Lissochilus.] cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). 91 



with refiexed sides ; disc with 3 fleshy keels ; spur conical-oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly curved, 3 lin. long. Column stout, 3-4 lin. long. 



Mozaml). Blst. German East Africa: Usagara; Robeho Mountains, near 

 water, 4700 ft.. Grant ! 



57. Ii. Erythrsese^ Rolfe. Khizome stout; pseudobulbs oblong, 

 clothed with loose membranous leaf -sheaths, 3-4 in. long. Leaves 

 lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, |-1J ft. long, |-lj in. 

 broad. Scapes 3 ft. long, stout, with a few sheaths below ; rticemes 

 1 ft. long, many-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4-8 lin. 

 long. Pedicels 7-9 lin .long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 6-7 lin. 

 long, dusky grey -green. Petals ovate-orbicular, obtuse, 7-8 lin. long, 

 bright yellow. Lip pandurate-oblong, 7-8 lin. long, yellow, striped 

 with purple near the base; side lobes auriculate, rounded; front lobe 

 broadly elliptical, obtuse ; disc with 3 crenulate keels ; spur conical, 

 obtuse, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 2J-3 lin. long. — Lissochilus grani- 

 iicus, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss.ii. App. ii. 89, 112 (not Reichb. f.). 



Nile Ziand, Eritrea: Kohaito Plateau, 8500-9000 ft., Schweinfurth, 168! 

 Ginda Valley, near Filogobai, 4600 ft., Schweinfurth, 517 ! Saganeiti, 7200-7500 ft., 

 Schweinfurth, 1833! Acrnr, 7100 ft., Schtoeinfurth, 2205 ! 



58. L. Krebsii, Reichb. f. in Linncea, xx. 685. Rhizome stout. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, l-lj ft. long, 1 J-2 in. broad, attenuate 

 at the base into a petiole. Scapes 2-4 ft. high, stout, with several 

 sheaths below ; racemes 9-12 in. long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts 

 ovate, acute, 7-9 lin. long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, subacute, 6-7 lin. 

 long, brown. Petals suborbicular, 6-7 lin. long, yellow. Lip trilobed, 

 6-7 lin. long ; side lobes divaricate, broadly oblong, obtuse, red-purple, 

 slightly falcate; front lobe broadly elliptical, obtuse, deflexed at the 

 sides, yellow ; disc with a thickened, but very obscurely verrucose keel ; 

 spur oblong, slightly curved, 2 lin. long. Column clavate, stout, 3 Un. 

 long. — Adlam in Card. Chron. 1886, xxvi. 58. L. Krebsii var. pur- 

 purata, Ridl. in Card. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 102 ; Will. Orch. Alb. vi. t. 

 259. Eulophia Krebsii, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 185. Lissochilus 

 Graefei, Kranzl. in Card. Chron. 1892, xi. 749 ; Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. 

 iii. 125, t. 272. 



nxozamb. I>l8t. British Central Africa : Mount Mlanje, 7000 ft., McClounie ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Morambala Mountains, Waller ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



59. L. Rueppelii, Reichb, f. in Linncea, xx. 686 {in note) ; xxii. 865. 

 Rhizome creeping, stout, with pseudobulbous, oblong stem, 3J in. long. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, \-l\ ft. long, \\-2 in. 

 broad. Scapes 1-1 1 ft. long, with several short sheaths below ; racemes 

 6-8 in. long, loosely many-flowered. Bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse or apiculate. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Sepals elliptic-oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, 5-7 lin. long. Petals ovate-orbicular, obtuse or 

 apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 5-7 hn. long; side lobes sub- 

 orbicular-oblong, obtuse; front lobe suborbicular, obtuse; disc with 3 



