Eulophia.] cxxxiii. orchide.e (rolfe). 63 



43. E. milanjianay Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 44. 

 Rhizome stout. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1 J ft. long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad ; base attenuate. Scapes 1-lf ft. long, with a few long sheaths 

 below ; Tacemes subcorymbose, dense. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, f-l^ in. long. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Flowers yellow, with 

 purple-blue side lobes to the lip. Sepals elliptical-oblong, acute, 14-16 

 lin. long, 5-6 lin. broad. Petals oblong, 12-13 lin. long, 4-5 lin. 

 broad. Lip trilobed, 11-12 lin. long; side lobes roundish-oblong; 

 front lobe obovate-suborbicular, obtuse ; disc with 2 keels at the base, in 

 front of which the nerves are somewhat fimbriate ; spur conical, slender, 

 2J lin. long. Column clavate, 2J lin. long. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Lower Mlanje, 2500 ft. Whyte, 257 ! 

 Manganja Hills, at Cananda, Meller ! Nyasaland, Buchanan, 349 ! 1328 ! German 

 East Africa : Uganda, l?^i7*o?i, 114 ! Portuguese East Africa : Morambala mountains, 

 3000 ft., KirJc ! 



44. E. Mechowii, Durand ds Schinz^ Conspect. FL Afr. v. 26. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Scape a little longer than the 

 leaves; raceme densely capitate. Sepals and petals not described. 

 Lip cuneate, trifid ; side lobes retrorse, obtuse-angled ; front lobe with 

 a narrow isthmus, dilated, obtuse-angled, denticulate and subemarginate 

 at the apex, velvety near the base ; disc with a pair of keels, which 

 become fimbriate upwards, and bear some linear or filiform appendages 

 in front. — Orthochilus Mechowii, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1882, 532. 



slower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 300. 

 Only known to me from the original description, 



45. E. Nuttii, Rolfe. Scape 1-1 J in. long, rather slender, covered 

 with long imbricate sheaths; raceme subcorymbose. Bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 lin. long. Pedicels 6-7 lin. long. Lateral 

 sepals broadly oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 8-9 lin. long, dorsal one 

 much narrower, attenuate below. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, o-Q 

 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lia. long, narrowed at the base ; side lobes 

 oblong, with rounded apex ; front lobe lanceolate, subobtuse ; disc with 

 a pair of acute keels, terminating in a tuft of fringes at the base of the 

 front lobe; spur narrowly oblong, IJ-lJ lin. long. Column clavate, 2 

 lin. long. 



Mozaml). Dist. British Central Africa: Fwambo, south of Lake Tanganyika, 

 5250 ft., Nutt ! 



46. E. speciosa, Rolfe. Scape IJ ft. high, with about 3 basal 

 sheaths ; raceme obtuse, 5-6-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 5-6 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Flowers mauve and white. 

 Sepals ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 1 1 lin. long. Petals elliptical- 

 oblong, acute or apiculate, 10 lin. long. Lip 9 lin. long, trilobed ; side 

 lobes broadly rounded; front lobe broadly suborbiculai; ; disc with 2 

 thickened, slightly pubescent keels at the base, very slightly barbate in 

 the centre ; spur oblong, 1 J lin. long. Column clavate, 2 lin. long ; 

 foot short. 



