Eniophia.] cxxxiii. orchide^e (rolfe). 61 



long. Pedicels 5-1) lin. long. Sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 7-8 lin. long. Lip 7-8 lin. long, trilobed ; side lobes broadly 

 semiovate, obtuse ; front lobe suborbicular or broadly obovate ; disc 

 with nerves scarcely thicker at the base, barbate in front with long 

 hairs ; spur linear, subcorneal, obtuse, 2-2^ lin. long. Column clavate, 

 3 lin. long. 



IVKozamb. Slst. Northern Bechuanaland : Leshnmo Valley, Holuh ! Near the 

 Zambesi River, N.W. of Shesheke, Hohib ! 



Ziower Guinea. German South-West Africa : Amboland ; Oshike, Schinz ! 



37. E. hereroensis, Schhchter in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 417. Stem 

 erect, glabrous, 16-20 in. high. Leaves few, fascicled, suberect, 

 produced after flowering, linear, acute, rather rigid, nerved. Scapes 

 lateral, rather strong, laxly sheathed; sheaths few, submembranous, 

 short, appressed to the scape ; spike loosely many-flowered. Bracts 

 membranous, suberect, minute, lanceolate, acute, much shorter than 

 the ovary. Flowers erect, spreading. Sepals narrowly oblong, sub- 

 acute, 8-9 lin. long; lateral 2^ lin. broad; dorsal a little narrower 

 than the lateral. Petals oblique, lanceolate-oblong, subacute, 6-7 lin. 

 long, 2J lin. broad. Lip as long as the sepals, lanceolate, slightly 

 trilobed above ; side lobes very short, subtriangular, acute ; front 

 lobe much larger than the side ones, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with inflexed 

 margin; disc with two parallel keels and some thickened nerves; 

 spur thick, obtuse, subincurved, 2 J lin. long, mouth very broad. 

 Column about half as long as the lip ; stipes oblong-ligulate, short ; 

 glands elliptical, semilunate, with a very acute apex. 



TtO'weT Guinea. German South-West Africa : Hereroland ; near Harris, among 

 shrubs, FlecJc, 412. 



Only known to me from the original description. 



?>8. E. "Welwitschii, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. vii. 2SG. Plant 

 1-1 J ft. high. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 6-8 in. long, 

 immature at flowering time. Scapes 1-1 J ft. long, with a few lanceolate 

 sheaths ; racemes 2-3 in. long, about 7-9-flowered. Bracts lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4-9 lin. long. Pedicels 5-6 lin. long. 

 Sepals and petals oblanceolate, acute or subacuminate, 10-12 lin. long. 

 Lip subentire, elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 10-11 lin. long; disc with three 

 obtuse keels at the base ; nerves more or less villose above ; spur 

 oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 2h lin. long. — Orthochilus 

 Welwitschii, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 186. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; at Monino, in sandy places among Proteaceae, 

 Wehrifsch, 720 ! Huilla, Aninnes, 22 ! 



39. E. renschiana, Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 25. 

 Leaves rigid, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Scape tall ; raceme lax. 

 Sepals and petals not described. Lip broadly oblong, obtuse or emar- 

 ginate, with a pair of obtuse-angled lobes near the base ; disc with a 

 pair of keels at the base, barbate with crinite, very slenderly filiform, 



