Eulophia.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (kolfe). 55 



broad. Scapes erect, lJ-2 ft. long, often loosely paniculate above. 

 Flowers lax, yellow, except the crests and margin of the lip, which are 

 white. Bracts linear-lanceolate, subacute, 2-4 Tin. long. Pedicels 6-8 

 lin.long. Sepals oblong-linear, obtuse, 5-6 lin.long. Petals oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, 4-5 lin. long. Lip equalling the sepals, narrowly elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse, nearly entire, apical half undulate ; disc with five thickened 

 nerves or keels, which are somewhat undulate or verrucose above ; spur 

 oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column oblong, 2 lin. long. — N. E. Br. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1889, vi. 298 ; Kew Bulletin, 1890, App. ii. 45. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Manganja Hills, Meller, 6 ! 3000 ft. 

 Kirk, 6 ! Zomba mountain, Meller ! 



17. E. aloifolia, Welw. ex Reichb.f. in Flora, 18G7, 104. Pseudo- 

 bulbs oblong-elliptical or elongate-elliptical, clothed with the persistent 

 leaf-sheaths. Leaves ligulate, acute, limb very cartilaginous or rigidly 

 coriaceous, retuse, crenulate or denticulate, 5-nerved, glaucous, 1-2 ft. 

 long, |-1 in. broad. Scape 4-5 ft. high, with distant sheaths below, 

 paniculately branched above, many-flowered. Bracts triangular, acute, 

 shorter than the ovary. Flowers as large as those of E. tristis, Spreng., 

 greenish-purple. Sepals ligulate, acute. Petals ligulate-oblong, acute. 

 Lip cuneate-oblong ; apex trifid; side lobes rectangular; front lobe 

 roundish-oblong, fleshy, apiculate, crisped-lobulate ; disc 5-nerved ; 

 nerves crenulate, the central one large ; spur cylindrical, obtuse, a fifth 

 as long as the lip. Column clavate ; anther bicornute. 



JtOMrer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Adongo, near Cnndumba, among shrubs on 

 rocky slopes by the side of the river Cuanza, rare, Wehvitsch, 682 ! (857 ex Reichenhach'). 



18. E. Peter sii, Reichb.f. in Flora^ 18G5, 186 {in note). Rhizome 

 creeping, \-\ in. thick, bearing scarious imbricate scales. Stems pseudo- 

 bulbous, 3 in. long, with sheathing acuminate scales below, 3-4-leaved 

 above. Leaves falcate, rigidly coriaceous, narrowed above and acute, 

 12-16 in. long, 7-10 lin. broad, keeled behind ; margin scabrid. Scapes 

 8-5 ft. high, with several sheaths at the base, loosely paniculate above, 

 or rarely simple. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, 3-8 lin. long. Pedicels J-1 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute or apiculate, 9-12 lin. long. Petals oblong, obtuse, a little shorter 

 and broader than the sepals. Lip 7-10 lin. long, obscurely trilobed ; 

 side lobes broadly elliptical-oblong, obtuse, erect ; front one broadly 

 elliptical-oblong, or nearly quadrate, undulate; disc with three crenulate 

 keels below, which are elevated into erect undulate lamella? on the front 

 lobe ; spur clavate -oblong, incurved, 2^-3 lin. long. Column clavate, 

 3^-5 lin. long ; apex broadly margined ; base produced into a short foot. 

 Capsule subcylindrical, IJ in. long. — Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb, ii. 

 74. Galeandra Petersii^ Keichb. f. in Linnsea, xx. 679 ; Peters, Reise 

 Mossamb. 514. Eulophia schimperiana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 283 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 89. Epidendrum 

 schimperianum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. 1. c. Eulophia longepeduncidata, 

 Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 382; Journ. Bot. 1895, 165. 



Srile Xand. Eritrea: Mt. Alamkale, near Aidereso, 5900 ft., Schiveinfurth, 

 1469 ! Near Acrur, 7100 ft., Schiveinfurth, 1353 ! 1829. Abyssinfa : without locality, 



