76 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [Lissochilus . 



7. 1m. verrucosus, Eolfe. Scape 6-9 in. high, with a few loose 

 basal sheaths; racemes 2J-3 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Sepals 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or subacute, 3 lin, long. Petals orbicular 

 or broadly ovate-orbicular, obtuse, 3|- lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3J lin. 

 long ; side lobes broadly oblong, obtuse ; front lobe orbicular-oblong, 

 obtuse ; disc with several thick and almost confluent verrucose nerves ; 

 spur obtusely saccate, nearly obsolete. Column stout, 1 J lin. long. 



Mozamb. »lBt. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1067 ! 



8. Ij. angoiensis, Eeichb. /. Otia Bot'. Hamh. i. 64. Rhizome 

 stout. Leaves linear-lanceolate, subacute, attenuate below, 5-9 in. 

 long, |-li in. broad. Scapes over IJ ft. long; base not seen ; racemes 

 9 in. long, lax. Bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, J-1 in. 

 long. Pedicels ^10-12, lin. long. . Sepals subspathulate-oblong, obtuse, 

 concave, somewhat fleshy, 9 lin. long. Petals elHptical-oblong, obtuse, 

 membranous, subconcave. Lip trilobed, 9 lin. long ; side lobes oblong, 

 obtuse and undulate at the apex ; front lobe quadrate, obtuse, reflexed 

 and undulate at the sides'; disc with ^ approximate keels, crenulate at 

 the base of the front lobe, suddenly enlarged into calli below the 

 middle ; spur saccate, truncate, broader than long, united at the sides 

 to the foot of the column. Column clavate, incurved, 5 lin. long; 

 foot half as long as the column. — Cymbidium angolense^ Reichb. f. in 

 Flora, 1865, 188. 



]bower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, near Quibbe and Neala, in open marshy 

 places near rivers, Welivitsch, 734 I 



9. Ij. Antunesii, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. vii. 236. Scapes 

 1-1 _li ft. long, with a few 'short sheaths below; racemes 6-7 in. 

 long," laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 5-7 Un. long. Pedicels 10-12 lin. long. Sepals nan-owly 

 subspathulate, with a minute apiculus, dark, somewhat fleshy, 

 9-11 lin. long. Petals oblong, obtuse, attenuate below, membranous, 

 8-9 lin. long. Lip pandu rate-oblong, 9-10 lin. long ; side lobes 

 rounded-oblong; front lobe quadrate -oblong, obtuse; disc with three 

 crenulate keels; spur conical-saccate, obtuse, IJ lin. long. Column 

 clavate, 6 lin. long. 



ILower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Antunes, 19 ! 



10. L. validus, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 197. Scapes stout, 

 3 ft. or more long, with a few short bracts; racemes 1 ft. loug, 

 many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse or 

 acute, 4-8 lin. long. Pedicels 9-12 lin. long. Sepals subspathulate- 

 oblong, obtuse, 8-10 lin. long, slightly concave at the apex. Petals 

 elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 8-10 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 10-12 lin. 

 long ; side lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse at the apex ; front lobe 

 quadrate-oblong, obtuse, undulate ; disc with 3 rounded, fleshy keels, 



