4 III. ORCHiDEiE. [Eulophia 



quite white, erect. Lip white, spreading, spurred (spur 2^ to 3 lines 

 long, reddish, with a yellow globular swollen apex), 4-lobed, lobes obtuse, 

 posterior erect red-margined, with purple streaks, smaller, anterior 

 larger, spreading deflexed, marked on the base with an oblong purple 

 spot. Column short, incurved from the base, rose-white, semiterete, 

 red-margined. Ovary a little twisted, channelled and ribbed. Very 

 rare and sporadic in primitive woods by streams. Primitive forest of 

 Quisuculo in fl. Jan. 1856, in fr. June 18.55. Flowers violet-red. Very 

 rare in very thick woods by streams at Mata de Quisuculo ; in fl. Dec. 

 1855. No. 661. 



2. E. monile Rchb. f., I.e., p. 105 ; Durand& Schinz, I.e., p. 24 ; 

 Rolfe, I.e., p. 53. 



HuiLLA. — Tubers moniliform, white, compact; stem cylindric; leaves 

 ■subrigid, striate, green ; flowers white, nodding, shortly spurred ; ovary 

 scarcely twisted. Here and there in moss-grown shady places by streams 

 on the heights (over 5000 feet) of Morro de Monino. Unique. In 

 fl. Nov. 1859. No. 709. 



3. E. Protearum Rchb. f., ^.c, p. 104; Dmand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 24 ; Rolfe, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellowish, with a reddish tint. Perhaps only a 

 poor form of the species under No. 720 (E. Welvntschii). Here and 

 there in woods of Proteacese, in sandy shortly grassed places between 

 Lopollo and Monino. Unique. In fl. beginning of Jan. 1860. No. 719. 



4. E. aloifolia Welw. ex Rchb. f., I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 19 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 55. 



Puxoo Andongo. — Very rare (only a single specimen seen) among 

 shrubs on rocky slopes on the right of the river Cuanza near 

 Candumba. End of March 1857. No. 682. 



5. E. euglossa Rchb. f. ex Batem. in Bot. Mag. t. 5561 (1866) ; 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 21 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 57. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Stem narrow, 4 ft. long, raceme 2 ft. Terrestrial 

 at the roots of shrubs in the very dense elevated (2000 ft.) primitive 

 woods near streams at Banza de Quilombo. Very rarely seen. In fl. 

 Jan. 1855. No. 671. 



6. E. Welwitschii Rolfe in Bolet. See. Bret. vii. p. 236 (1889) 

 ynon Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. .sub t. 7330) ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 26 ; Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 61. 



Orthochilus Welwitschii Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 186. 



HuiLLA. — Erect 1 to H ft. high ; tubercles triangular, white, thick 

 and fleshy, fibres snow-white, flowers a fine scarlet, perianth bell-shaped, 

 between spreading and pendulous, bracts orange-coloured. Some- 

 what plentiful in thickets and rather dry mountain districts 4000 to 

 5000 ft. high near Huilla, especially in little forests of Proteaceae, 

 Nov. 1859. In sandy places among Proteacese at Monino ; Jan. 1860. 

 No. 720. 



7. E. dichroma Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 62 (1897). 



E. hieolor Rchb. f. & Sond. ex Rchb. f., I.e., in part ; (non Blume). 



E. Welwitsehii Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 7330 ; (non Rolfe). 



Huilla.— Flowers very beautiful, sulphur-coloured. A marsh plant. 

 Varzea do Ferrao da Sola in meadows inundated during the summer. 

 Many flowers still in the water. Feb. 1860. No. 718. 



