Angrecum. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE), 149 
radicosum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 285; Mystacidium radicosum, 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 54; Microcælia? tæniophyllum, 
Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 285. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, frequent near the Cuango rivulet and 
at Mungo, near the river Casabella, in Sobato de Bumba, Welwitsch, 653! Pungo 
Andongo, on orange-trees in gardens, Soyaur, 228! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: below Jeladjeranne, near the river Takazze, Schimper, 
1565! Amba Sea, 5000-6000 ft., Schimper, 560! Eritrea: along the road from 
Keren to Massaua, near Maldi, Beccari (ex Martelli). British East Africa: between 
Duruma and Teita, Hildebrandt, 2374 (ex Reichenbach). 
The above synonyms all clearly belong to the same species. Schimper describes a 
fascicle of minute leaves at the apex of the stem, but they are not present on his dried 
specimens, 
44. A. Smithii, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 37. Roots fascicled, 
slender, subterete, somewhat flexuous, pale green, 4—6 in. long. Stems 
very short, leafless. Racemes slender, short, 8—12-flowered, 1 in. long. 
Bracts lanceolate-oblong, acute, 4 lin. long. Sepals and petals linear- 
lanceolate, acute, suberect, 1 lin. long. Lip linear-lanceolate, acute, 
suberect, 1 lin. long; spur recurved-spreading, conical scarcely 1 lin. 
long ; stipes of pollinia single. 
r Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mt. Kilimanjaro, cultivated specimens, 
Smith ! 
Much smaller than A. guyonianum, Beicht, f. Flowered at Kew in 1894. It 
was received from Consul C. S. Smith, growing on a branch with 4, Kirkii, Rolfe. 
45. A. Chiloschistze, Reichb. f. in Linnea, xx. 678. Stems leaf- 
less, very short, with numerous, slender, curved, branched roots, 
about 9 in. long. Racemes numerous, slender, 4-8 in. long, many- 
flowered. Bracts triangular-lanceolate, acute, } lin. long. Pedicels 
very short. Sepals and petals obovate-oblong, obtuse, }—} lin. long. 
Lip 4-3 lin. long; limb broadly rounded or transversely oblong, very 
obtuse ; spur broadly saccate, }-} lin. long. Column very short and 
stout. Capsule obovate-oblong, 2 lin. long.—Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 
i. 791; Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr. Afr. i.t. 6; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 40. Microcelia exilis, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 61. Gussonia 
exilis, Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 493; Journ. of Bot. 1886, 292. 
Mystacidium exile, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 52. 
Angrecum aphyllum, Kränz, in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 157 (not Thou.). 
Nile Land. British East Africa: on the Giryama, Shimba and Rabai Hills, 
near Mombasa, Taylor! Nyika, at Jomvu, Taylor ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Mascheua, Holst, 3549! 
Bombuera, Holst, 2210! Kwa, Mascheua, Holst, 88894. Masai Highlands (ex 
Krénzlin), British Central Africa : Zambesi, about 16° S. ht, 35° E. long., Meller! 
Shire Valley, Kirk! Shibisa (Chikwawa), Shire River, Kirk! Near Blantyre, 
Shire Highlands, Last ! 
Also found in Natal and Madagascar. According to Taylor, the plant is called 
Ndiko by the natives, who extract a grey paint from its roots by boiling, which they 
use for ornamenting their arrows. It is easily distinguished from 4. aphyllum, Thou., 
to which Kränzlin refers it, by the very short stem and much smaller flowers, 
