54 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [EulopMa. 



bulbs oblong to ovoid-oblong, 2-2| lin. long, 4-5-leaved. Leaves 

 lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 4-10 in. long, 

 0-11 lin. broad. Scapes 1-2 ft. long, loosely paniculate above ; branches 

 2-9 in. long. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, |-1 lin. long. Pedicels 

 8-9 lin. long. Sepals oblong or subspathulate-oblong, obtuse or apicu- 

 late, 2 J-3 lin. long, dull lurid purple. Petals oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 

 as long as the sepals, but broader, and a little paler in colour. Lip 

 trilobed, 2| lin. long, 2 lin. broad, yellow ; side lobes obtuse or rounded ; 

 front lobe broadly obcordate or obovate; disc with a pair of oblong 

 flattened tubercles near the base ; spur linear-oblong, more or less bifid 

 at the apex, spreading or incurved as the flowers become old, a little 

 shorter than the lip. Column stout, l-lj lin. long; basal angles 

 prominent and pubescent. — Lindl, Bot. Beg. t. 1821 ; Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. vi. 132. Limodorum luridum, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 521. Angrcecum 

 luridum, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. 86. Eulophia longicollisj 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 132. E. virilism Lindl. 1. c. ; Kranzl. 

 in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 156 (by error as viridis). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4812 ! Bumban to Port 

 Lokko, Scott-Elliot, 5741 ! Kikoukou Island, River Scarcies, Hart ! and without 

 precise locality, Don ! Afzelius ! Lagos, Millen, 187 ! Niger Delta : Brass River, 

 Barter, 2040 ! Nun River, " on Phoenix spinosa," Barter, 20121 ! Cameroons : Ambas 

 Bay, Mann, 782 ! 



laovrer Guinea. Gaboon : Corisco Bay, Mann, 1882 ! 



I cannot find a single character by which to separate Lindley's jE. longicollis and 

 E. virilis from the present one. 



14. £S. EUiotii, Rolfe. Bhizome and leaf not seen. Scape \^ ft. 

 high, with a few loose sheaths below, loosely paniculate above. Bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long. Pedicels 3-5 lin. long. Sepals 

 narrowly oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lin. long. Petals similar, but a 

 little broader and more membranous. Lip trilobed, 3 lin. long ; side 

 lobes narrow, oblong, obtuse, slightly crenulate towards their apices ; 

 front lobe broadly rounded, obtuse, somewhat undulate ; disc with five 

 slender keels, becoming lamellate and crenulate in front. Column 

 clavate, IJ lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : on a grassy hillside about 600 ft. above Falaba, 

 among schistose rock?, Scott-Elliot, 5116 ! 



15. E. Smithii, Rolfe. Scape tall and branched ; branches 9 in. 

 long, slender, lax-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, 1-2 lin. 

 long. Pedicels 9 lin. long. Sepals linear-oblong, acute, 6 lin. long. 

 Petals similar, but a little broader and apiculate. Lip trilobed, 5 lin. 

 long ; side lobes narrow, with short oblong obtuse apex ; front lobe 

 oblong, emarginate, crisped-undulate, with three tuberculate keels ; spur 

 clavate-oblong, slightly curved, 1 J-2 lin. long. Column clavate, 2 lin. long. 



ILower Guinea. Congo, Smith, 45 ! 



Only known from a specimen at the British Museum. 



16. E. callichroma, Reichh.f. Otia Bot. Hcumh. ii. 116. Bhizome 

 stout. Leaves several, elongate-linear, subacute, \-\ ft. long, 3-5 lin. 



