262 cxxxin. orchide^ (rolfe). [Cyrwrchis. 



acute, oblique, 1 lin. long ; middle lobe obovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 J lin. 

 long; spur slender, 2 J lin. long. Column short, stout. 



Mozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Mountains East of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson ! 



42. AMPHORCHIS, Thou. ; Blume in Mus. Lugd. Batav. ii. 190. 

 Flowers inverted. Dorsal sepal inferior, more or less concave ; 

 lateral oblique, broader and more spreading. Petals smaller than the 

 lateral sepals, somewhat spreading. Lip superior, cuneate, broad and 

 dilated above, entire or shortly trilobed at the apex : base produced 

 into an elongated or slender spur. Column short and broad. Anther 

 horizontal ; cells nearly parallel ; base somewhat produced, and more or 

 less adnate to the side lobes of the rostellum ; pollinia granular, extended 

 into slender caudicles, terminating in small, exserted, naked glands. 

 Stigma shortly bilobed, forming a pair of rounded processes ; rostellum 

 trilobed ; front lobe triangular or oblong, more or less concave or cucul- 

 late; side lobes elongated, forming channels for the caudicles of the 

 pollinia. — Terrestrial herbs, with fasciculate, fleshy roots, sometimes 

 thickened into tubers. Leaves radical, few or solitary, oblong or 

 elongated. Flowers small, pedicellate, arranged in lax, short or some- 

 what elongated racemes. Bracts small and narrow. — Bidl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxi. 517. 



A genus of four species, confined to the Mascarene Islands with the following 

 exception. It is readily distinguished from Cynorchis by the inverted flowers. 



1. A. occidentalism Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 139. Plant 

 1\ ft. high, densely hispidulous-pubescent. Pseudobulb narrowly 

 oblong, li in. long. Ste^qa with 2, acuminate sheaths. Leaves basal, 

 ovate, subacuminate, ciliolate, variegated, Ij in. long. Racemes 5 in. 

 long, lax. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4 lin. long. Pedicels 4-6 

 lin. long. Flowers inverted, orange. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse or 

 apiculate, 3 lin. long; lateral obliquely ovate-oblong, subacute, 3 J lin. 

 long. Petals very broadly quadrate-ovate, crenulate, 2 lin. long ; apex 

 shortly bidentate, with equal or unequal, obtuse teeth. Lip 5 lin. long, 

 cuneate, shortly trilobed at the apex ; lobes ovate-triangular, subacute 

 or apiculate ; front lobe with a thickened median line from the base to 

 the apex ; spur cylindrical, curved, slightly dilated above, 8-9 lin. long. 

 Anther channels short, scarcely J lin. long. Stigmatic processes large, 

 rounded. Rostellum trilobed ; front lobe triangular, obtuse, a little 

 concave or cucullate'; side lobes a little longer than the anther channels 

 and adnate to • them at the base. — Cynosorchis occidentalism Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 92. 



TTpper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe ; in a ravine near Jeba, only one 

 specimen geen, Barter, 1487 ! 



A pretty species. Leaves marked like Anosctochilus argenteus. 



43. SATYRIUM, Sw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 629. 



Sepals subequal or the lateral broader, spreading or reflexed. 

 Petals more or less united to the sepals at the base, similar to or 



