Eidophia.] cxxxiii. orchide.^^: (rolfe). 53 



long. Pedicels lJ-2 lin. long. Flawers yellow. Sepals and petals 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, subacute, 2-2 J lin, long. Lip elliptical-oblong, 

 trilobed, 2-2 J lin. long, Ij lin. broad; side lobes narrow and obtuse; 

 front lobe broadly oblong, retuse or emarginate ; nerves of disc five, 

 each bearing a few suberect papillae above the middle ; spur oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-1 J lin. long. Column stout, 1 lin. long. 



Vpper Cruinea. Sierra Leone : Herimankuna, Scott-Elliot , 5243 ! Niger 

 Territory : Nupe, in grassy valleys, Barter, 1480 ! 



Leaves are absent from the specimens. 



10. E. Monile, Reichh. f. in Flora, 1867, 105. Pseudobulbs 

 thickened, superposed. Leaves linear, acuminate, rigid, with two 

 tubular sheaths at the base. Scapes slender, over 1 ft. high ; basal 

 sheaths distant, subacute ; racemes lax, few-flowered. Flowers drooping, 

 white. Bracts linear-setaceous, longer than the deflexed pedicels. 

 Sepals linear-ligulate, acute. Petals shorter and more obtuse. Lip 

 ■cuneate-oblong, trilobed ; side lobes obtusely angled ; front lobe ovate 

 or obovate, emarginate, crenulate ; disc with three minutely crested 

 keels below, and five barbate lamellae on the front lobe. Spur clavate, 

 not a third as long as the ovary. Capsule oblong, 5 lin. long. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huillaj Morro de Monino, 5000 ft., among mosses, 

 near river, Welwitsch, 709 ! 



11. E. Protearum, Reichh. f. in Flora, 1867, 104. Rhizome 

 thickened. Leaves linear-setaceous, cartilaginous. Scapes with two 

 oppressed nerved sheaths at the base, 9 in. high ; racemes few-flowered. 

 Flowers yellow, with a trace of red. Sepals oblong-ligulate, acute, 

 b lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, acute, 5 lin. long. Lip trilobed ] side 

 lobes obtusely angled ; front lobe ovate, crenulate at the sides ; disc with 

 five keel-like nerves; spui clavate-cylindrical, \\ lin. long. Column 

 cylindrical, apiculate. 



JaO'wer Guinea. Angola: Huillaj Lopollo and Monino, sandy gi'assy places 

 in Proteaceous woods, TFelwttsch 719 (not 739, as cited by Reichenbach). 



Of this species I have only seen a drawing, which is preserved in the IJritish 

 Museum. 



12. E. brevipetala, Rolfe. Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, 1 in. long. 

 Leaves (immature) fascicled, linear, acute, very short. Scapes slender, 

 1-1 J ft. high ; racemes lax, few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 

 1-lJ lin. long. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 4-5 lin. long. Petals oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, subobtuse, 2-2^ lin. long, strongly o-7-nerved. Lip 

 3-3 J lin. long, trilobed ; side lobes narrow, obtuse ; front lobe broadly 

 elliptical-oblong, obtuse, undulate; disc three-keeled at the base, five- 

 keeled above, nerves all fimbriate- villous. Column clavate, 1 J lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : 600 ft. above Falaba, in a dry wood on top of a 

 schistose hill, Scott-Elliot, 5224 ! 

 Remarkable for the short petals. 



13. E. lurida, Lindl. Gen. <C' Sp. Orch. 182. Epiphytic. Pseudo- 



