Listrostachys.] cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). 159 



Only known to me from the original description, but apparently allied to the 

 preceding. 



10. L, ashantensis, Reichb.f. in Wal]?. Ami. vi. 908. Stems tall, 

 climbing, leaiy, with stout roots. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 :5-3j in. long, 10-18 lin. broad; apex very oblique but scarcely 

 bilobed. Racemes axillary, slender, many-flowered, 3J— 4 in. long. 

 Bracts broadly ovate, apiculate, amplexicaul, reflexed, 1 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 2 lin. long. Flowers orange-buff. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 .subobtuse, 2 J lin. long. Petals smaller and narrower than the sepals. 

 Lip broadly subpandurate, obtuse or apiculate, 2 , lin. long ; margins 

 crenulate and reflexed ; spur subclavate, 8 lin. long, slightly curved 

 and somewhat compressed. Column stout, | lin. long ; poUinia with 

 2 clavate stipites and a small oblong gland ; rostellum rostrate. — 

 Angroecum ashantense, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 50. 

 Upper Guinea. Ashanti : cultivated specimen, Loddiges ! • 

 Originally flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, in 1843. The sepals and petals are 

 not galeate, as described by Lindley. 



20. L. Papagayi, Reichh. /. in Flora, 1865, 180. Stems tall, 

 climbing, leafy. Leaves oblong or oblotig-lanceolate, 8|^-5 in. long, 

 J-I4 in. broad ; apex oblique, more or less bidentate. Racemes axillary, 

 slender, 3 J- 4 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts broadly ovate, apiculate, 

 ochreate at the base, f lin. long. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Sepals and 

 petals lanceolate-subacute, 2J Un. long. Lip subpandurate-oblong, 

 obtuse or apiculate, crenulate-undulate in front, 2\ lin. long ; spur 

 elongale, slender, slightly curved, 4^ lin. long. Column stout, f lin. 

 long. 



£ower Guinea. Princes Island : shady rocks on the peak of Papagayo, 3000 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 629 ! Mann, 1148 ! 



Near L. ashaideuHis, Reichb. f., but differs in its narrow segments and long spur. 

 Welwitsch notes the stems as " pendulous, very slender, 10-12 ft. long." 



21. Li. Bakeri, Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 48. 

 Racemes slender, nodding, 5-fi in. long. Bracts very small, ochreate, 

 obtuse. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Flowers 3-3i lin. diam. Lateral sepals 

 slightly oblique, acute. Petals slightly smaller than the sepals, spread- 

 ing ; margin entire, not denticulate. Lip cordate-ovate, truncate- 

 emarginate, 2 lin. long, slightly broader, denticulate at the sides ; disc 

 with a small, recurved tooth at the base ; spur descending, straight, 

 compressed, obtuse, nearly twice as long as the lip, constricted at the 

 base. Column short : rostellum long, linear. — Angrcecitm Bakeri, 

 Kranzl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 159. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Brann. 



Allied to L. ash ante mi is, Keichb. f,, but differs amongst other characters in the 

 shape of the lip. 1 have not seen it. 



'I'l. Ij. acuta^ Rolfe. Plant caulescent. Stem elongate. Roots 

 long, stout. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, shortly and obliquely 

 bilobed, obtuse, 8-4 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad ; upper lobe 4-5 lin. 



