4 III. ORCHIDEE. [Zulophia 
quite white, erect, Lip white, spreading, spurred (spur 24 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 1855. 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., Zc, p. 105 ; Durand & Schinz, Lc., p. 24 ; 
Rolfe, Z.¢., p. 53. 
Huitia.—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., J.c., p. 104; Durand & Schinz, .c., 
p. 24; Rolfe, Ze. 
Hovitia.—Flowers yellowish, with a reddish tint. _Perhaps only a 
poor form of the species under No. 720 (E. Welwitschii). Here and 
there in woods of Proteacesw, in sandy shortly grassed places between 
Lopollo and Monino. Unique. In fi. beginning of Jan. 1860. No. 719. 
4, E. aloifolia Welw. ex Rehb. f., d.c.; Durand & Schinz, dc., 
p. 19; Rolfe, dc., p. 55. 
Punco 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 Rehb. f. ex Batem. in Bot. Mag. t. 5561 (1866) ; 
Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 21; Rolfe, ic., p. 57. 
GoLuNnco 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. Soc. Brot. vii. p. 236 (1889) 
ynon Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 7330); Durand & Schinz, Lc., 
p. 26; Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 61. 
Orthochilus Welwitschit Rehb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 186. 
Huitia.—Erect 1 to 14 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 Proteaces, 
x ag a In sandy places among Proteacexe at Monino; Jan. 1860. 
o. 720. 
‘7. E, dichroma Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 62 (1897). 
E. bicolor Rehb. f. & Sond. ex Rehb. f., /.c., in part ; (non Blume), 
E. Welwitschit Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 7330 ; (non Rolfe). 
HvILLa.—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. 
