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Lissochilus (To the species described on p)
To the species described on p. 286, Vol. II., the following should now be added:
L. dilectus (beloved). fl. rosy, with a purple lip, large; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed; petals oblong, very broad; lip three-lobed, the side lobes broad, the front one nearly square, retuse; peduncle 2ft. to 3ft. high. l. broad. Rhizomes branched, hand-like. Congo, 1886.
L. Krebsii purpurata (purple). fl. 2in. in diameter; sepals dark green outside, maroon-purple inside, the margins revolute; petals bright yellow above, beneath pale cream-coloured faintly veined with red; lip dull orange-yellow, with chocolate-purple side lobes, streaked with darker lines; scape about 3 1/2ft. high. l. thin, broadly lanceolate, acute, plicate, 1ft. long. South Africa, 1885.
L. roseus (rosy). fl., sepals deep velvety-brown, spathulate, concave, reflexed; petals deep rose, large, oblong, apiculate, recurved; lip deep rose, three-lobed, rounded, longer than the petals, with a golden crest on the disk, the under side and the spur yellow; raceme dense, oblong; scape 3ft. to 4ft. high. l. stiff, erect, broadly lanceolate, plicately veined. Sierra Leone, 1841. A grand species. (B. R. 1844, 12.) L. Sandersoni (Sanderson's). fl. 2in. to 2 1/2in. in diameter; sepals dirty green, edged and nerved brown; petals pure white, much larger, obliquely and falcately broad-oblong; lip large, the side lobes dark green, with brownish veins, the mid-lobe having a pale violet, purple-streaked limb, and a yellowish-green disk; spike 1ft. long, erect; scape 6ft. to 7ft. high. June. l. 3ft. to 4ft. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, elongate-lanceolate, acute, narrowed into long petioles. Natal, 1879. A stately plant. (B. M. 6858.) L. stylites (columnar). fl. rose-coloured, as large as a good Zygopetalum intermedium; sepals triangular, acuminate, reflexed; petals oblong, wide; lip nearly square, blunt-edged, dark-spotted at the base inside, having a short, conical, angled spur, and two styliform processes in the mouth. February. 1885.