274 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [Satyrium. 



lower reduced to broad tubular sheaths. Racemes 2-4 in. long, dense, 

 many-flowered. Bracts ovate, subacute, 6-10 lin. long. Pedicels 

 3 lin. long. Flowers violet- purple. Sepals 6-7 lin. long, odd one 

 linear-oblong, obtuse; lateral oblong or ovate-oblong, and twice as 

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

 similar to the odd one. Lip galeate, subcompressed, 6 lin. long, the 

 basal third united to the lateral sepals ; mouth 1 lin. broad ; apex broad 

 and apiculate ; spurs linear-oblong, 3-4 lin. long. Column 3| lin. long ; 

 stigma broadly ovate, apiculate ; rostellum broad, shortly bilobed, with 

 obtuse lobes. — Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. vii. 238. 



Zio-wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; Varzea do Ferrao da Sola, and LopoUo, in 

 swamps, Welwitsch, 726 ! and without precise locality, Antunes, 16 ! 



29. S. breve, i?o{/e. Plant IJ-lj ft. high, with several lanceolate, 

 or oblong-lanceolate, cauline leaves, 2-4 J in. long; lower leaves not 

 seen. Raceme ,short or oblong, 2-3 in. long, dense. Bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 6-9 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Sepals 6 lin. long ; 

 odd one linear-oblong, obtuse; lateral oblong, and twice as broad, 

 spreading. Petals united for half their length to the sepals, slightly 

 narrower than the odd one. Lip galeate, subcompressed, 5J lin. long, 

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

 apex broadly rounded, slightly crenulate ; spurs oblong, 2 lin. long. 

 Column 3 lin. long ; stigma broadly ovate ; rostellum broad and stout, 

 bilobed. 



mXozaxnb. X>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, common 

 in the wet months, Buchanan, 314 ! 



30. S. leucocomos, Reichh. f. in Flora^ 1865, 182. Plant very 

 stout, 1J-1| ft. high, 5-8-leaved. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 

 3-6 in. long, f-lj in. broad, the two or three lower reduced to 

 broad sheaths. Racemes short and dense, 2 in. or more long, many- 

 flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acute, f-lj in. long. Flowers white. 

 Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Sepals 6 lin. long; odd one subspathulate- 

 linear, obtuse ; lateral oblong and twice as broad. Petals united for 

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

 galeate, subcompressed, 4J lin. long, the basal 2 lin. united to the 

 lateral sepals; mouth Ij lin. broad; apex broad and very obtuse or 

 retuse ; spurs broadly saccate, 1-1 J lin. long. Column 2 lin. long ; 

 stigma broadly triangular-ovate, subobtuse; rostellum broad, tridenti- 

 culate. 



laOvreT Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; LopoUo, Welwitsch, 728 ! 



31. S. paludosum, Reichh. 'f. in Fl<yra, 1865, 182. Plant If ft. 

 high, 5-8-leaved. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 

 2-4 in. long, 3-9 lin. broad, the two lower reduced to broad 

 tubular sheaths. Raceme nearly ovoid, dense, ultimately somewhat 

 elongated, 2 in. or more long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 5-9 

 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Flowers white. Sepals 5 lin. long; 

 odd one linear-oblong, obtuse, with reflexed sides; lateral oblong 



