Polystachya.'] cxxxiii. orchide.e (rolfe). ]i>:) 



lanceolate, acute, yellowish-green. Lip trilobed, pale lilac; side lobes 

 dolabriform, rounded at the apex ; front lobe much larger than the side 

 lobes, nearly orbicular, sulcate in the middle, rugulose ; apex deflexed ; 

 sides somewhat coarctate ; disc with a triangular, densely pilose callus. 

 Column very short. 



Mozamb. I>ist, British Central Africa, cultivated specimen ! 



Introduced by Mr. J. Buchanan, C.M.G., and flowered in the collection of Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence in 1893. A specimen from Zanzibar, Kirk, appears to be very closely 

 allied. 



55. P. Holstii, Krdnzl. in Reichh. f. Xen. Orch. iii. 150, t. 287, 

 fig. 1. Plant about 6 in. high. Stems shoi-t, thickened at the base, 

 forming an ovoid-oblong pseudobulb, f in. long, 2-leaved. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, subacute, 4-5 in. long, 3— 4 lin. broad. Scapes 3-?»;^/ 

 lin. long, pubescent ; racemes 6-10-flowered. Bracts triangular-ovate, 

 acuminate, 1-2 lin. long. Pedicels 1 J-2 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, 

 acute, 2^ lin. long ; lateral triangular-ovate, acuminate. Petals oblong, 

 acute, 2J lin. long. Lip strongly recurved, IJ lin. long; side lobes 

 broadly rounded ; front lobe triangular- ovate, acute ; disc villous, some 

 of the hairs subclavate, without callus. Column stout, 1 lin. long. 

 Chin saccate-oblong, obtuse. Capsule oblong, 7 lin. long. — P. kili- 

 manjari, Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 349 (name only) ; 

 Durand & Schinz, Conspec. Fl. Afr. 35 (" kilimandjari ") : Rendle in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 384; Kriinzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 155 

 (" kilimandschari "). 



Wrile Xiand. British East Africa : Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from 

 the coast, Johnston ! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 



Reichenbach's name is most inappropriate, as the species was not found on Mt. 

 Kilimanjaro at all, and as no description was published it cannot be recognised. 



5G. P. Kirkii, Rolfe in Kew Bullethi, 1895, 282. Pseudobulbs 

 csespitose, linear-oblong, subterete, 1 -leaved, l:j-2 in. long. Leaves 

 sessile, linear- oblong, acute, 3-5 in. long, 7-10 lin. broad. Scapes 

 slender, puberulous, sometimes slightly branched, few-flowered, base 

 ancipitous, 2-3 in. long. Bracts triangular-lanceolate, acute. Pedicels 

 2-2^ lin. long. Dorsal sepal lanceolate- ovate, acute, 3^ lin. long ; 

 lateral broadly triangular, carinate ; apex subfalcate, acute. Petals 

 lanceolate, acute, 3i lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3 J lin. long; side lobes 

 semioblong, very obtuse, erect ; front lobe ovate, acute ; disc pubescent, 

 with a linear-oblong, fleshy, pubescent keel. Column stout, 1 lin. long. 

 Chin oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Mombasa district, cultivated specimen. Kirk ! 



Originally flowered at Kew in 1894. 



57. P. villosa, Rolfe in Keio Bulletin, 1894, 393. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, elongate, acute, 10 in. long, 5 lin. broad. Scapes 3 in. long, 

 erect, villous ; racemes many-flowered, whole inflorescence and flower> 

 softly villous-pubescent. Bracts triangular-ovate, acuminate, carinate, 

 villous, 4 lin. long. Pedicels villous, 3 lin. long. Flowers pale whitish- 



