Polystachya^ cxxxiii. orchide.e (rolfe). 127 



csespitose. Leaves linear, obtuse, apiculate. Scapes very short, 

 1-flowered. Flowers scarcely 2 Un. broad, bright yellow. Dorsal 

 sepal narrowly ovate, acute, concave; lateral very broadly ovate- 

 triangular, acute. Petals linear, a little broader above, acute. Lip 

 clawed, broadly cuneate, trilobed ; side lobes large, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 

 somewhat curved ; front lobe triangular, acute ; disc wholly f urfura- 

 ceous, shining at the apex. — Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 21. 



AKozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Mbaramu, on tree trunks 

 in old forests, Hoist, 2481. 



The habit is described as that of a small Masdevallia. I have not seen it. 



61. P. grandiflora, LiTidl. in Bot. Mcig. t. 3707. Pseudobnlbs 

 cylindrical, slender, 3—1: in. long, 1 -leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, 5-8 in. long, 5-10 lin. broad. Scapes 3-3J in. long, 1 or few- 

 flowered. Bracts triangular-ovate, acuminate, '2.—'2h lin. long. Pedicels 

 5 lin. long. Flowers green, with a few brown spots on the lateral 

 sepals; lip white. Dorsal sepal triangular, acuminate, 7 lin. long; 

 lateral very broadly triangular, acuminate, much larger than the 

 dorsal. Petals subspathulate-lanceolate, acute, 4^ lin. long. Lip 

 unguiculate, 9-10 lin. long, trilobed ; side lobes roundish-oblong ; front 

 lobe ovate, orbicular, obtuse, obscurely crenulate; disc a little fleshy 

 and puberulous. Column very short and stout. Chin saccate-oblong, 

 obtuse, I in. long. — Limodorum cucuUatum, Afzel. ex Sw. in Vet. 

 Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1800, 243 (name only); Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 521 ; 

 Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 185 ; Polystachya citcullata, Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 34 ; Dendrohium yaleatum, Sw. in Schrad. Neues 

 Journ. i. 96 ; Pers. Syn. PL ii. 523 ; Bidbophyllicm galeatum, Lindl. 

 Gren. & Sp. Orch. 57 ; Polystachya galeata, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 637 ; P. macrantha^ Lindl. in Bot. Keg. 1839, Misc. 36 (in note). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Fig-tree Cemetery, Barter ! Makunde Liiuba, 

 Scott-Elliot, 5719 ! and without locality, Afzelius ! Allcard ! Lagos, cultivated 

 specimen ! 



62. P. reflexa, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 18. Pseudobulbs 

 subterete, slender, 2 in. or more long, 1-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, 5 J in. long, 10-11 lin. broad. Scapes J-1 in. long, 1- or few- 

 flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, recurved, obtuse, 2 hn. long. 

 Pedicels 4 lin. long. Flowers white with a faint tinge of pink. Dorsal 

 sepal ovate, acuminate, 5 lin. long ; latei-al broadly ovate, acuminate. 

 Petals subspathulate-lanceolate, acute, 4 lin. long. Lip 8 lin. long, 

 broadly unguiculate and crenulate, tinged with green, abruptly reflexed 

 in the middle, and with a yellow cushion of jointed hairs below, a little 

 constricted in the middle ; front lobe dilated, obovate, suborbicular, 

 obtuse or apiculate. Column very short and stout. Chin saccate, 

 obtuse, 8 lin. long. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 637. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield ! 



Only known to me from a garden specimen ; it is allied to P. yrandijiora, Lindl., 

 but readily distinguished by the very different lip. 



