80 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE.E (rolfe). [LissochUus. 



centre; spur conical, with an acute apex, lJ-2 lin. long. — Reichb. f. 

 in Flora, 1865, 188; Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 63; ii. 75, 114; 

 Zimodorum cristatum, Sw. in Schrad. Neues Journ. i. 86; Pers. Syn. 

 PL ii. 521 ; Lindl. Gen. &, Sp. Orch. 185 ; Eulophia cristaia, Steud. 

 Nom. Bot. ed. II. i. 605 ; Zimodorum articulatum, Schum. & Thonn. 

 Beskr. Guin. PI. 399 ; Eulophia articulata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 

 181 ; Galeandra loiigibracteata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 133 ; 

 Eulophia longibractsata, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 22. 



Upper Cninea. North bank of the River Gambia : Ozanne, 21 ! Gambia : 

 Bathurst, in dry sandy soil, Kaydon ! Guinea, Thonning I Sierra Leone : on dry 

 ground near Franziga, Scott-Elliot, 5047 ! and without precise locality, Afzelius I 

 Whitfield ! Lagos : Yoruba, Millson, 24 ! Western Lagos, in grassy savannahs, 

 Mowland ! Abbeokuta, Barter, 3331 ! Irving, 154 ! Bornu : Musgu, at the root of 

 the Doom Palm, VogeJ, 75 ! 



Wile Itand. British East Africa : Jur, Schweinfurth, 1584. Niamniam, 

 Schweinfurth, ser. 2, 22 (ex Durand Sf Schinz). 



laO'weT Guinea T Upper Congo : Dgboivski ! 



22. L. Heudelotii, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. i. 63 ; ii. 114. Peduncle 

 tall, with acute sheaths below; racemes 8 in. long. Bracts linear- 

 lanceolate or subulate, 7 lin. long. Sepals ligulate, obtuse, membranous^ 

 7 Hn. long. Petals oblong, subobtuse, membranous, 7 lin. long. Lip 

 trilobed ; side lobes obtuse-angled ; front lobe oblong, ligulate, serrate 

 denticulate, extending forwards ; disc with a pair of semicircular lamellae- 

 in front of the spur, and 5 crenulate keels about the middle ; spur 

 arcuate, short, retrorse. Column trigonous. Anther with a single- 

 short horn at the apex. 



Upper Cruinea. Senegal, Heudelot ! 



Only known to me from the original description, but according to Reichenbacb 

 it is near L. purpuratus, Lindl., from which it is distinguished by the arrangement of 

 the keels on the lip. 



23. L. malangensis, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 114. Scapes 

 tall, with large sheaths ; racemes elongate, 10 in. long, very lax- 

 flowered. Bracts lanceolate, aristate, not half as long as the pedicels. 

 Sepals ligulate, apiculate. Petals oblong. Lip oblong, with very 

 obscure rounded auricles at the base ; disc with 7 flexuose keels, the 

 pair next co the median one gibbous in front of the spur ; spur shortly 

 conical, rounded-capitate at the apex. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect^ 

 Fl. Afr. V. 29, in part. 



Ito-wer Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 261. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



24. L. fallax, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 114, 115. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, produced shortly before flowering. Scapes 

 slender, 2-3 ft. high, with a few sheaths ; racemes lax. Bracts very nar- 

 rowly setaceous from a triangular base, not half as long as the pedicels. 

 Flowers lilac. Sepals ligulate, acute. Petals oblong, apiculate. Lip 

 pandurately trilobed ; side lobes semiovate ; front lobe oblong, crenu- 

 late ; disc with 7 straight keels, the pair next to the median one gibbous 



