Annam. Micholitz. 
Introduced by Messrs. Sander & Sons, and flowered at Kew in 
May, 1906. The ground colour of the flower is yellow, much 
spotted with crimson on the sepals, spur and base of the petals, 
while the lobes of the lip and apex of the petals are deep crimson. 
The column is yellow striped with crimson. 
287. Listrostachys Brownii, Rolfe ; inter species affines habitu 
compacto et racemis densiftoris et congestis que distincta. 
Caules breves, validi. Folia disticha, approximata, oblonga, 
inaequaliter et obtuse biloba, crasso-coriacea, 4-8 cm. longa, 
1-2-1-5 cm. lata. Racemi arcuati, secundi, densiflori, 7-8 cm. 
longi, basi vaginis spathaceis obtecti. Bracteae late ovatae, 
acutae, cucullatae, 8-10 mm. latae. Pedicelli breves. " Flores 
albi, fragrantes." Sepala recurva, lineari-lanceolata, attenuata, 
acuta, 10-12 mm. longa. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum 
8-9 mm. loneum, basi triangulari-ovatuin, cucullatum, apice 
attenuato-acuminatum et recurvum. Columna latissima. 
Uganda. Entebbe, at 1170 m. alt., E. Brown, 248. 
A very distinct species, which Mr. Brown remarks grows in 
masses, and when in flower is a very showy plant. 
288. Platylepis australis,iM/*>; affinis P. glandulosae, Reichb.f., 
a qua differt sepalis lateralibus latioribus medio subito reflexis, 
labello basi bigibboso medio constricto. 
Rhizoma repens. Caulis ascendens, foliosus. Folia petiolata, 
ovata, subacuminata, membranacea, 15-21-nervia, 5-10 cm. longa, 
2-5-5 cm. lata ; petiolus 3-5 cm. longus, basi in vaginam mem- 
branaceam tubulosam dilatatus. Scapi erecti, 15-30 cm. longi, 
vaginis spathaceis distantibus obtecti ; racemi oblongi vel elongati, 
5-12 cm. longi, multiflori. Bracteae ovatae, acutae, glanduloso- 
pubescentes, 6-12 mm. longae. Pedicelli 6 mm. longi, pauce 
glanduloso-pubescentes. Sepalum posticum erectum, oblongum, 
subobtusum, 6 mm. longum, extus glanduloso-pubescens ; lateralia 
basi subconniventia, medio subito reflexa, oblonga, subobtusa. 
Petala spathulato-linearia, obtusa, cum sepalo postico in galeam 
angustam cohaerentia. Labellum 6 mm. longum, erectum, basi 
ventricosum, bigibbum, columnae marginibus laeviter adhaerens ; 
limbus elliptico-oblongus, basi constrictus, apice recurvus. 
Lolumnah mm. longa, clavata. Platylepis glandulosa, Bolus in 
Re?chb. f. mD ' XXV * 187 ' 6t IC ' 0r ^ Anstr.-Afr. U 11, non 
S. Africa. Natal ; in swampy pl a < 
of Natal, Wood, 412 ; Sanderson, 104 
Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 1008. 
Hitherto considered identical with the West Tropical African 
Platylepis glandulosa, Reichb. f. It has recently flowered at 
Kew ; the flowers are green with a white upper half to the lip. 
Platylepis densiflora, Rolfe, a praecedente sepalis angus- 
~" reflexis, petalis angustioribus, 
fibus. lateralibus 
• medio nee didymo nee constricto differt. 
