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ORCHIDACEAE. 
eas guineensis, Lindl. ; F.T.A. vii. 69. 
Tilde Filani, 3300 ft., on stream bank in dark places, 
24 May, = tes high, sepals greenish-purple, lip pale 
mauve, No. 
Distrib.—North so foe Tropical Africé. 
Eulophia propinqua, Hutchinson, sp. nov., affinis HZ. Shupangae, 
Kranzl., sed foliis angustioribus bracteis brevioribus, labelli lobo 
rt. 
Herba erecta, 0-75 m. alta. Folia elongato-lineari-lanceolata, 
acuta, basin versus longe attenuata, usque ad 45 cm. longa, 
circiter 1 cm. lata, multinervia, glabra. Scapi elongati, vaginis 
4 cm. distantibus striatis stramineis dense induti; racemi 4-5 cm 
longi, circiter 12—-15-flori; bracteae lineari- lanceolatae ad ovato- 
lanceolatae, acute acuminatae, inferiores 2 cm. superiores 
0-5 cm. longae, fere membranaceae, glabrae; pedicelli ad 7 mm. 
longi. lores flavi, purpureo striati, labio rubro maculati. 
Sepala et petala subaequalia, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, circiter 
1 cm. longa et 6-7 mm. lata, striata. Labellum 8 mm. longum, 
5 mm. latum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolatis 
apice rotundatis 2-3 mm. longis, intermedio late oblongo apice 
rotundato 4-5 mm. longo supra dense et acute verrucoso. r 
distinctum, 1-25 mm. longum. Columna 6 mm. longa, oblongo- 
linearia. 
Norruern Nigeria. Plains between Hepham and Ropp, 
4600 ft., 5 July, bright yellow terrestrial orchid 2 ft., ‘‘ hood ” 
with purple lines, lip spotted red, H. V. Lely No. 353. 
Superficially this new species closely resembles the genus 
Pteroglossaspis, but the presence of a short spur excludes it 
from this genus. Its affinity in Eulophia is clearly with 
E. Shupangae, Kranzl., an East Tropical African species, from 
which it differs in the characters noted in the description above. 
Lissochilus Heudelotii, Reichb. f.; F.T.A. vii. 80. 
Naraguta, 4 ft. high, lip deep purple with green wings, 
remainder of the flower pale mauve pink, No. 81. 
Distrib.—Senegambia to Northern Nigeria. 
Lissochilus arenarius, Lindl.; F.T.A. vii. 82. 
Zaranda Filani, 19 May, flowers pale ee oe 199. 
Ko um, Reichb. f.; F.T.A. 
Neill’s Valley, 2 miles east of the Geeeinient Station, 
Naraguta, 15 June, growing on Ficus and Diospyros, 
racemes 3, the longest 22 inches in the axil of the lowermost 
leaf, the other two from below the — spur 9-10 inches 
long, flesh pink, flowers white, No. 2 
Distrib.—This is the first gathering from ae Guinea; recorded 
previously from East Tropical Africa, from Senaar to the 
River Shire, Nyasaland. 
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