Lissockilus.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 85 



Scapes tall, base not seen ; racemes 1 ft. long, many-flowered. Bracts 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, |-lj in. long. Pedicels 1-lJ in. 

 long. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly- 

 acuminate, 10-12 lin. long; lateral wholly adnate to the foot of the 

 column. Petals suborbicular, minutely apiculate, 12-13 lin. long, pale 

 lilac. Lip trilobed, 1;^ in. long, purple ; side lobes broadly rounded ; 

 front lobe suborbicular-ovate, subobtuse, a little undulate ; disc with 3 

 tall, crenulate, narrow lamellae behind, and 5 in front, all the nerves 

 of the lip slightly thickened ; spur broadly conical at the base, narrow 

 and acute above, 4 lin. long. Column clavate, 6-7 lin. long ; foot half 

 &s long as the column. — Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 30, in 

 part. Eulophia porphyroghssay Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 185, 

 in part. 



IVlle ]band. British East Africa : Niamniam ; near the Hoo River, Schweinfurth, 

 2863! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Moubuttu ; near Munsa, Schweinfurth^ 

 ser. ii. 22 ! 



Bolus reduces i. Sandersoni, Reichb. f. to this species, but it is certainly 

 different. 



37. L. Sandersoni, Reichb, f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 62 {'not Harv.). 

 Rhizome stout. Leaves long petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, 1J-2J ft. 

 long, 2-4 in. broad; petioles 1-1 J ft. long. Scapes 4-7 ft. high, stout, 

 with a few sheaths below ; racemes 9-12 in. long, many-flowered. 

 Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, f-lj in. long. Sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, 10-12 lin. long, green. Petals ovate- 

 orbicular, 1-1| in. long, white. Lip trilobed, 1-1| in. long; side lobes 

 semiorbicular ; front lobe ovate, obtuse ; disc with 3 smooth keels 

 below, and 3-5 taller crested ones on the base of the front lobe ; spur 

 conical, 1 J lin. long. Column clavate, 8 lin. long. — Gard. Chron. 1885, 

 xxiv. 17 (Saundersonii by error) ; Bot. Mag. t. 6858. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Shire Highlands, in very wet places only, 

 Buchanan, 300 ! 



Also found in Natal. 



38. Ii. roseus, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 25; 1844, t 12. 

 Rhizome stout. Leaves lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 long petiolate, 2-3 ft. long, 1-2| in. broad. Scapes 4-7 ft. high, with 

 several sheaths ; racemes 6-13 in. long, many-flowered, often somewhat 

 dense. Bracts ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or subacute, 5-14 lin. 

 long. Pedicels 1-1 ;j in. long. Flowers with rose-coloured petals and 

 lip and dark brownish-purple sepals. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 narrowed at the base, 7-9 lin. long. Petals broadly elliptical or sub- 

 orbicular-elliptical, 8-10 lin. Jong. Lip trilobed, 10-11 lin. long; side 

 lobes broadly rounded ; front lobe quadrate-ovate, obtuse ; disc with 3 

 crenulate keels about the middle; spur conical, naiTOwed and often 

 somewhat curved at the apex, 5-6 lin. long. Column clavate, J in. 

 long. — Lindl. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 133. Dendrohium o'oseujn, Sw. 

 in Schrad. Neues Journ. i. 97 ; Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 523. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Samu, Scott-Elliot, 4297 ! On tlie way to 



