102 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [AnselUa. 



3. A. confusa, ^V. F. Br. in Lindenia, ii. 36. Pseudobulb 1 J-3 ft. 

 long, somewhat thickened in the middle. Leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, 1^-1 J ft. long, Ij-^ in. broad. Panicle 0-12 in. long, 

 branched, many-flowered. Bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, subobtuse or 

 acute, 2-4 lin, long. Pedicels 1-lJ in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 

 10-12 lin. long. Petals equal to, or scarcely broader than, the sepals. 

 Lip trilobed, 7-8 lin. long; side lobes semiovate, obtuse; front lobe 

 obovate or suborbicular ; disc puberulous, 2-keeled or rarely with the 

 middle keel sHghtly developed, verrucose or crenulate in front. Column 

 crlavate, 6 lin. long. — A, afriama, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 30 (not 

 1844, sub t. 12); Paxt. Mag. Bot. xiii. 241, with plate; Puydt, Orch. 

 249, t. 5. 



Upper Guinea. Without locality, long: cultivated in gardens, Loddiges ! 

 Kaka River, Elephant Forest, Earl of Scarborough ! 



4. A, humilis, Bull, Cat. 1891, 3. Pseudobulb a little thickened 

 in the middle, 6-9 in. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, 

 G-8 in. long, 1 in. broad. Panicle stalked, erect, IJ ft. high, branched. 

 Bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 1-2 Hn. long. Pedicels 1-lJ in. 

 long. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, 10-11 lin. long. Petals similar to the 

 sepals, subequal. Lip trilobed, 8 lin. long; side lobes semiovate, 

 obtuse; front lobe obovate, obtuse; disc smooth, 2-keeled or with a 

 much smaller middle one. Column clavate, 5 lin. long. — Gartenfl. 

 1891, 333 ; Kew Bulletin, 1892, App. ii. 30. 



laozamb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, growing 

 on the Baobab, Kirk ! Scott ! Cultivated specimens, Bull ! 



There is also a var. pallida, Bull. I.e., with the ground colour of the flowers milk- 

 white. 



5. A. con%oensis^ Rodig as in III. Hort. 1886, 143 {name only) \ 

 N. E. Br. in Lindenia, ii. 30, 35, t. 64. Pseudobulb elongate, slightly 

 thickened in the middle, 9-12 in. long. Leaves oblong, subacute 

 (immature). Panicle erect, 6-8 in. long, very slightly branched. 

 Pedicels 1-1 J in. long. Bracts ovate-triangular or triangular-oblong, 

 acute, 1-2 lin. long. Sepals and petals lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, 

 9 lin. long, yellow spotted with brown. Lip trilobed, 5 lin. long ; side 

 lobes semiovate, obtuse, white striped with purple ; front lobe obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate, yellow ; disc smooth, 2-keeled. Column 

 clavate, 4-5 lin. long. 



Kower Guinea. Congo, cultivated specimens. Linden ! 



14. NEOBENTHAMIA, Bolfe in Gard. Chron. 1891, 

 X. 272, 273, fig. 33. 



Sepals subequal, somewhat spreading ; lateral slightly united at the 

 base, and slightly adnate to the base of the lip. Petals free, similar 

 to the sepals. Lip somewhat spreading, sessile at the base of the 

 column and somewhat adnate to it, entire, fleshy and somewhat 

 narrowed in the lower half ; disc slightly hairy but without keels or 

 crest. Column short and stout, footless, angles subacute; polUnia 2, 



