Acrolophia. | ORCHIDE# (Rolfe). 13 
. A. micrantha (Schlechter & Bolus in Journ. Bot. 1894, 332, 
oe ; rhizome stout; leaves tufted, 4—14, ensiform or linear, 
acute, slightly curved or sometimes spreadin , rigid, minutely 
serrulate, 4—6 in. long, 1 4—1 in. broad, dilated at the she athing base ; 
lip; column stout, more than = as long as the segments; capsule 
elliptic-oblong, over } in. long. Bolus, Ic. Orch, Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 
A, fimbriata, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 340. Pion 
micrantha, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 184, and in tee — Bot 
Mag. ii. 202 ; Drege, Zwei Pa. fale a 128, 130, 
SoutH areca t without — or nism sane type specimen) ! 
Coast ReGion Bredasdo ae fontein Poort, Schlecht ter —— 
nhag 
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merset Div, ; rat et East, ee 
See note under the following species. 
2. A. cochlearis (Schlechter & Bolus in Journ. Bot. 1894, 332, 
partly); rhizome stout; leaves tufted, 4-12, ensiform or linear, 
acuminate or acute, slightly curved or ee stgerabin spreading, rigid, 
very minutely serrulate, 4—14 in. long, }—} in. broad, dilated at the 
sheathing base ; inflores cence terminal, paniculate, 1-2 ft. high, 
with numerous lanceolate sheaths below ; : iow aed 4-1 ft. long, lax. 
many-flowered ; bracts lanceolate, page ate, 11 in, long ; pedicels 
slender, 41—} in. long; flowers small, awny ‘2. n, with a pale 
yellow lip, and usually a deep red 3. lobed blotch. near the base; 
sepals and petals subconnivent, elliptic-oblong. , Subobtuse, nearly 
in. long; lip cochleate, cuneate at the base, and with a sh 
Sanidtrietion underneath below the middle, entire or with only very 
minute side lobes, erect, irregularl crisped and erenulate at the 
stout, nearly } as Jong as the segments ; capsule elliptic-oblong, ? in 
long. A. micrantha, Schlechter & Bolus in Journ. Bot. 1894, 332, partly. 
Eulophia cochlearis, Lindl. in Hook, Comp. Bot. sabe! ii, 202 nt of 
Bolus). E. micrantha, Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 125, 
Linnea, xx. 217 ; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. v. 183, and 3 yan 
