68 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [Lissochilm, 



one being shorter than the others ; spur conical, with a broad base, 5-G 

 lin. long. Column clavate, stout, 8-9 lin. long. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola ; Huilla ; Monino, sparsely diffused in wooded 

 meadows, Welwitsch, 710 ! 



4C. L. Schweinfarthii, Reichh.f. Otia Bot Ranih. i. 60. Leaves 

 elongate-lanceolate, acute, 1^ ft. or more long. Scapes tall ; racemes 

 1 ft. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, f-l^ in. long. 

 Pedicels |-1 in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 12-13 lin. long. 

 Petals saborbicular, 13-14 lin. long. Lip entire or obscurely trilobed, 

 suborbicular, undulate, 12-13 lin. long; disc with 5 elevated, crenulate 

 lamellte in front and 3 behind, the outer ones being tall and nearly 

 semicircular; spur conical, 4 lin. long, with an acute, curved apex. 

 Column clavate, 6-7 lin. long. 



Iffile Iiand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; near Fahauii's Seriba, Schivein- 

 furfh, 3776 ! 



47. Ii. Elliotiiy Rendle in Joum. Bot. 1895, 169. Scapes about 

 5 ft. high, very stout, 6-7 lin. diam., with numerous sheaths ; racemes 

 4-6 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts broadly ovate, acute or subobtuse, 

 J-lJ in. long. Pedicels f in. long. Sepals broadly subspathulate- 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 8-10 lin. long. Petals broadly 

 elliptical or suborbicular, 10-11 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 12-15 lin. 

 long ; side lobes broadly rounded ; front lobe broadly oblong or sub- 

 quadrate, obtuse, crisped-undulate ; disc with 3 strong, narrow, elevated, 

 crisped-undalate lamellas, the middle one smaller than the lateral ; 

 spur broadly conical, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Column clavate, 4-5 lin. 

 long ; foot half as long as the column. 



IVlle Itand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori j Wimi River, in marshv phices, 

 7000 ft., Scott. Elliott, 7924 ! 



48. Ij. congoensis, Rolfe. Racemes 4 in. or more long, many- 

 flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 

 lin. long. ^ Sepals broadly elUptical, apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Petals 

 suborbicular, 6-7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lin. long; side lobes 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, divaricate; front lobe very broadly obovate 

 and somewhat dilated at the sides, with an emarginate apex ; disc 

 with a pair of erect, narrow, semicircular keels in front of the spur, 

 and about 5 verrucose nerves on the middle of the front lobe; spur 

 oblong, curved, somewhat narrowed above, 5 lin. long. Column clavate, 

 4 lin. long. 



Ziower Guinea t Upper Congo, DyhowsH ! 



49. L. Friderici, Reichb. f. in Flwa, 1867, 113. Scapes 2 ft. 

 high, rather slender, with several apiculate, nerved sheaths; racemes 

 elongate, lax-flowered. Bracts linear-setaceous, deflexed, 3-4 lin. long. 

 Flowers as long as the leaves, subcoriaceous, of two shades of yellow, 

 nodding. Sepals elliptic-oblong, retuse ; dorsal obovate-oblong, 4-5 

 lin. long. Petals suborbicular, broader than long, retuse, 4-5 lin. long. 



