58 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). | Lissochilus. 
duplicate below, articulated above the base, $—1 ft. long, }—1 in. lon 
scapes erect, 14-21 ft. high, with numerous spathaceous inodshe 
below ; racemes long and lax, ma elueiahahist bracts oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4—-} in. long; pedicels }—4 in. long; 
owers medium-sized ; sepals ‘elliptic- oblong, apiculate or subobtuse, 
green with a few light brown spots 1} in. long; petals s 
the sepals, bright yellow; lip strongly 3-lobed, about as long 
as the petals ; side lobes erect, broadly oblong, very obtuse, green 
with some purple veining; front lobe ovate-orbicular, obtuse, 
somewhat reflexed at the oar: bright yellow; dise convex and 
thickened at the base; spur broadly conical, obtuse, } in. long 
column oblong, about Li in. long. Drége, Zwei Pa. Documente, 130, 
142, 156; Durand & —— eee Fl. Afr. v. 31, partly. Eulo- 
phia streptopetala, sete . Reg. t. 1002; Bot “Mag. t. 2931; 
olus in Journ. L mie XXV. iss, and Ic. Orch. Austr. -Afr. ii. 
t. 12 (eael. syn. L. peroioras): 
H AFRica: without seasoned ae 1592! 3896! Mrs. Bowker 
nee Reeion : Uitenhage r Uitenhage, Burchell, 4262! Bolus, 1581. 
limestone hill near the mouth oe ey econe , Drege, ! forests near 
e Zwa s River and Addo, Zeyher, 60 ntain, Burke ! 
; Ho : ton ! Kins 3 toa near Grahamstown, Schénland, 444. 
King ss ms Town Div lliams Town, sat *. Higiowe Wes 
is! ver hills near Trunpeters Dit, Drége! Kom oods 
ae, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 345, Eastern District of Cape. ioeer, Prior ! 
and without precise jocality, Miss irey 
ENTRAL REGION: Somerset Div.; Somerset, Bow 
AHARI ReGcion: Transvaal ; Magalies Ser Bur 409 | hills near Barberton, 
in, 669 
Eastern Recon : Transkei; : oe Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 232! 
Natal ; Umzimkulu ‘Rbres, Drég 
Originally described from a pile specimen said to have been received from 
Brazil, which is clearly an error. 
L. Krebsii (Reichb. f. in og te xx. 685) ; pseudobulbs ovoid- 
oblong, 2-3 in. long, about 5-7-leaved ; leaves e ag am a 
acuminate, arching, 3-1} ft. long, 1-24 241i in. broad, with 5—7 prominent 
veins, conduplicate below, articulated above the base; scapes 
lateral, i het ft. Jong, with several spathaceous sheaths ; 
e 
i ; ep ae 1-4 in. long; flowers medium-sized ; sepals 
oblong or > alcabe chiens. obtuse or apiculate, }—} in. long, more or 
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obed 
side lobes erect, dly oblong or nearly quadrate, obtuse, yellow 
with brown stripes and apex, front lobe broadly ovate, obtuse, 
caine reflexed at the sides, bright yellow; disc convex and 
thickened at the base, with 4 very obtuse keels; spur broadly 
conical, obtuse, about } in. paiogg ; a oblong, } in. long. Bot. 
Mag. t. 5861; Rolfe in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 91; Durand & 
