96 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [LissockUus^ 



convex with reflexed sides; disc with 7 thick, somewhat crenulate^ 

 keels ; spur broadly conical, 2-2^ Un. long. Column stout, 2 lin. long ;. 

 foot well developed. 



Mozamb. 91st. British Central Africa : Shire Highlands ; Mount Sochi, Scott^ 

 Elliot, 8526 ! Ndurandi, Scott-Elliot, 8511 ! 



74. Ii. Rendlei) Rolfe. Scapes 2-2J ft. high, with several sheaths- 

 below ; racemes G-8 in. long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate^ 

 acuminate, 5-G lin. long. Pedicels 9-10 lin. long. Sepals ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, 3-4 lin. long. Petals broadly ovate, suborbicular, obtuse or 

 apiculate, 7-8 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6-7 lin. long ; side lobes broadly 

 oblong, obtuse ; front lobe elliptic-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, with 

 reflexed sides ; disc with about o thickened, obscurely verrucose keels 

 down the centre; spur conical, obtuse, 1^ lin. long. Column clavate, 

 stout, 2 lin. long. — L. Wakefieldii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 170 (not 

 Reichb. f. & S. Moore). 



Mozamb. Blst, British Central Africa : Fwambo, S. of Lake Tanganyika,. 

 Carson, 90! Stevenson Road, 4000-5000 ft. ("from Mr. Carson") Scoit'Elliotr 

 8266! 



75. L. aurantiacus, Reichh. f. in Flora, 1865, 187. Rhizome- 

 stout. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, 9-12 in. long, 5-6 lin. broad. 

 Scapes over 1 ft. high; base not seen; racemes IC 12 in. long, laxly 

 many-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-6 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 5-6 lin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, 4-5 lin. 

 long; lateral adnate to the foot of the column at the base. Petals 

 broadly ovate-orbicular, minutely apiculate, 6-7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 

 0-7 lin. long ; side lobes auriculate, broadly oblong, obtuse ; front lobe 

 broadly elliptical or suborbicular-elliptical, obtuse or minutely apiculate, 

 convex with reflexed sides ; disc with slightly thickened, somewhat 

 crenulate nerves ; spur saccate, with a conical apex, 2J-3 lin. long. 

 Column stout, 2J-3 lin. long ; foot half as long as the column. 



XiO'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Adongo; near Cazella, on grassy rocks, 

 Welwitsch, 691 ! Benguela, Monteiro 1 



76. Ii. Holnbiiy Rolfe. Racemes many-flowered, base not seen. 

 Bracts subulate or linear-lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long. Sepals ovate- 

 oblong, apiculate, 3|-4 lin. long. Petals broadly orbicular- ovate, 7 Hn. 

 long. Lip trilobed, 6 lin. long ; side lobes rounded-oblong, adnate to 

 the base of the column ; front lobe ovate-oblong, obtuse, very gibbous 

 in front, with reflexed sides ; disc sHghtly verrucose along the centre ; 

 spur conical, 2-2 J Hn. long. Column stout, dilated above, 3 lin. long. 



Mozamb. 3>lst. Northern Bechuanaland ; Leshumo Valley, Holuh ! 



11 . L. Smithii, Rolfe. Scapes about 2 ft. high, with 3 or 4 loose 

 sheaths below ; racemes about 4 in. long, rather lax. Bracts hnear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 lin. long. Pedicels 9 lin. long. Sepals 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate, 4 lin. long. Petals broadly ovate-orbicular^ 

 apiculate. Lip trilobed, 6 lin. long ; side lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse^ 



