270 cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). ySatyrium. 



leaves two, on barren shoots at the base, rather broader. Raceme 

 oblong or elongate, 4-8 in. long, very dense. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, 6-12 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Sepals 3 lin. 

 long, odd one linear-oblong, obtuse; lateral rather longer and twice 

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

 the odd one. Lip galeate, 3 lin. long, and quite as broad, half the 

 broad basal angle united to the lateral sepals; mouth broad, with a 

 narrow reflexed margin ; apex obtuse ; spurs linear, curved, 5-6 lin. 

 long. Column much curved, 3 lin. long ; stigma broadly ovate ; 

 rostellum triangular, subacute, with a pair of minute teeth at the 

 base. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 298, t. 89. S. macrostachyum, 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich. I.e. 298. 



MTlle Iiandk Abyssinia: Tigre ; Mt. Sholoda, Quart in-Billon ; Sana Dist., on moun- 

 tains near Dochli, Schimper, 160G ! Shire; near Avar Semmaka, Quartin- Dillon; with- 

 out precise locality, Schimper, 620 [ Schimper, 1297 ! Quartin- Dillon <Sf Petit, 231 ! 



17. S, densum, Rolfe. Plant stout, 2-2| ft. high, 2-leaved, with 

 a broad tubular sheath below, and several narrower acute ones above. 

 Leaves oblanceolate- or obovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 6-7 in. 

 long, lj-2f in. broad. Raceme elongate, 7-9 in. long, dense-flowered. 

 Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, f-1 in. long. 

 Pedicels 4 lin. long. Sepals reflexed, 4 lin. long, the odd one nar- 

 rowly oblong, subobtuse ; lateral nearly twice as broad, spreading. 

 Petals reflexed, united for a third of their length to the sepals, and 

 similar to the odd one. Lip galeate, subcompressed, 3J lin. long, the- 

 basal third united to the lateral sepals ; mouth rather narrow ; apex 

 broadly triangular- ovate, apiculate, reflexed ; spurs elongate-linear,, 

 slightly curved, 8-9 lin. long. Column 3J lin. long ; stigma broadly 

 ovate ; rostellum trilobed, side lobes minute and tooth-Hke, front lobe 

 spathulate, with the sides reflexed towards the base and a broadly ovate 

 orbicular apex. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : NyasalanJ ; Shire Highlands, top 

 of Zomba, Buchanan, 303 ! 



18. S. Buchanaui, Rolfe. Tuber oblong, J-1 in. long Plant 

 stout, l|-2 ft. high, 2-3-leaved, with two broad tubular sheaths below 

 the leaves, and five or six lanceolate ones above. Leaves broadly 

 elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, subacute or abruptly apiculate, 3-6 

 in. long, lJ-3 in. broad. Raceme oblong or elongate, 4-7 in. long,^ 

 usually dense-flowered, rarely somewhat lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate^ 

 acute or subacuminate, 8-11 lin. long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Flowers 

 red. Sepals 5-6 lin. long ; odd one oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; lateral 

 slightly broader, spreading. Petals united for nearly half their length 

 to the sepals, and similar to the odd one. Lip galeate, subcompressed, 

 3^-4 lin. long, the basal fourth united to the lateral sepals ; mouth 

 rather narrow ; apex broadly ovate, apiculate, reflexed ; spurs narrow, 

 curved, 5-7 lin. long. Column 3-3^ lin. long ; stigma broadly ovate ; 

 rostellum broad, trilobed, side lobes rounded, front lobe longer and 

 acute. 



