14C cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [AngrcBcwm. 



ovate, minute. Pedicels slender, 2J lin. long. Sepals and petals ovate- 

 oblong, subobtuse, concave, carinate, J lin. long. Lip almost reduced 

 to a stout, clavate spur, 2 J lin. long ; side lobes very small and rounded ; 

 front lobe triangular, obtuse, minute. Column very stout, J lin. long. 

 Capsule elliptic-globose, pedicelled, 4 lin. long. 



ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Kambia, Scoti-Mliot, 4223 ! Lagos, Moloney/ ! 

 - Remarkable for the inordinate proportion which the clavate spur bears to the rest 

 of the flower. The Sierra Leone specimen is in fruit only, but I think it belongs to 

 the same species. 



35. A. Wakefieldii, Rolfe. Stem long and climbing. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, obliquely bidentate, f-lj in. long, 5—7 lin. broad. 

 Racemes axillary, 1 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts spreading, ovate, 

 minute. Capsules oblong, slenderly pedicelled, 3-3J lin. long. 



irile ^and. British East Africa : Nyika country, Wakefield ! Mombasa, 

 Wakefield ! . 



Near the preceding in habit, but the capsules are very different. Flowers are at 

 present unknown. 



86. A. lepidotum, i?e2cM. /. m Gard. Chron. 1880, xiii. 806 {in 

 note). Caulescent, sometimes branched, stout, leafy. Leaves oblong, 

 shortly and unequally bilobed, 1-2 in. long, 5-9 lin. broad ; lobes 

 obtuse ; sheathing bases nearly as long as the internodes. Ea^emes 

 axillary, very short, flowers subfascicled. Bracts ovate, acute, 1 J lin. 

 long. Pedicels 2 lin. long, furfuraceous. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 2 lin. long. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Lip ovate, sub- 

 obtuse or apiculate, 2 lin. long ; spur slightly thickened at the base, 

 clavate in the upper half, 4J lin. long. Column | lin. long ; pollinia 

 with a single, clavate stipes ; rostellum short, triangular. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : cultivated specimens ! Lagos, Moloney ! Niger 

 Delta : Bonny, Monteiro ! 



Originally flowered in the collection of Mr. T. Christy. 



37. A. schimperianum, Reichh.f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 573. Stems 

 climbing, with strong roots, 6-9 -leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, 3-5 in. 

 long, 8-12 lin. broad. Racemes axillary, 2-3 in. long, 4-8-flowered. 

 Bracts ochreate, acute, IJ lin. long. Flowers as large as those of 

 Listrostachys pellucida, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals oblong, acute. 

 Lip rhomboid, obtuse ; front margin denticulate ; disc with a flat tooth 

 at the base ; spur slender ; apex clavate, acute, longer than the lip. 

 Column short, stout ; rostellum trilobed. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 

 J in. long. — Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 187. Dendrohium 

 schimperianum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 282. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia : in dense woods on Mount Aber, near Gerar, Schimper, 

 1318! 



A specimen collected at Ankober, Shoa, by Roth ! has broader leaves, and may 

 possibly be different. 



38. A. Scottellii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 249. Stems 

 elongate, sometimes branched, 6-12 in. or more long. Leaves 



