66 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [Eulophia. 



small, ovate-triangular, subobtuse; front lobe obovate, retuse, crenu- 

 late ; disc strongly barbate in front, with 2 prominent lamellse below 

 the middle; spur broadly conical, obtuse, \ lin. long. Column clavate, 

 incurved, IJ lin. long; foot as long as the column. — Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxii. 23. 



Mozamb. nist. German East Africa : Usarabara; Simbili, on the eastern slope 

 of the Korabola-Kiranga Range, Hoist, 2363 ! 



55. E. Shupangse, Krdnzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 157. Rhizome 

 tuberous. Leaves long petiolate, elongate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, 1-1 J ft. long, \-l\ in. broad. Scapes 2-5 ft. high, covered with 

 long, imbricate sheaths ; racemes 3-6 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, J-lJ in. long. Pedicels (5-1) 

 lin. long. Flowers yellow, with orange-coloured hairs on the disc of the 

 lip. Sepals and petals oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute, 6-9 lin. long. 

 Lip 5-7 lin. long, trilobed; side lobes triangular-oblong, subobtuse; 

 front lobe broadly oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate ; disc 

 with 2 basal keels behind, densely barbate in front ; spur oblong, ^-1 lin. 

 long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long. — Cyrtopera ShupangcSj Reichb. f. 

 Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 116. 



IWEozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, Marangu, 4000 ft, Volkeiuf, 

 2117. Portuguese East Africa : Shupanga, Kirk ! Banks of the Zambesi, near 

 Mazara, Meller ! Zambesi delta, among grass. Kirk ! British Central Africa : near 

 Sochi Hill, 3000 ft.. Kirk ! Manganja Hills, Waller ! Magomoro Mission Station, 

 3000 ft.. Kirk ! Shire Highlands ; top of Zomba Mountain, in marshy places, 

 Buchanan, 309 ! Blantyre, L. Scoit ! 



56. E. Johnstoniy Rolfe. Leaves elongate-linear, acute, about in. 

 long. Scapes If ft. high; racemes about 2 J in. long, rather dense. 

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

 long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-6 lin. long. Petals oblong or 

 elliptical-oblong, acute, 5-6 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 5-6 lin. long ; side 

 lobes broadly oblong, obtuse; front lobe obovate, obtuse, denticulate; 

 disc with 2 keels at the base, becoming elevated into crenulate lamellae 

 below the middle ; nerves sparingly barbate above with a few long 

 processes; spur very shortly saccate. Column clavate, lj-2 lin. long; 

 foot as long as the column. 



I8"ile Itand. British East Africa : Maungu, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 



57. E. Thomsoni, Rolfe. Scapes 1 ft. high, rather slender; 

 racemes subcapitate. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 5-8 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 7-8 lin. 

 long. Petals elliptical-oblong, acute or apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Lip 

 6-7 lin. long, trilobed ; side lobes broadly rounded, obtuse ; front lobe 

 broadly suborbicular ; disc with about 5 hairy keels at the base, pubes- 

 cent above ; spur conical, 1 lin. long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long ; foot 

 short. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. British Central Africa : between Lake Nyasa and Lake 

 Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! 



