Disa. | OXXXIII. ORCHIDEZ (BROWN), 279 
cylindric, pendulous. Lateral sepals spreading and ascending, 6 lin. 
long, 24 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse or subacute. Petals 44-5 lin. long, 
2 lin. broad, unequally 2-lobed to the middle; the posterior lobe 24~3 
lin. long, 4—3 lin. broad, faleate-linear, obtuse or subacute; the anterior 
lobe much shorter than the posterior, broadly rounded, ear-shaped. 
Lip 5-6 lin. long, linear and less than } lin. broad, except at the base, 
where it is dilated to 1 lin. in breadth for about 1 lin. of its length, the 
dilated part ending in a tooth on each side. Anther erect, oblong, 
23-3 lin. long. Rostellum short, with a fold between the anthers.— 
A. Rich, Fl. Abyss. ii. 302, t. 94; Walp. Ann. iii. 590. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Mt. Sholoda, near Adowa, Quartin-Dillon! and 
Without precise locality, Parkyns ! 
5. D. Schimperi, A. E Brown. Plant 2-2} ft. high, glabrous. 
Stem leafy to the top. Leaves of barren shoot 1 ft. long, 7-14 lin. 
broad, strap-shaped, acute. Leaves of flowering stem longer than the 
internodes, with a tubular sheath and an ascending or spreading blade 
13-4 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 
obtuse. Spike 6-8 in. long, about an inch thick, not very dense. 
Flowers carmine-red. Bracts equalling or longer than the flowers, 
3-1 in. long, 44-5 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Dorsal sepal 
84-4 lin. long, 2~24 lin. broad, erect, elliptic, obtuse, broadly boat- 
shaped; spur 2-23 lin. long, } lin. thick, straight, subcylindrical, 
obtuse, pendulous. Lateral sepals spreading and ascending, 4 lin. long, 
2-2} lin. broad, oblong, obtuse. Petals 3—4 lin. long, 13—2 lin. broad, 
unequally 2-lobed ; the posterior lobe about 14 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, 
Sigmoid, linear, obtuse; the anterior lobe much shorter than the 
posterior, suborbicular. Lip 3 lin. long, }-4 lin. broad, linear, sub- 
obtuse. Anther erect, 1? lin. long, oblong. Rostellum short, with a fold 
between the anther-cells. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; at Sanka Berr on the River Reb, 6500 ft. 
Schimper ! 1309! 
Closely allied to D, scutellifera, A. Rich., but is distinguished by its smaller 
flowers, and by its lip, which is not toothed on each side at the base, as in that 
Species, 
_ 6. D. ochrostachya, Reichd. f. in Flora, 1865, 181. Plant 1-2 ft. 
high, glabrous. Leaves of barren growth only seen in a very young 
state, 14-3 in. long, 5 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowering 
stem with numerous, coriaceous, sheath-like, acuminate leaves, closely 
embracing the stem. Spike 5-8 in, long, $-1 in. thick, not very dense. 
Bracts equalling, longer or shorter than the flowers, 6—9 lin. long, 2-23 
lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, acuminate, reddish. Flowers 
small, yellowish-white. Dorsal sepal erect, 3} lin. long, 14-2 lin. 
broad, rhomboid, boat-shaped, obtuse, cuneately narrowed from the 
middle to the base; spur 44 lin. long, inflated, }—1 lin. thick, obtuse, 
Straight, pendulous, and usually applied to the ovary, ` Lateral sepals 
about 3 lin. long, 14-12 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, widely spreading 
and slightly ascending. Petals 23-3 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, cuneately 
