EulopMa.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 65 



51. E. Bainesiiy Rolfe. Leaves about 5-7, tufted, linear, acute, 

 somewhat curved, 6-10 in. long. Scapes 1 ft. long, clothed with lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, imbricate sheaths ; racemes short, few-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 5-9 lin. long. Pedicels 4 Hn. long. Sepals 

 oblong, lanceolate, acute, carinate, 9-10 lin. long. Petals broadly 

 elliptical-oblong, acute, 8-9 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 8-9 lin. long ; 

 side lobes narrowly oblong, with a rounded apex ; front lobe ovate- 

 oblong, subobtuse; disc with four crenulate keels on the lower half^ 

 the two inner extending half-way along the front lobe, there 

 becoming more slender and barbate ; midnerve thickened and barbate 

 in front; spur saccate, obtuse, \ lin. long. Column stout, 2 lin. long; 

 foot half as long as the column. 



Tropical Soutb Aflrica. Without. locality, Baines ! 



52. E. fiavopurpurea, Rolfe. Scape slender, 2 J ft. high, with a few 

 distant sheaths below; racemes lax, 13 in. long, few-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate, scarious, nearly as long as the ovary. Pedicels about | in. 

 long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 9-10 lin. long. Petals oblong- 

 ligulate, subobtuse, 9-10 lin. long, about 4 lin. broad, twice as broad as 

 the sepals, yellowish-green. Lip ligulate, trifid, striped with pale 

 purple ; side lobes semioblong, obtuse ; front lobe obcordate, crenulate ; 

 disc with five teeth ; spur conical, retrorse, small, yellow at the apex. 

 Column trigonous. — Cyrtopera flavopurpurea, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. 

 Hamb. i. 68. 



irile Jjand. British East Africa : Niamuiam, Schiveinfurth, 3546 ! 



53. E. Schweinfarthiiy Krdnzl. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 54. Scape 

 "2^ in. high, very slender, with several sheaths; racemes lax, few- 

 flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, very narrow, 4-5 lin. long. Pedicel:^ 

 4-6 lin. long. Dorsal sepal nearly orbicular, apiculate, 4 lin. long and 

 about as broad; lateral subequal, a little broader than the dorsal. 

 Petals much smaller than the sepals, broadly ligulate, acute, 4 lin. long,. 

 \h lin. broad. Lip trilobed ; side lobes erect, rhomboid, with a rounded 

 apex; front lobe oblong, acute, 5 lin. long; disc with three keels ex- 

 tending from the apex to the base of the lip. Keels elevated and 

 tuberculate in front ; spur stout, straight, extinguisher-shaped. Column 

 o lin. long, a little dilated above. 



JTlle Ziand. British East Africa : Bongoland j near Tondy River, Schiveinfurth^ 

 2671. 



Only known to me from the original description. 



54. E. holstianay Krdnzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 157. Plant 

 slender, 2J-3J ft. high. Leaves 2-3, very narrowly linear, acuminate. 

 Scape with a few basal sheaths ; racemes 2i-3 in. long, many-flowered. 

 Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary. 

 Flowers deep yellow, 6-7 lin. diam. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, 4 lin. 

 long; dorsal a little narrower than the lateral. Petals oblong, sub- 

 obtuse, SJ lin. long, slightly denticulate. Lip trilobed ; side lobes 



