168 MR. SCOTT Elliot's tropical African orchids. 



Is near K. viilanjicma mihi, I. c. p. 44 (Nyasa-land), but is a 

 smaller, slenderer plant, and differs in its lanceolate perianth-leaves, 

 and smaller lip with no tomeutum on the surface of tlie central 

 lobe. Is also near the South African K. enmta Lindl. 



Eulophia (§ Cyrtopera) missionis, sp. nov. Planta tenuis, 

 caulis nudffi bracteis scariosis longe tubulosis apice solum liberis 

 internodos iiequantibus, racemi longe acuminatis strauiineis pedi- 

 cellos sublongos cum ovario vix pequantibus ; floribus inter mi- 

 nores, sepalis petalisque similibus ovato-lanceolatis subacuminatis, 

 lateralibus in pede columnfe insertis, labello trilobo, lobo medio 

 cuneato crenulato facie callis filiformibus dense induto, lobis 

 lateralibus minoribus oblongo-falcatis, calcare brevi. 



Hab. Foot of Mt. Milanji, about 4000 ft., Nyasa-land, Dec. 

 (lesser rains), 1894, No. 8618. 



A young leafy shoot springs from the tubular sheath at the 

 base of one of the floweiiug stems ; two long narrow strongly- 

 veined leaves emerge from the upper long slender tabular bract 

 (3 in. long), which becomes free only about ^ in. below its obtuse 

 apex. The slender flowering-stems are 17-21 in. long, including 

 the not dense raceme (2^-8|- in.); the interuodes, except in the 

 upper third, are sheathed by the close-fitting bracts, whicii become 

 free a short distance below their subacute tip. The lanceolate 

 straw-coloured floral bracts are ^ in. long in the lower part of the 

 raceme. The slender flower-pedicel with the ovary is slightly 

 longer. The lateral sepals are attached by a rather broad base to 

 the foot of the column; they are somewhat asymmetrical, and ^ in. 

 long by 2 lines broad ; the lateral petals are bimihir, and similarly 

 attached, but slightly shorter (5 lines) ; the dorsal sepal difters from 

 the lateral in being symmetrical, and ^ line shorter. The lip is 

 5| lines long ; the ascending lateral lobes measure 2 lines on the 

 shorter side and are 1 J lines broad ; the median lobe is 2f lines by 

 scarcely 2 lines at its broad apex ; the upper surface bears a 

 tomentum of long simple or branched emergences ; two lamella; 

 run from the base of the lip, and end beloAV the median lobe in 

 two shortly fimbriated flattened calli. The spur projecting at an 

 obtuse angle from the base of the lip is scarcely 1 line long. The 

 column is narrowly winged, 2J lines long, the foot nearly 2 lines. 

 The anther is bluntly apiculate ; there are 2 pollinia attached to 

 the gland by a short broad strap. 



A distinct plant, recalling the last species in habit and general 

 structure of the flower, but easily distinguished by the very long 

 tubular stem-bracts, the shorter floral bracts, and the smaller 

 longer-stalked flowers. The cuneate median lobe of the lip, with 

 its characteristic tomentum, is also a distinction. 



Mr. Elliot has suggested the specific name which commemorates 

 the kind attention received at the mission station, near which the 

 plant was found, during a severe attack of fever. This attack is 

 much to be regretted, as it stopped Mr. Elliot from his intended 

 ascent of Milanji, whicli, to judge from our knowledge of the 

 mountain gained from Mr. Whyte's collection, might have proved 

 of considerable botanical value. 



