Fulopkia.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 69 



64. E. tayloriana, Eolfe. Plant epiphytic. Pseudobulbs approxi- 

 mate, with a short ovate-oblong base, |-1 in. long, covered with loose 

 sheaths, crowned by a slender stem, f-1 J ft. high, covered with narrow 

 sheaths. Leaves chiefly basal, deciduous (persistent bases only seen). 

 Flowers white and pink, with some yellow on the lip, in axillary and 

 subterminal, few-flowered fascicles, or short racemes on the upper part 

 of the stems, each fascicle having several ovate sheaths at its base. 

 Bracts ovate, acute, |-1 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Sepals and 

 petals 4 lin. long ; dorsal sepal and petals oblong, obtuse ; lateral 

 sepals ovate-oblong, subobtuse, adnate to the foot of the column, 

 forming a saxjcate chin. Lip entire, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse 

 or apiculate, 4 lin. long; disc very velvety and somewhat thickened 

 at the base ; spur obsolete. Column stout, 1 lin. long ; foot as long as 

 the column. Capsules linear-oblong, 10-16 lin. long. — Polystachya 

 taylmnaiia, Rendle in Journ. Linr.. Soc. xxx. 385 ; Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 155. 



XMCozamb I>l8t. German East Africa ; between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 

 British Central Africa : Manganja Hills, near Magomoro, growing on stems of 

 arborescent Hypoxis, Meller, 7 ! Kirk, 7 I 



A very remarkable species. 



65. B. guineensis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 686. Pseudobulbs conical, 

 approximate, f-1 in. long. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 4-12 in. long, 2-5 in. broad; 

 petioles ^-5 in. long. Scapes 2-3 ft. high, with several sheaths 

 below; racemes 8-12 in. long, many- flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 4-10 lin. long. Pedicels |-1 in. long. Flowers light 

 purple, with the sepals and petals often dusky brown. Sepals and 

 petals linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 1-1 J in. long, 2-3 lin. 

 broad. lip broadly ovate- or obovate-elliptical, obtuse, somewhat 

 undulate ; disc smooth ; spur attenuate and slender from a conical 

 base, J-1 in. long. Column clavate, 3 lin. long, broad above. — Lindl. 

 Oen. & Sp. Orch. 181 ; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 131 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2467; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 818; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 530; 

 Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 66 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 90 ; Garden, xiv. 322, t. 277. Var. purpurata, Reichb. f. ex 

 Kotschy in Sitzb. Akad. Wissenschaft. Wien. Ii. (1865), 352 ; Will. Orch. 

 Alb. ii. t. 80. E. quartiniana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 284, t. 81 

 {Saccolahium ahyssinicum, on plate) ; Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 80. 

 Galeayidra quartiniana, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 552. EvXophia 

 congoensis, Cogn. in Journ. Orch. vi. 155 ; Lindenia, xi. 15, t. 486. 



Vpper Culnea. Sierra Leone : G. Don ! Lagos, Millen, 186 ! Niger Territory : 

 Nupe, on shady rocks, Barter, 1485 ! Quorra, Vog'el, 1 ! 



Wile X.and. Eritrea: Ginda, Donkollo, 2900-3300 ft., Schiceinfarth, 125. 

 Abyssinia : Tigre, near Mai-goua-goua and near Ada-hense, Quarfin Billon. Jur, 

 Sc/iiniper, Sc}uveinfurth,l&72\ Without locality, Schweinf urth ! 



Xio-wer Guinea. Congo : Stanley Pool, Calleivaert. Angola : Golungo Alto, 

 1000-2 iOO ft., in woods, Welwitsch, 656 I Seventy miles inland from Ainbriz, in woods, 

 Monteiro ! 



