MR. SCOTT Elliot's tropical African orchids. 169 



Eulophia (Cyrtopera) aristata, sp. nov. Bracteis caulinis 

 arete amplexicaulibus acutis quam internodi iufima excepta brevi- 

 oribus; raceme laxo paucitloro, bracteis auguste lanceolatis apice 

 aristatis, pedicellum cum ovario longe excedentibus ; flore inter 

 majores, sepalis ligulatis, dorsali obtuso, lateralibus majoribus 

 superne angustatis et acutis, petalis similibus sed minoribus, labello 

 basi late pandurato carinis geminis instructo, lobo termmali oblongo 

 venis elevatis et deutatis lineato, calcare brevi rotundato ; columua 

 valida iu pedem producta. 



Hab. Shire Highlands, Dec. (lesser rains), 1894, No. 8616 pars. 



The slender flowering-stem (2U in. long) bears 3 closely-sheathing 

 bracts with edges united for a short distance only above the base ; 

 the lowest is 3, the uppermost 2^ in. long. The raceme is 3^ in. 

 long. Of the elongated aristate flowering-bracts, the lowest is 13 

 lines, the uppermost are 7-8 lines. The flower- stalk and ovary 

 are together lialf an inch. The sepals and petals are similar in 

 form, all being ligulate ; the latter are smaller. The dorsal sepal 

 is 8-|- by 2^ lines, the lateral are 10 by 2h, and the subacute petals 

 7^ by 1^ Imes. The lip measures 9 lines from the mouth of the 

 short (1|- lines long) rounded spur to the slightly emarginate apex. 

 The base is 5^ lines broad, the terminal lobe 3^ lines long by 

 3 broad. Two parallel median keels run from the mouth of the 

 spur to below the base of the end lobe, where they break up into a 

 number of raised veins, which are continu.ed over the greater part 

 of the latter, bearing numerous curving tootli-like processes. The 

 short broad column (Sh lines long) is continued into a foot 3 lines 

 long, to which the lateral sepals are attached. 



LissocHiLus ARENARius Liudl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. [Bot.), vi. 133. 



Hab. East side of Albert Edward Nyanza, dry grassy hills, 

 4-5000 ft., Aug. 1894, No. 8032. Stevenson Road, per Mr. Carson, 

 4-5000 ft., Nov. 1894, No. 8362. Shire Highlands, Dec. 1894, 

 No. 8621. 



Lissochilus Elliotii, sp. nov. Egregia, caulis crass^e bracteis 

 subfoliaceis basi solum amplexicaulibus ; ilorentibus magnis late 

 ovatis obtusis, pedicellos baud tequantibus ; floribus magnis, sepalo 

 dorsali spathulato abrupte acumiuato, lateralibus in pede columnae 

 insertis oblongo-spathulatis prene aristulatis, petalis uncialibus 

 orbicularibus, labello crasso crispo alis rotundis, lobo medio 

 oblongo cristis tribus medianis instructo, calcare brevi crasso. 



Hab. Marshy place, Wimi River, Ruwenzori, eastern side, 

 7000 ft., June (rains), 1894, No. 7924. 



A fine plant, "about 5 ft. high," the stem reaching ^ in. in 

 diameter. The large stem-bracts have their edges free for the 

 whole length, and are subpatent above an amplexicaul base. 

 The largest raceme is 1^ ft. long, the blunt bracts f in., the 

 flower-stalks below the ovary about 1 in. The dorsal sepal is 

 13 lines long by 5|- broad, the lateral ones are 11 by 5 ; the 

 petals 1 in. long, and almost as broad. In the lip the suberect 

 lateral lobes are ^ in. long, the spreading central one 10 lines 

 long by 8-9 broad ; the blunt conical sac at the base is ^ in. 

 long, including the short thick terminal spur (2 lines). Three 



