98 cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). [LissochUus » 



Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4-5 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. long. 

 Sepals ovate-oblong, apiculate or acuminate, 3 lin. long. Petals broadly 

 ovate, apiculate, G lin. long. Lip trilobed, 6 lin. long; side lobes 

 broadly rounded ; front lobe ovate, acute, undulate, with reflexed sides ; 

 disc convex, with 5-7 crenulate keels ; spur conical, slightly curved, 

 obtuse, 3J lin. long. Column stout, dilated above, 3 lin. long. — 

 Z. calopterus, Kranzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 156, in part (not 

 Reichb. f.). 



nxozaxab. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Shira, 3200 ft., Volkens, 

 1617! 



82. L. milanjianuSy Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 46. 

 Rhizome thickened and flattened, prostrate on the ground, composed 

 of a series of swollen internodes, Ij-S^^ in. long, \-l\ in. broad, strung 

 together in a chain. Leaves linear-oblong, 6 in. long, 4-6 lin. broad. 

 Scapes 2-2J ft. high, with several sheaths below ; racemes 6-9 in. 

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

 long. Pedicels 6-9 lin. long. Sepals lanceolate-oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, slightly carinate, 4-5 lin. long, purplish-brown 

 with green base ; lateral partly adnate to the lip and foot of the 

 column. Petals broadly suborbicular, obtuse or minutely apiculate, 

 7-9 lin. long, bright yellow on the back, rosy carmine with darker 

 veins on the face. Lip deeply trilobed, yellow with some dark nerves 

 on the side lobes ; side lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long, inner 

 side adnate to the foot of the column ; front lobe broadly oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, convex with reflexed sides, 4^ lin. 

 long ; disc with 3 strong keels and a slender one on either side ; spur 

 conical, narrowed near the apex, 4-5 lin. long. Column 2-4 lin. long ; 

 foot longer than the column. — Eulophia bella, N. E. Brown in Card. 

 Chron. 1889, vi. 210. 



Mozaznb. Blst. British Central Africa : Zambesia, cultivated specimens, 

 O'Brien ! Manganja Hills, Metier ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan I Mlanje, Whyte / 



83. Ii. saccatus, Rendle in Joum. Bot. 1895, 172. Scapes about 

 2 ft. high, with several short sheaths below; racemes 6-7 in. long, 

 loosely many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 

 5-8 lin. long. Sepals obovate-oblong, obtuse or minutely apiculate, 

 4 lin. long. Petals broadly suborbicular, 7-8 lin. long. Lip deeply 

 trilobed ; side lobes oblong, obtuse, 3 J Un. long, completely adnate to 

 the foot of the column ; front lobe 5 lin. long, broadly elliptic- oblong, 

 subobtuse, convex with reflexed sides ; disc with 3 prominent keels in 

 the middle, and a slender one on either side; spur conical, with a 

 narrow, curved apex, 5 lin. long. Column stout, 3 lin. long ; foot as 

 long as or longer than the column. 



wile Xiand. British East Africa : Nandi Hills, 6000-7000 ft., on rocky ground, 

 Scott'Blliot, 6988 ! 



Near L. milanjianus, Rendle, but the flowers are larger, with larger, broad, obtuse 

 sepals. 



