Lissochilus.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 77 



stouter at the base, becoming elevated into crenulate lamellae at the 

 apex ; spur conical-saccate, 3 lin. long. Column clavate, 5-G lin. long. 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Urundi, Scott-Elliot, 8347 ! 



Var. minor, Rendle, I.e. 197. Flowers slightly smaller than in the type. 



Wile Ziand. British East Africa : Uganda; Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7305! 



This probably only represents a less vigorous plant. 



11. L. longifoliuSy Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora^ 530. Rhizome 

 thickened. Leaves elongate-linear, acute, 2-2i ft. long, 4-6 lin. 

 broad. Scapes 2^-3 ft. long, wjth a few short bracts below; racemes 

 5 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate or ovate -lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 11-13 lin. long. Flowers white and red. Sepals very 

 narrowly spathulate, obtuse, 6-8 lin. long. Petals oblong or elliptical - 

 oblong, apiculate, 5-6 lin. long. Lip subentire, 8 lin. long ; side 

 lobes rounded ; front lobe quadrate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 

 undulate; disc with 3 dwarf, rounded keels below^ and 5 papillose- 

 crested keels above; spur conical-saccate, obtuse, 1-1 J lin. long. 

 Column clavate, 4^ lin. long; anther apiculate. — Lindl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vi. 133, m part; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 553; Flora, 

 1878, 77; Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 65. 



Upper Cruinea. Niger Delta : Grand Bassa, Vogel, 8 ! Ansell ! Bonny, in 

 open, dry savannahs, Kalbreiier (ex Reichenhach). 



12. L. caricifoliuSy Reichh.J. in Linncea, xli. 74. Leaves linear, 

 acute, strongly veined, 2 ft. long. Scapes elongate, with a few 

 sheaths ; apex few-flowered. Bracts triangular, much exceeded by the 

 pedicellate ovary. Sepals linear-ligulate. Petals oblong. Lip cucuUate, 

 trilobed in front ; side lobes rather obtuse ; front lobe semioblong ; disc 

 with 3 keels extending from the base on to the middle lobe, there 

 becoming densely muriculate ; spur short, conical, ascending, curved. 



lao-wer G>uinea. Gaboon, Griffon de Bellay, 



Only known to me from the original description, where it is said to be allied to 

 L. longifolixis, Benth., but the lip is very diflferent. 



13. L. antenuisepalus, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1882, 533. Sepals 

 cuneately linear-ligulate, obtuse, narrow ; base cuneate. Petals ligulate, 

 obtuse. Lip trilobed ; side lobes short, semiovate ; front lobe hnear- 

 ligulate, obtuse, somewhat crisped; disc with 3 elevated, denticulate 

 keels at the base and 5 muriculate lines in front ; spur conical, apiculate, 

 retrorse, or straight and deflexed, minute. Column trigonous, apicu- 

 late; anther with a single obtuse tubercle. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 439. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



14. L. lindleyanus, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 65. Rhizome 

 stout, creeping. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, 2-3 ft. long, 

 8-12 lin. broad. Scapes 4-6 ft. long, with several sheathing bracts 

 below and sometimes a side branch above; racemes 6-12 in. long, 

 laxly many-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, sub- 



