58 cxxxiii. ORCHiDKs (rolfe). [EulopMa. 



loaf Mountain, Barter ! Niger Delta : Old Calabar River, Mann, cultivated 

 specimens ! 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto, near the river at Banca de Quilombo, 

 2000 ft, in deep shade, Welwitsch, 671 ! 



" Pseudobulbs not unlike a fossil Calamites in shape and appearance," Wehvitsch ! 



25. E. Kirkii, ^oZ/e. Rhizome thickened. Leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-12 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad. 

 Scapes Ij-l J ft. high, with about 3 acuminate sheaths below ; racemes 

 0-8 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-10 

 lin. long, white, membranous. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Sepals oblong- 

 linear, subacute, 9 lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, acute, membranous, 

 7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 7 lin. long; side lobes broadly oblong, 

 rounded at the apex ; front lobe suborbicular, undulate ; disc with 2 

 oblong obtuse calli near the base, and five strongly verrucose-crenulate 

 keels on the front lobe; spur conical, oblong, 2 lin. long. Column 

 clavate, 3 lin. Idng ; foot half as long as the column. 



Mozamb. 3>lst. British Central Africa : Manganja Hills, TFaZZer .' ShireHlgh- 

 lands, Buchanan, 315 ! Portugese East Africa : Morambala Mountains, 1500-3500 ft.. 

 Kirk ! 



26. E. stachyodes, Reichh.f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 66. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 5-10 in. long, |-lf in. broad. Scapes 2 ft. high, 

 with several oblong-lanceolate, acute sheaths ; racemes C in. long, 

 many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 7-1) 

 lin. long. Pedicels 6-7 lin. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 9-10 

 lin. long, green suffused with purple ; lateral sepals adnate to the foot 

 of the column. Petals elliptical-oblong, subobtuse, 8-9 lin. long, more 

 membranous than the sepals, white. Lip white, with purple crests 

 and nerves on the side lobes, trilobed, 6-7 lin. long; side lobes 

 roundish-oblong, undulate ; front lobe broadly elliptical-oblong, obtuse ; 

 disc with a pair of small calli below the middle, verrucose all over the 

 front part ; spur oblong, somewhat curved, broader at the base, 1 J lin. 

 long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long. 



Xrile laand. British East Africa : Niamniam Land, near the Yubbo River, 

 Schweinfurth, 3754 ! North of Monbuttu, Schweinfurth, 3554 ! 



27. E. crinita, Rolfe. Leaves linear, acute, 4-10 in. long, 

 2-3 lin. broad. Scapes slender, Ij ft. high, covered with long 

 imbricate sheaths ; racemes 4 in. loDg, lax, few-flowered. Bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 in. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. 

 Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute 6-7 lin. long, light green. Petals 

 elhptical-oblong, acute, 5-6 lin. long, lilac. Lip trilobed, 5-6 lin. long, 

 white, with light purple veins and margin, and light yellow hairs; 

 side lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse ; front lobe broadly obovate, obtuse ; 

 disc with four keels at the base, densely barbate above ; spur linear 

 oblong, obtuse, curved, 1 lin. Column clavate, 3 lin. long. 



BKozaxnb. Bist. (t) Described from a cultivated specimen believed to have been 

 sent from the Shire Highlands by Mr. J. Buchanan, C.M.G. 



Allied to the South African 1£. tristis, Spreng., and the Indian E. graminea, Lindl. 



