.]fegaclmium.] cxxxm. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). 41 



linear-oblong, subobtuse, scaberulous, 1-lf in. long, 3-4 lin. broad; 

 margin obscurely crenulate. Bracts reflexed, suddenly narrowed from 

 a broad base, acute, h lin. long. Flowers 2 lin. apart, reddish-brown, 

 with a yellow dorsal sepal. Pedicels puberulous, 1 J lin. long. Dorsal 

 sepal spathulate-oblong, subobtuse, fleshy, Ij lin. long; lateral ones 

 ovate- triangular from a very broad base, acute, reflexed above the 

 middle, 1 lin. long. Petals falcate-subulate, f lin. long. Lip recurved 

 from a broader base, fleshy, J lin. long. Column I lin. long ; teeth 

 short, obtuse. 



Vpper Oulnea. Lagos, M'dlen! 



12. M. falcatum, Lindl Gen. d^ Sp. Orch. 47. Rhizome fairly 

 stout. Pseudobulbs about h in. apart, ovoid or ovoid-oblong, obscurely 

 4-angled, |-1J in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 

 lJ-3 in. long", 3-6 lin. broad. Scapes suberect, 5-7 in. long, with 

 several loose basal sheaths ; rhachis linear-oblong, somewhat falcate, 

 acute, 2-4 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad; margins thin. Bracts reflexed, 

 triangular-oblong from a broad base, acute, 1-1 J lin. long. Dorsal 

 sepal subspathulate-oblong, obtuse, '2h lin. long ; lateral ones triangular- 

 ovate, subobtuse ; apex reflexed, somewhat oblique, 1 J lin. long. Lip 

 triangular-oblong, obtuse, | lin. long. Column stout, J lin. long ; teeth 

 short, triangular-oblong, obtuse. Petals falcate-linear, subobtuse, 1 lin. 

 long. Lip triangular-oblong, obtuse, f lin. long. Column stout, 

 J lin. long ; teeth short, triangular-oblong, obtuse. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 989 ; C. Morr. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xix. 91 ; Ridl. in Bolet. 

 Soc. Brot. v. 198. Bulhophyllum falcatum, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 258. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don ! Afzelius ! Lagos, Moloney ! 

 ]bower Guinea. Angola : Angolares, Quintas (ex Ridley !). 



13. M. Clarkei, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 198. Rhizome stout, 

 creeping. Pseudobulbs 2 in. apart, broadly oblong, acutely 4-angled, 

 1 in, long, I in. broad, 2-leaved. Leaves oblong, obtuse, ~h-2\ in. long, 

 |-1 in. broad. Scape 6 J in. long; rhachis falcate-ensiform, obscurely 

 repand-crenulate, rather thin, 4 in. long, 4-5 lin. broad. Bracts 

 reflexed, broadly triangular, acute, IJ lin long. Flowers 2-3 lin. apart, 

 green, much speckled with purple-brown. Dorsal sepal subulate-linear, 

 subacute, scaberulous, 3J-4 lin. long ; lateral ones falcate-ovate, acumi- 

 nate, 2h lin. long. Petals falcate-linear, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Lip 

 recurved ; base ovate ; apex linear, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column stout, 

 \ lin. long ; teeth short, acute. 



"West Tropical Africa. Without locality, cultivated specijneus ! 

 Originally flowered in the collection of Major Trevor Clarke in 1891. 



14. M. melanorrhachis, Reichh.f. in Gard, Chron. 1875, iv. 162. 

 Rhizome fairly stout. Pseudobulbs subapproximate, ovoid- tetragon ous, 

 9 lin. long, 2-leaved. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 1J-2J lin. long, 2^-5 

 lin. broad. Scape 2 in. long, with a few basal sheaths ; rhachis oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, obtuse, thin, obscurely crenulate, slightly scaberulous, 



