148 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [AngrcecuTn. 



41. A. Whitfieldii, Rendle iii Journ. Bot. 1895, 250. Stems G in. 

 or more long, with stout roots. Leaves (not seen) ; sheaths plicate, 

 5 lin. long. Racemes axillary, Ij-lf in. long, slender, dense-flowered. 

 Bracts shortly ovate, amplexicaul, -} lin. long. Flowers rather crowded. 

 Pedicels 1 J-lJ^ lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long ; lateral asymmetric, pro- 

 duced anteriorly at the base. Petals 1 lin. long. Lip trilobed, from 

 a quadrate base, without basal auricles, 1 lin. long ; side lobes linear- 

 filiform, 1 lin. long ; front lobe triangular ; spur 4 lin. long. Column 

 J lin. long, with 2 anterior wings. 



"ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield ! 



Near A. armeniacum, Lindl., but differs in its smaller flowers, lip without basal 

 auricles, and the anteriorly produced base of the lateral sepals. 



42. A, fimbriatiun, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 387, t. 82, 

 Jigs. 11-13. Stems elongate, stout, over 1 foot long; roots stout. 



Leaves linear, recurved, 4-6 in. long, 3 J-4 lin. broad, persistent ; apex 

 shortly and unequally bilobed ; sheaths 7-8 lin. long. Spikes lateral, 

 numerous, many-flowered, 3^5 in. long. Bracts truncate, amplexicaul, 

 J lin. long. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Dorsal sepal oval-lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date, 5-nerved, 2J-3 lin. long ; lateral ovate-cordate, trinerved, broader 

 than the dorsal, united at the base; apex thick, cuspidate. Petals 

 linear, narrowed upwards, acute, 3-nerved, 2 J-3 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 

 2 J lin. long, with a pair of small basal auricles ; side lobes linear, 

 spreading, irregularly fimbriate at the apex, 2 lin. long ; front lobe 

 triangular, cuspidate, thick, 3-nerved, 1 lin. long ; spur slender, 7 lin. 

 long, base conical. Column short, broadly auricled above, J lin. long ; 

 beak of rostellum projecting downwards. Capsules oblong, shortly 

 pedicelled, 7-8 lin. long. 



zarile Xiand. British East Africa : Giryama and Shimba Hills, near Mombasa, 

 Taylor. 



llKozaxn1>. Dlst. German East Africa : Usagara mountains, at Mamboio, 2000 ft. 

 Kirk ! 



Near the South African A. bicaudatum^ Lindl., but differing in its proportionately 

 larger lip. 



43. A. guyonianum, Reichh. f. in Linnoea, xxii. 865. Stems 

 very short, leafless, with dense masses of roots, 6-12 in. long. Racemes 

 numerous, slender, 2-4 in. long. Bracts amplexicaul, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, J lin. long. Pedicels IJlin. long. Sepals oblong, subacute, 1 ^ lin. 

 long. Petals slightly smaller than the sepals. Lip oblong, obtuse 

 or apiculate, IJ lin. long ; spur curved, 1-1 J lin. long, narrowly conical 

 at the base ; slender above. Column stout, minute ; pollinia with 

 a single slender stipes. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 3-4 lin. long. — 

 Reichb. f . in Walp. Ann. iii. 572 ; Martelli, Florul. Bogos, 81 ; Rolfe in 

 Kew Bulletin, 1895, 37 (in note). Aeranthus guyoniamcs, Reichb. f. 

 in Flora, 1865, 100 ; Reichb. f. in Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 78. Angrcecum 

 globulosum, Hochst. ex A, Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 285. Gussonia 

 glohulosa, Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 491 (in note). Mystacidium 

 globulosum, Durand k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 53. Saccolahium 



