78 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE.E (rolfe). [Lissochihos, 



acute, 2J-8 lin. long. Pedicels 9-10 lin. long. Flowers yellow. 

 Sepals subspathulate, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Petals broadly elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Lip subpandurate-oblong, 8-9 lin. long ; 

 «ide lobes rounded, undulate; front lobe quadrate-oblong, obtuse or 

 ^marginate; disc with 2 stout, rounded keels below, nearly obsolete 

 in the middle, elevated into 3 crenulate lamellae above the base of the 

 front lobe ; spur conical-saccate, obtuse, 2 J lin. long. Column clavate, 

 5 iin. long. — L. longifoliv^, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 133, in part 

 (not*Benth.). 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, in swamps, Barter, 1486 ! 



15. L. platypterus, Reichh. f, in Flora, 1882, 533. Sepals 

 oblong-ligulate from a very narrowly cuneate base, very narrowly 

 antennseform, subacute. Petals elliptical, obtuse, very large. Lip 

 rhomboid-oblong, retuse, obtuse-angled on either side, plicate, crispu- 

 late in front; disc with 3 rhomboid, elevated keels, denticulate in 

 front, of which the lateral become bivalved at the apex by the addi- 

 tion of two smaller ones; spur cupulate, rounded, minute. Column 

 obtuse-angled at either side below the clinandrium; apex apiculate. 

 Anther with two horns. 



ItO'weT Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 415. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



16. L. BouliawongOy Reichh. f. in Flora, 1865, 188. Scapes 

 strong, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, slightly emarginate on 

 «ach side near the apex, 1 in. long. Pedicels longer than the bracts. 

 Flowers larger than in Galeandra Baueri, Lindl. Sepals lanceolate, 

 .acute. Petals dilated, oblong, acute ; base cuneate. Lip trilobed ; 

 side lobes obtuse-angled ; front lobe broadly ligulate, retuse, crisped ; 

 disc with 3 elevated keels ; spur short, conical. Column semiterete ; 

 anther crested, shortly 2-horned at the apex, — Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 1893, xiii. G84; Galeandra Botdiaiuongo, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 

 D35 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 650. 



ZiOfirer Guinea. Gaboon : without locality (ex Reichenbach.) 

 Only known to me from the original description. It is said to be called Boidia 

 Wongo and used as a remedy against colic. 



17. Ij. paludicolus, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. i. 63. Rhizome 

 stout. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, lJ-2 ft. long, 7-9 lin. broad. 

 Scapes 2|-3 ft. long, with a few sheaths below ; racemes 9-10 in. long, 

 laxly many-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 

 2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 12-14 lin. long. Flowers yellow. Sepals 

 narrowly subspathulate, obtuse, 7—8 lin. long. Petals oblong or elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long. Lip obscurely trilobed or pandurate- 

 oblong, 8-9 lin. long; side lobes very short, broadly rounded; front 

 lobe subquadrate, obtuse or emarginate; disc with 3 keels, becoming 

 elevated, crenulate lamellae in front, and the lateral also thickened 

 behind ; spur saccate, obtuse, 2 J-3 lin. long. Column clavate, 5-5 J lin. 

 ong. 



