172 MR. SCOTT Elliot's tropical African oecAids. 



long, the uppermost, in whicli only flowers remain, 4 lines. The 

 slender pedicel, with the ovary, is 7 lines long. The sepals are 

 7-nerved, the very blunt dorsal one is minutely apiculate, and 

 6 by 4 lines ; the lateral ones have a rounded apex, and are 7 by 4 

 lines. The more delicate almost oblate petals are G lines long by 

 8 broad. The broad ascending wings of the lip are 3-4 hnes long 

 by 3 broad. The median lobe is 4^ lines each way. The central 

 keel becomes fleshy at the base, where it is also lougitudinally bifid. 

 The spur is 1^ lines long. The short thick almost club-shaped 

 column is 3 lines long by nearly 2 broad at the top. The two pyri- 

 forin poUinia show an indication of a second division by a posterior 

 slit, and are a little over 1 line long ; the ribbon-like stalk of the 

 rostellum 1^ lines. 



Is near L. ruwenzoriensis mihi, but has not the large branching 

 raceme characteristic of that plant. It diflers also in the shape of 

 its slightly broader sepals, in its much broader petals, and larger lip. 



Lissochilus saccatus, sp. nov. Bipedalis, caule aphylla, bracteis 

 sterilibus scariosis subbrevibus, racemi sublaxi bracteis lanceolatis 

 brevibus, pedicellos subsquantibus ; floribus inter mediocres, roseis, 

 sepalis obtusis, dorsali ovali-oblongo, lateralibus oblongis, basi 

 truncata, petalis late orbicuiari-ovatis, labelli lobo medio late ovali 

 obtuso, lateribus reflexis, margine crispulato, disco elevate cristas tres 

 lamelliformes gerente, alls saccum latum, in calcar crassiusculum 

 elongatum, circumdatis ; columna crassa, polliniis 2. 



Hab. liocky ground, Nandi (Nile watershed), 6-7000 ft., Jan. 

 (between the rams), 1893, No. 6988. 



The few lower subacute bracts on the rather slender leafless 

 stem are 1^-1 in. long, with the edges united nearly to the top, 

 above or to the middle, according to their height on the stem. The 

 acuminate fertile bracts are 5 lines long in the lower part of the 

 raceme (6 in. long), becoming gradually shorter above. The sepals 

 are mucli ahke, and 5-6-veined, the more oblong lateral ones being 

 slightly longer (nearly 6 lines long by 2^ broad), the dorsal 

 measuring 6 by 3 lines. The broad rounded petals are 8 lines 

 long by 9 broad. The prominent sides of the lip surround a large 

 sac, terminating in a blunt spur 3 lines long ; the projecting central 

 lobe is 5 lines long by 4 broad ; the delicate sides recurve, while 

 the convex disc bears 3 parallel crests, each about 1 line in height, 

 the median projecting beyond the others. The rounded anther is 

 sub-bilocular. Fruit oval-oblong, 1 in. long. 



Is very near L. milanjiauus mihi (in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2, iv. 46) 

 in general shape of the flower and the crested labellum, but the 

 flower in L. saccatus is considerably larger, with larger wings to the 

 lip. The column is also longer, as are also the sepals, which are 

 blunt, not sharp and aristulate, as in the Milanji plant. The stem- 

 bracts are also more tubular. The time of flowering is different, 

 namely, January as compared with October. 



Lissochilus monticolus, sp. nov. Bracteis caulinis vaginanti- 

 bus subbrevibus saepe maculatis acutis, racemi laxi brevibus lanceo- 

 latis, floribus illis L. milanjiani et L. saccati similibus ; sepaUs 

 apiculatis, 6-7-nerviis, dorsali breviter oblongo, lateralibus e basi 



