Satyrium.'] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 269 



lanceolate, acute, 7-10 lin. long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Flowers 

 green. Sepals 2-2 J lin. long, odd one oblong, obtuse ; lateral twice as 

 broad. Petals united for half their length to the sepals, spathulate. 

 Lip galeate, keeled, 2-2\ lin. long, the basal third united to the sepals ; 

 sides inflexed at the base ; mouth suborbicular above, nearly closed 

 below ; apex very broad, slightly reflexed ; spurs linear, slightly curved, 

 () lin. long. Column If lin. long; stigma broadly obovate-rounded ; 

 rostellum trilobed, side lobes oblong, submembranous, front lobe longer, 

 laterally dilated, obtuse, fleshy, inflexed. 



IKIozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 7000-10,000 ft., Johnston, 

 182! Thomson! 



14. S. Krsenzlinii, Rolfe. Tubers oblong, 7-8 lin. long. Plant 

 1?7 ft. high, 1- or 2-leaved near the base, with three lanceolate, acute 

 sheaths above. Leaves ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 4 in. long, IJ in. broad. 

 Raceme 5 in. long, rather lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-0 lin. 

 long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Sepals 2 lin. long; odd one cuneate- 

 oblong, obtuse ; lateral rather longer and much broader. Petals united 

 for half their length to the sepals, and similar to the odd one. Lip 

 galeate, subcompressed, 2J lin. long, basal fourth united to the lateral 

 sepals ; mouth rather narrow ; apex short and broad, slightly reflexed ; 

 spurs linear, slightly curved, 5 lin. long. Column 2 lin. long ; stigma 

 obovately rounded, crenulate ; rostellum trilobed, side lobes oblong, 

 small, front lobe oblong, obtuse, larger. — S. hrachypetalum^ Kranzl. in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 153, in part (not of A. Rich.). 



DXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, VolJcens, 999 ! 



15. S. xnechowianum, Krdnzl. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 65. Plant 

 14-lG in. high, leafy from the base. Leaves cauline, two or three, lan- 

 ceolate, acute or acuminate, with long ample sheaths, the longest 8 in. 

 long by 12-14 lin. broad, the remainder gradually decreasing upwards. 

 Raceme dense and congested, many-flowered. Bracts very large, much 

 longer than the flowers, spreading upon flowering, before and after 

 erect, never reflexed. Flowers among the smallest in the genus, white. 

 Odd sepal united with the petals to the middle into a cuneate limb, 

 the free parts of the three united organs linear, obtuse ; lateral twice as 

 broad, oblong, obtuse, concave, very minutely fimbriate, slightly twisted. 

 Lip cucullate, subcompressed behind, very broad ; spurs acute, much 

 shorter than the pilose ovary, but equalling the sepals, petals and lip. 

 Column elongate. 



Iio^xrer Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechoiv, 284. 



Only known to me from the description, but said to be most allied to S. corio- 

 phoroides, A. Rich. 



16. S. coriophoroides, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 274, 

 t. IS, Jig. 3. Tuber ovoid-oblong, IJ-lJ in. long. Plant stout, lh-2^ 

 ft. high. Leaves cauline, numerous, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 

 sheathing at the base, 2-4 in. long, the lower one or two reduced to 

 tubular sheaths, the remainder gradually diminishing in size upwards ; 



