vloplda] III. ORCiiiDE^. 5 



8. E. Woodfordii Eolfe, I.e., p. 68. 



Cyrtopera loiu/ifolia Rchb. f., I.e., p. 189. C. Woodfordii Lindl. 

 Gen. & Sp. Orch.'p. 189. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— In herb-grown marshes on the banks of the river 

 Casaballa, Sobato de Bumba, along with Mungo {Mdinbor/a stipulosa) 

 and species of Fuirena. 22 Oct. 1853. No. 664. 



9. E. guineensis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 686 (1823); Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 21 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 59. 



GoLUXGO Alto.— Scape 1| to 2 ft., 5- to lO-flowered ; flowers sub- 

 pendulous, Rerapias-\\k%, middle lobe of lip a beautiful rose-colour, 

 disc marked with dark purple streaks, perianth-segments all similar, 

 dull purple. Montalegres, Feb. 1855 ; woods near N-delle, May 185G. 

 No. 656. 



4. LISSOCHILUS R.Br., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 536. 



1. L. dilectus Rchb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. p. 62 (1878) ; 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 28 ; Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 83. 



L. arenarius Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 188 ; (non Lindl.). 



PuNGO Andongo. — 3 to 3^ ft. high, rhizome of thick white sub- 

 trigonal moniliform tubers ; leaves 1 ft. long ; scape 2A to 3 ft. 

 or more, sheathing scales distant dark purple or livid. Flowers 

 very large and fine, rose-coloured. Disc of labellum with a dark 

 purple shortly bearded line, and two thick elevated crests at the 

 mouth, cavity of labellum sheathed with purple on the inside, yellow 

 outside. In damp thickets on the rivers Cuanza and LopoUo ; Dec. 

 1856. No. 686. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Rather rare in schistose slopes on the banks of 

 the river Miiio between Bango and Quilombo ; 14 Jan. 1855. Two 

 specimens in flower. No, 666- 



2. L. Paivaeanus Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 187 ; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 29 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 89. 



HuiLLA. — Bulbs conical, green, very fleshy, erect, crowded, furnished 

 at the base with numerous white fibres ; leaves appearing after the 

 flowers. Scape 2 ft., more rarely 3 ft., deep purple. Flowers beautiful, 

 pendulous, sepals obovate-lanceolate, purplish^ petals twice as large, a 

 fine yellow ; latei'al lip-lobes dull purple erect, the median channelled, 

 bright yellow, 2- or 3-toothed on each side. Column white. Plentiful 

 in sandy thickets round Huilla. In fl. end of Oct. to middle of Nov. 

 1859. No. 731. 



Var. stenophyllus Rchb. f. in Flora 1867, p. 105; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e. ; Rolfe, I.e. 



PuxGO Andoxgo. — 2 ft. high, scape distantly sheathed, 2 ft. more 

 rarely 3 ft. Flowers between spreading and nodding, sepals herbaceous- 

 green with dull purple spots on the inside ; petals deep sulphur-colour 

 outside, within (or beneath) whitish ; lateral lip-lobes pale, purple- 

 streaked, median keel-like deep yellow, spur dull purple. Bracts 

 yellowish-green. Rather rare in stony thickets at the base of Pedra 

 Pungo on the prsesidium. Beginning of March 1857. No. 690. 



3. L. calopterus Rchb. f. in Bonplandia iii. p. 218 (1855); 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 28 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 93. 



LoAXDA. — 2h to 3 ft., leaves only well developed after the flowers ; 

 flowers a shining sulphur yellow. Plentiful but seen only in this 



