270. Cynorchis villosa, Ruffe, ; aflinis r.y^o.sv,,', Kidl., sed folds 
non - < • L I r ; i > i i - . ii tl< iv>n nt - -ii_ f uit< v villosis, tloribus minoribus, 
et calcare brevi facile distinguenda. 
Folia elliptico-oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, marline 
undulata, 1-1*5 dm. longa, 4*5— 7 - 5 cm. lata. Srapi erect i, l\">-3 dm. 
longi, plus minusve villosi, basi va«,dnis ovatodancenlatis obtecti ; 
racemi ovoideo - oblongi, 5-9 cm. bmgi, villosi, multiflori. 
Brartea, ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, villosae, h 12 mm. longae. 
Pedivtlli 1-2-2 em. lomri, villosissimi. Sr lt ,,h,„, posticum ovato- 
oblongum, apiculatum, snbeucullatum, cxiuh villosum, 6 mm. 
longum; sepala lateralia ovato-oblonga, apiculata, concava, oxtus 
villosa, 6 mm. longa. Petala obliqua, glabra, 5 mm. longa, uni- 
laterahter ililarata. crenulata. supra medium subito constricta, 
apice obtusa vel truncata. LaMfum f> mm. longum, late pan- 
durat.-.-oblongum, apice trilobum, lobis late rotundatis, disco 
laeve : calcar oblongum, intfamm. f> mm. lmimun. < 'nlumnu lata ; 
antherae appendices 3 mm. longae.— But. Ma<j. t. 7Si:,. 
N.E. Madagascar. Tananbe, in ravines, Warpur. 
A striking species, on account of the verv villous, many-flowered 
inflorescence. The flowers atv lilae-pm-ph- with the lip and the 
lower part of the petals white. The ovarv is 1 i-d.t -re,',,' but its 
-like those of the back of the sepals-are lilac-purple It 
' i September, 1901. 
XIV.-MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
th fi M p Tl ?°p f W " Main > a member of the gardening stall' of 
r the Colonies, on tl ,, of Kew, 
