IG'2 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE.E (kolfe), [Listrostachijs . 



:?0. la. xuultiflora, Holfe. Leaf linear-oblong, shortly and iin- 

 equally bilobed, with an acute upper lobe, 2| in. long, 4 lin. broad, 

 llacemes 2J in. long, dense, many-flowered. Bracts very broadly 

 tubular, truncate, apiculate, h lin. long. Pedicels 1 lin. long. Sepals 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 1-1 1 lin. long. Petals orbicular, 1 lin. long. 

 Lip broadly ovate, subacute, 1-1 J lin. long ; spur cylindrical, scarcely 

 thickened above the middle, 3-uJ lin. long. Column stout, J lin. long. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Pangani Valley, Kirk I 



30. L. pellucida, Reichh.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 908. Stems short, 

 7-8-leaved. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obliquely subobtuse or obscurely 

 bilobed, attenuate below, 9-15 in. long, 1-2| in. broad. Racemes long, 

 slender, drooping, \~l ft. long, sometimes shorter, many-flowered from 

 the base ; flowers alternate. Bracts very broadly ovate, subobtuse or 

 apiculate, 2^-5 lin. long. Pedicels much shorter than the bracts. 

 Flowers pellucid, white. Sepals ovate-oblong, subobtuse, entire, 

 4r-h\ lin. long. Petals similar to the sepals but fimbriate. Lip 

 broadly subpandurate-ovate, truncate or retuse, 4-5 J lin. long and 

 nearly as broad; margin fimbriate, pellucid; disc with a small, erect, 

 basal tooth ; spur curved, lying close under the limb of the lip, stout 

 below the middle, then gradually tapering to the apex, about the 

 same length as the limb of the lip. Column stout, 1 J lin. long ; 

 rostellum triangular, subulate, bifid, short; pollen with 2 slender 

 stipites on an oblong gland. — Angr cecum pellucidum, Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. 1844, t. 2 ; Card. Chron. 1895, xviii. 158, with plate ; A. Altkoffii, 

 Kranzl. in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii, (1889), 160 ; Listrostachys 

 Althoffi, Durand & Schinz., Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 47. 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Lumbaraya, Scott-Illliot, 5005 ! and without 

 precise locality, Loddiges ! Whitfield! hagos, Moloney / Lower Niger : Onitsa, 

 Barter, 1757 ! Brass, Barter, 37 ! Cameroons : Barombi, Prenss, 445 ! Bipinde, 

 Zenker, 1053 ! Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 417 ! 



31. L. divitiflora, Kranzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C, 158. Stems 

 curved, woody, leafy f)nly at the apex. Leaves 1 or 2, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, G in. long, IJ in, broad; apex very unequal and 

 obtuse. Racemes many, deflexed, floriferous from the base to the apex. 

 Bracts ochreate, retuse. Flowers 4-5 lin. diam., white. Sepals ligulate 

 from a slightly broader base, acute or acuminate. Petals similar to but 

 a little smaller tksrn the sepals. Lip nearly quadrate, retuse, with an 

 apiculus in the angle ; base transversely plicate, without a basal tooth ; 

 spur obtuse, shorter than the lip. Column stout ; rostellum produced. 

 — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 28. 



wile I.and. British East Africa : Ituri River, 2900 ft., Sttihlmann, 2636. 

 Only known to me from the original description, but said to be allied to the 

 preceding. 



32. L. vagans, Rolfe. " Habit of a gigantic Vanda'' Leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8-9 J in. long, lJ-2 in. broad; apex slightly 

 oblique and subobtuse or apiculate. Racemes slender, pendulous, 



