^egadinium.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 4B 



BCozaznb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Mt. Chiradzulu, at Namalowe, 2000- 

 2500 ft., on rocks and trees, Meller ! Mt. Mlanje, McClounie, 23 ! 



The description of the flowers is taken from Reichenbach, none now remaining on 

 the type specimens preserved at Kew. The Mlanje specimens consist of flowering 

 racemes only, but apparently belong to the same species. 



18. M. Bufo, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, J/isc. 42. Rhachis elongate- 

 linear, acute, much flattened, 8J in. long, 6-7 lin. broad ; margin 

 obscurely repand-crenulate, green. Bracts reflexed, linear-oblong from 

 a broadly triangular base, subobtuse, 2 lin. long. Flowers speckled, 

 8-10 lin. apart, somewhat pubescent. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, 3 J lin. long ; lateral ones with broadly triangular 

 base, lanceolate-acuminate above, 3 lin. long, 2J lin. broad at the base. 

 Petals lanceolate-oblong, acute, J lin. long. Lip flat, 2 lin. long, Ij lin. 

 broad, purple; base broadly ovate-orbicular; apex oblong, subobtuse, 

 reflexed. Column very stout, J lin. long ; teeth oblong, subobtuse, 

 \ lin. long. — Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1841, 348, with fig. Bulhophyllum 

 Bufoy Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. \d. 258. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Loddigesy cultivated specimen ! 



Described from a single inflorescence, which flowered in Messrs. Loddiges* Nursery 

 in 1841. Nothing further is yet known of the species. 



An inflorescence of the very diflerent species, M. triste^ Rolfe, is attached to the 

 same sheet in Lindley's Herbarium, and appears to have been added afterwards, but 

 without information as to its origin. 



19. M. Liindleyi, Rolfe. Pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid-oblong, 

 1^-2 in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 3J— 4 in. long, 

 6-8 lin, broad. Scape suberect, \\ ft. long; rhachis ensiform-falcate, 

 very thin, light green, 10-11 in. long, \ in. broad in the middle ; margin 

 obscurely repand-crenate. Bracts reflexed, subulate-linear from a broad 

 base, \\ lin. long. Flowers 5-6 lin. apart, yellowish-green, speckled 

 with brown. Pedicels 2| lin. long. Dorsal sepal erect, spathulate, 

 obtuse or minutely apiculate, obscurely crenulate, 3 J lin. long, 1 J lin. 

 broad ; lateral ones reflexed, basal half broadly triangular-ovate, nearly 

 2 lin. long ; apex linear, subacute. Petals linear-oblong, subobtuse, 

 somewhat falcate, J lin. long. Lip recurved, linear-oblong from a 

 somewhat broader base, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column broad, \ lin. long; 

 margin winged ; teeth short, subacute. — MegacUnium maximtmi, Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1959 (not of Gen. & Sp. Orch.) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4028 ; Hook. 

 Cent. Orch. 16, t. 3 (Jlaccidum on plate). Bvlhophyllum maocimum, 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 259. 



Upper Cruinea. Sierra Leone, Loddiges, cultivated specimen ! 



This species has been confused by Lindley with his previously described 

 M. maximum, and hence requires a new name. It is only known by the figure and 

 an inflorescence in Lindley's Herbarium. The locality can only be assumed from his 

 remarks, but is probably correctly given here. 



20. M, platyrhachis, Rolfe. Rhizome stout and woody. Pseudo- 

 bulbs 1 in. or more apart, oblong, strongly 4 -angled, lJ-3 in. long, 

 2-leavod. Scapes 8-10 in. long ; rhachis very broadly dilated, 4-G in. 



