LUe.'p&i'ocharis^ cxxxiii. orchidile (rolfe). 2;")! 



or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2 J lin. long ; lateral obliquely ovate, acute, 

 3 lin. long. Petals obliquely ovate, subobtuse, 2^ lin. long. Lip .") lin. 

 long, with a short broad claw, trilobed ; lobes linear ; side lobes 

 diverging, shorter than the front lobe; spur cylindrical, slightly dilated 

 above, G lin. long. vStigmatic processes oblong, descending, thick, '1 lin. 

 long, each extending upwards in 2, free, oblong lobes. Column divided 

 into two short, broad, diverging arms. Staminodes rounded. Arms of 

 the rostellum nearly quadrate, li lin. long. 



Nile Kand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1333 ! 



o. R. platyanthera, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 104. Plant 

 slender, IG in. high. Tuber globose, T) lin. long. Leaves squamiform 

 at the base, black-spotted or wholly black towards the apex, upper ones 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, appressed to the stem, 4| in, long, 5-7 lin. 

 broad, decreasing upwards. Spikes congested, many-flowered. Bracts 

 ovate, very acuminate, the lower as long as the flowers. Dorsal 

 sepal broadly ovate, subacute; lateral 2^- lin. long, larger than the 

 dorsal, obliquely ovate, with a contracted apex ; posterior side rounded. 

 Petals ovate, very obtuse, as long as but narrower than the dorsal 

 sepal. Lip scarcely ;> lin. long, trilobed, with a linear base; lobes 

 narrowly linear; side lobes diverging; front lobe a little curved and 

 slightly bidentate ; spur nearly twice as long as the lip, slender at the 

 base, clavate and bidentate at the apex. Column large ; anther chan- 

 nels slightly produced, uncinate, closed at the apex. Stigmatic processes 

 deflexed, ligulate, obtuse, parallel in front, a little diverging behind. 

 Staminodes capitate, shining. — Kriinzl. in Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. iii. 

 103, t. 25S, fig. 1. Habenaria jdaty anther a, Reichb. f. in Linna^a, xxii. 

 860; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 587. 



M'ile Iiand. Abyssinia: '^\mex\, Ri'ippel {e\ Eeic/ienbach). Begemeder; Gafat, 

 8100 ft., on the banks of brooks, Schunper, 1334 ! Gerra, 8000 ft,, Schimper, 1273! 



4. R. occidentalism Krdnd. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 67. Stem 20 in. 

 high. Leaves o— 4, linear-lanceolate, replaced by bracts both to- 

 wards the roots and apex. Racemes many-flowered. Flowers yellow- 

 green. Dorsal sepal broadly oblong, nearly orbicular, very obtuse ; 

 lateral oblong, obtuse, longer than the dorsal ; all cucullate. Petals 

 broader, oblique, rhomboid, retuse in front, subrepand. Lip tripartite ; 

 lobes linear ; side lobes longer than the front lobe, somewhat bilobed at 

 the apex; front lobe a little broader than the side lobes, narrowly 

 ligulate, obtuse ; spur pendulous, apex subclavate, obtuse, nearly as 

 long as the pedicels, nearly twice as long as the lip. Stigmatic processes 

 with very broad diverging arms, clavate, scarcely bipartite in front ; 

 posterior lobe reduced to a linear appendage; anterior lobe elongate. 

 Anther cells small, obliquely superposed to the stigmas, Rostellum 

 obtuse-angled. 



ITpper Guinea. Cameroons: in the grass region west of Buea, 7800-8200 ft,, 

 Vreuss, 980. 



This is the first West African species ; and is said to be most allied to R. alcicornis, 

 Kriinzl. I have not seen it. 



