Lissochilus.l cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 81 



in front of the spur ; spur short, conical, apiculate. Column clavate ; 

 anther minutely apiculate. — Reichb. f. in Flora, 1885, 379. 



K"lle Aand. British East Africa : Mombasa, among grass, Hildelrandt^ 1951. 



Also found in the Comoro Islands. I have not seen the Mombasa plant. 



25. L. livingstonianus, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 114. 

 Rhizome stout. Scapes 14-2| ft. high, with a few sheaths below ; 

 racemes 4-10 in. long, lax. Bracts linear-lanceolate or subulate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 3-9 lin. long. Pedicels |-1 in. long. Flowers 

 purple, or the sepals and petals white, veined with purple. Sepals 

 oblong, apiculate, 6-8 lin. long. Petals elliptical, obtuse or minutely 

 apiculate, 5-7 lin. long. Lip pandurate-oblong, obtuse, undulate, 

 convex, with reflexed sides, 5-7 lin. long; basal auricles broadly 

 rounded or obtuse ; disc with 2 prominent lamellae in front of the spur, 

 and 5-9 more or less prominent, sometimes crenulate, keels or slightly 

 thickened nerves in the middle. Spur narrowly conical, 2J-3 lin. long. 

 Column clavate, 4-5 lin. long. 



irile £and. British E^st Africa : Uganda, common in grassy jungles, Wilson, 

 40 ! Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



nxozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Manganja Hills, Waller ! Meller 

 (Lissochilus 4) ! Mlanje Mountain, McClounie! Whyte ! Shire Highlands, in woods 

 between Blantyre and Metope, Scott ! 



26. L. affiniSy Rendle in Joum. BoL 1895, 193. Scapes lj-2| ft. 

 high, with 3 short sheaths below ; racemes about 6-flowered. " Bracts- 

 lanceolate-subulate, acute, 3-4 lin. long. Pedicels 9-11 lin. long. 

 Sepals elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 8-9 lin. long. Petals broadly ellip- 

 tical, obtuse or minutely apiculate, 8-9 lin. long. Lip subentire, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, obtuse, undulate, convex, with reflexed sides, cordate- 

 auriculate at the base, 8-10 lin. long ; disc with 3 obtuse, fleshy keels 

 about the middle, and the nerves in front somewhat swollen ; spur 

 conical, subobtuse, 3-3| lin. long. Column clavate, 4 lin. long. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Urundi, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Ellioty 

 8173! 



27. L. comigerus, Rendle in Jowm. Bot. 1895, 194. Scapes- 

 l|-2 ft. high, with a few short sheaths below ; racemes about 5 in. 

 long, 8-10-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 6-9 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 9—10 lin. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, apiculate or aristate,. 

 8-9 lin. long. Petals elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 8-9 lin. long. Lip 

 broadly pandurate-oblong, obtuse, 8-9 lin. long ; side lobes auricu- 

 late, broadly rounded ; disc with 2 obtuse, very prominent, fleshy 

 keels, gibbous in front of the spur, much smaller above ; nerves of the 

 disc very slightly thickened ; spur horn-shaped, recurved, 3-3 J lin. long. 

 Column clavate, 4 lin. long. 



Xrile Xiand. British East Africa : East side of Albert Edward Nyanza, at 

 Kahirabe, in dry grassy plains, 4000-5000 ft., Scott.JElliot, 8031 ! 



Var. minor, Rendle, I.e. 194. Plant smaller. Flowers smaller and of a deeper 

 colour. 



Xile I.and. British East Africa : Buddu, Scoit-Mliot, 7486 ! 



Hardly distinguishable from the type. 



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