Lissochiltcs.] cxxxiii. orchidke (rolfe). 75 



5 keels; spur narrowly conical, slightly curved, f lin. long. Column 

 stout, 1 J lin. long. 



XHEozamb. Dist. British Central Afrfca : Shire Highlands; Mt. Sochi^ 

 3000 ft. Kirk [Eidophia 4) ! near Mt. Chiradzulu, in open places among short grass. 

 Kirk! Manganja Hills, Analizewa, 3000 ft., Meller ! 



4. I*. heteroglosstiB, Rdchh. / Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 115, 

 Scapes 8-9 in. long, with 2-8 imbricate, basal sheaths ; racemes 6 in. 

 long, lax. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 

 4-5 lin. long. Sepals and petals oblong, subobtuse, 2J-3 lin. long; 

 petals a little broader than the sepals. Lip trilobed, 2J-3 lin. long > 

 side lobes semiovate, subacute ; front lobe broadly oblong or elliptical^ 

 oblong, emarginate, slightly crenulate; disc 5-keeled; spur oblong- 

 cylindrical, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Column short, apiciilate. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Upper Shire Valley, near Zemika^ 

 2000 ft., KirJc ! 



5. Ii. pulchellus, Rendle in Joum. Bot. 1895, 196. Scape^ 

 0-9 in. high, with several loose basal bracts ; racemes 4-6 in. long^ 

 laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 5-7 liii. long. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, 3 lin. long ; lateral 

 adnate to the foot of the column. Petals broadly ovate, subobtuse, 

 3 J lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3 J lin. long ; side lobes oblong, obtuse, | 

 adnate to the column ; front lobe elliptical-oblong, obtuse, crenulate ; 

 disc with 'several minutely verrucose nerves, somewhat convex in the 

 middle of the front lobe ; spur conical, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 

 Ii lin. long; foot short. 



IMCozaxnb. Blst. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Kibwera, 4000-5000 ft., 

 in dry places after burning, Scoit-Elliof, 8126 ! 



6. la, gracilior, Neiidle in Joum. Bot. 1895, 194. Scape slender, 

 1-1 J ft. high, with a few short tubular sheaths below; racemes 

 3-4-flowered, lax. Bracts subulate or lanceolate-subulate, acuminate, 

 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels |-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, apicu- 

 late, 4-4 J lin. long. Petals elliptical-oblong, obtuse or minutely apicu- 

 late, 4-4J lin. long. Lip subpandurate, 4J-5 lin. long; base auriculate, 

 broadly rounded ; front lobe quadrate, obtuse or emarginate ; disc 

 convex with 5-7 fleshy, slightly crenulate keels, two of them being 

 stouter and gibbous in front of the spur; spur conical, 2 lin. long. 

 Column clavate, 2| lin. long. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Urundi, N. of Lake Tanganyika, 

 4000-5000 ft., Scott-JSUiot, 8173, in part ! British Central Africa : Shire Highlands, 

 at Mandaln, Scott-Mliot, 8499 ! 



Var angusta, Kendle, I.e. 195. Differs in its rather narrower segments, and the 

 slightly thicker nerves of the disc. 



UTile Iiand. British East Africa : on dry grassy hills, east of Lake Albert Edward 

 Nyanza, ScotumUot, 8075 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-JEUioU 

 8209! 



