Angrcecum.'l .cxxxiii. orchidile (rolfe), 130 



7-8 lin. long; spur slender, slightly curved, H-lj in. long. Column 

 stout, 2 J lin. long. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 904; A. apiculatum, 

 'Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4159. Listrostachys biloba, Kranzl in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxii. 28, in note. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield^ cultivated specimens ! Gold Coast : 

 Cape Coast Castle, Bowdich, cultivated specimens ! Togoland, Baumann^ 592 ! 



Originally flowered in Messrs. Loddiges' nursery in 1840. Abyssinian specimens 

 formerly referred here belong to A. brachycurpum, Reichb. f. A. hilobum, var. Kirkii, 

 Reichb. f., is referred to A. Kirkii, Rolfe. 



12. A. Batesii, Rolfe. Stem very short, about 5 -leaved. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, obliquely and obtusely bilobed, attenuate at the base, 

 ;>-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad. Scape slender, pendulous, Ij ft. long, 

 about 8-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, subacute, cucuUate, l| lin. long. 

 Pedicels slender, 1 J in. long. Flowers white. Sepals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 7-9 lin. long. Lip narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, reflexed at the sides, 6-7 lin. long; disc convex near the 

 base ; spur slender, strongly curved below the middle, 2^-2^ in. long. 

 Oolumn stout, 2 J lin. long ; rostellum subulate, curved, J lin. long. 



Upper Guinea; Cameroons : Efulen, in damp forest, hanging from twigs near 

 the ground. Bates, 412 ! 



A fruiting specimen collected between Bumban and Lokko, Sierra Leone, Scott- 

 Elliot y 5740 ! appears to be closely allied. The leaves are oblanceolate-oblong, 

 ^-Q\ in. long, 10-13 lin. broad. Racemes 9-10 in. long. Capsules cylindric, 

 2|-2i in. long, 2^-3 lin. broad. 



13. A. flexuosuniy Rolfe. Stem short, about 1 in. long, with 

 many long roots, 3-5-leaved. Leaves oblong, unequal at the apex, 

 2-4 J in. long, 8-12 lin. broad, cuneate-attenuate at the base; apex 

 obscurely bilobed. Racemes slender, ascending, flexuous, G-10 in. long, 

 many-flowered, with about 2 sheaths at the base. Flowers white. 

 Bracts broadly ovate-obtuse, cucullate, lJ-2^ lin. long. Pedicels 1 lin. 

 long, spreading. Sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, subequal, G lin. 

 long. Lip oblong-lanceolate, acute; spur slender, curved, 8-9 lin. long. 

 Column clavate, '2\ lin. long ; pollinia with a single clavate stipes ; 

 rostellum bifid, with short lobe«. — Radinocionjlexuosum, Ridl. in Bolet. 

 Soc. Brot. v. 200, fig. A. 



Iio-wer Guinea. St. Thomas : without localit}', QuitiiaSy 16 ! Saudade, 

 2400 ft., Qtcintas, 91 ! 



Separated generically by Ridley on account of the slender, somewhat elongated 

 column, which, however, is much exceeded in A. gracillirimm, Kranzl. It is closely 

 allied to the preceding and following species. 



14. A. henriquesianuxn, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 466 

 {not of RidL). Stems short, about 5-leaved. Leaves oblanceolate- 

 oblong, obscurely and obHquely bilobed, lJ-3 in. long, j-1 in. broad. 

 Racemes pendulous, 5-6 in. long, about 10-flowered. Bracts broadly 

 triangular-ovate, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. long, light bufl- 

 brown. Sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, h in. long, wmte, faintly 



