised 
by the divided stipes of the pollinia and the sharply in- 
curved spur which is swollen to form an ellipsoid sae at 
the apex. The lobes of the rostellum are curved slightly 
downwards at the very apex. 
22. Microcoelia Friesii (Schlechter) Summerhayes in 
Orch. Rev. 47 (1989) 21, a obs. 
Gussonea F'riesti Schlechter in Fries Wissen. Ergebn. 
Schwed. Rhodes.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, 1 (1916) 
250, fig. 26, et in Fedde Repert. Spec. Nov. Beih. 68 
(1932) t. 97, no. 386. 
NorTHEeRN Ruopesta: Kalambo, between Abercorn and Bismark- 
burg, Nov. 1911, Fries 1342. 
Unaccountably omitted from Schlechter’s revision of 
the genus. The species may be distinguished by its broad 
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