290 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). [Disperis. 
late, 4 lin. long, united to the margins of the dorsal sepal. Lip with a 
slender claw 2} lin. long ; adnate base very short ; limb sharply reflexed, 
subulate-lanceolate, subobtuse, 1 lin. long, with a pair of rounded auricles 
at the base ; appendage linear,’13 lin. long, directed backwards to the 
apex of the spur, and there slightly thickened. Column very broad, 
2 lin. long ; arms of rostellum 14 lin. long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Semen; near Andere, Schimper, 631! Begemeder , 
Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1270! 
3. D. Meirax, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 103. Stem rather stout, 
3 in. high, 3-leaved. Leaves alternate, sessile, ovate or ovate-oblong, sub- 
acute or apiculate, 9-10 lin. long, 3-54 lin. broad, the lower one smaller 
and sheath-like. Racemes 2-3-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, 6 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal galeate, 2} lin. 
long, lateral margins rounded ; lateral spreading, obliquely semiovate, 
obtuse, united by their infolded inner margins, conduplicate-concave 
but not spurred, 14 lin. long. Petals very oblique, broadly and faleately 
semiovate, obtuse, with a rounded basal margin united to the dorsal sepal. 
Lip with narrow claw 1 lin. long; basal fourth adnate; limb sharply 
retlexed, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long; appendage oblong, 4 lin. 
long, slightly bidentate at the apex, which is directed towards the apex 
of the spur. Column very broad, 3 lin. long ; arms of rostellum broadly 
oblong, 4 lin. long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Semen; Débra Eski, towards Woina, 8500 fi. 
Schimper, 632 ! 
4. D. kilimanjarica, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 400, t. 32, 
figs. 8-10. Tuber ovoid, 5 lin. long. Stems 3 in. high, 2-leaved, with 
an acute sheath at the base. Leaves alternate, sessile, cordate, apicu- 
late, 6-7 lin. long, 34—44 lin. broad. Flower solitary. Bract leaf-like, 
4 lin. long. Pedicel 3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal galeate, acute, 4 lin. long, 
obtusely saccate behind ; lateral obliquely ovate, apiculate, 3 lin. long, 
calcarate near their inner margins. Petals 14 lin. long, united to the 
margin of the dorsal sepal, forming a broad hood. Lip 3 lin. long, 
narrow except.the terminal ovate blade, which has an elongated spur at 
the base. Column short ; arms of rostellum linear-oblong. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; higher slopes above 
Morang, to 10,000 ft., Taylor ! 
Closely resembles the South African D. Macowani, Bolus, but is glabrous, and 
the flower larger, with a bluntly spurred dorsal hood, and a shorter, stouter appendage 
to the lip. It increases by throwing out short, slender stolons, which are tuberiferous 
at the apex, 
5. D. reichenbachiana, Welw. ex Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 180. 
Tuber ovoid-oblong, 10-12 lin. long. Stem 8-9 in. high, 2- or rarely 1- 
leaved, with two acuminate sheaths near the base. Leaves alternate, 
sessile, cordate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 1-1} in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, 
with a rose-coloured midrib. Raceme 2~3-flowered. Bracts leaf-like, 
4-8 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ligulate, gla 
united with the triangular petals into a hood, 24-3 lin. long; latera 
