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acutis (lateralibus obliquis), petala acuta oblongo-lanceolata vel 

 ovali-oblonga valde superantibus ; labello 3-fido, lobis lateralibus 

 minoribus oblongis rotundatis, lobo medio late ovato emarginato, 

 carinis geminis medianis e calcaris obtusi orificio ortis sub lobo 

 medio auctis, disco sparse callis filiformibus instructo ; columua 

 apoda brevi crassa, margine alata, anthera obtuse apiculata. 



Hab. Sbire Higblands, Dec. (lesser rains), 1894, No. 8616. 



The leafless flower-stalks (the base of which is not present) are 

 apparently about 1^ it. long. The subscarious subacute sheathing 

 bracts are about 3 in. long, and united for two-thirds their length. 

 The raceme is 2 in. long ; the long narrow setose bracts reach an 

 inch. The lateral sepals have their inner (anterior) side larger, 

 and are If in. long by 8 lines broad ; the dorsal is about 1 line 

 shorter and narrower. The petals are 16-17 lines long by 5-5 J 

 broad. The Hp is 14 lines long ; the forwardly-directed lateral 

 lobes are 3 lines broad, and 3 lines along the shorter anterior side; 

 the central lobe is f in. long by i in. broad. Two low median 

 keels pass from the opening of the spur, and end below the central 

 lobe in two lamelliform calli. The cylindrical forwardly-curved 

 spur is 2^ lines long. The column is 3 lines long. The 4 pollinia 

 are united m two semiglobose pairs. The scabridulous ovary 

 (4 lines long) is borne on a stalk i in. long. After fertihsation 

 the flowers become reflexed parallel with the stem. 



Eulophia (§ Cyrtopera) subulata, sp. nov. Caulibus sub- 

 tenuibus nudis, bracteis sterilibus scariosis tandem laceratis, 

 floreutibus longis subulatis, racemo denso subterminali ; floribus 

 inter mediocres, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis his similibus 

 sed vix acuminatis, labello 3-lobo, lobo medio obovato facie glabro, 

 lobis lateralibus minoribus oblongis prorsum versis, calcare brevi 

 tenui, columna anguste alata in pedem brevem producta. 



Hab. Dry rather bare alluvium, Katonga river, south of 

 Uganda (Victoria region), Feb. 26 (between the rains), 1894, No. 

 7417. 



Not a striking plant. The slender leafless flowering-stems (12- 

 15 in. long) spring two (or more ?) together from a small rhizome. 

 The scarious cauline bracts have their edges united below, free 

 above, but appressed to the stem ; they tend to tear into strips, 

 by disappearance of the mesophyll between the somewhat promi- 

 nent veins. The narrow floral bracts are almost awn-like ; they 

 exceed the stalked ovary in length, the lowermost being 7-9 lines 

 long. The rather shortly stalked flowers are crowded in a sub- 

 capitate raceme 1^-2 in. long. They were apparently concolorous 

 (yellow). The sepals are 10 lines long by 4 broad, the petals 

 8 by 3. The lateral sepals are attached to the foot of the column. 

 The lip is 8 lines long ; the spreading upper lobe (4|- by 3f lines) 

 has a rounded apex and a smooth upper surface, except for the 

 slightly raised principal veins just above the origin of the smaller 

 ascending lateral lobes ; two central slightly elevated veins pass from 

 the base of the lip, increasing in size at the point of division, and 

 ending just above it. The column is 2 lines long, with a foot 

 1 line long ; the thin straight spur 1 line. There are 2 pollinia. 



