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the hands and body; the leaf-midrib makes а temporary pipe-stem; and water is collected in the leaves. 
The general term for the plantain is * n'deezee;" but there is the * mamoonyew ” for boiling; the 
m”beev > for the ripe fruits, which are excellent for making wine, but are indifferent when boiled; 
and the * m’konothembo,” or elephant’s fingers, are а very large, coarse eating variety. At Unyanyembe, 
Moossah presented us with dried banana from Ugigi. They were not so tough as our Normandy 
pippin, and just as pleasant to eat.—J. A. G.] 
2. Musa Ехвете, Gmel.? (Bot. Mag. tab. 5223-4; Ensete edule, Bruce). 
Hab. Near a Madi village, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! (App. Speke’s Journ. 648.) 
[The first time we came on this plant was in the forest, while on the march, near a Waganda village. 
I remained so long wondering at its form and size that my companions got out of sight. The trunk was 
as if one huge drum was placed upon another. From the top, handsome broad leaves radiated in every 
direction, some hanging down to the ground. It was wild, and not in fruit or flower in May; but I 
afterwards heard that its seeds are called “© m”seegwah” (Kis.) and “m’tembeh” (Kin.). The Waganda 
wear them as necklaces and anklets. They are black, irregular-shaped, and glossy. This plant was the 
only monster specimen met with ; and it may be a distinct species ; for all the fine specimens of Musa Ensete 
seen in Algiers, in the Jardin d’Essai, and in Europe differ in form from this monster. They have long, 
tall, but stout stems in proportion to their leaves. At4*N. lat. we found the regular Ensete amongst the 
rocks. The leaves were more coarsely ribbed than the ordinary plantain, and the midrib was brick-red. 
They were young plants, а foot high; and goats seemed to have eaten their leaves.—J. A. G.] 
ORCHIDE. 
1. ANGRÆCUM GRANTII Bateman. Ad А. caudatum habitu arcte affinis, sed peri- 
anthio ignoto inter species incertas collocandum ; fibri radiculares crassi, flexuosi, dense 
cæspitosi, 4-6-роШсагев ; folia 2, radicalia, oblanceolata, carnosa, suberecta, obtusa, 4-0 
poll. longa, supra medium 12-15 lin. lata, ad basin 3-4 lin. latum attenuata; scapus 
gracilis, tripollicaris, bracteis 2-3 parvis latis amplexicaulibus instructus; racemus 
laxissime 3—4-florus secundus; ovarium maturum clavatum, 15-18 lin. longum, 6-cos- 
tatum, basi in pedicellum brevem angustatum ; calcar gracillimum semipedale, spiraliter 
tortum ; petala et sepala in exemplaribus desunt. 
Hab. On trees, Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! (Angræcum no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 
648. Named by Mr. Bateman, at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, soon after 
Col. Grant’s return to England. Dr. Reichenbach thinks it may be 4. Kotschyanum, 
Reichb. fil. | 
[Found in fruit 19th Dec. at camp Madi, 8915” N. lat., growing on а lichen-covered bough of the 
Kigelia pinnata, and stuck to a Polystachya. Тһе leaves are spotted with black, have entire waved edges, 
thick and fleshy. Seed-vessel with its stalk 2-3 inches long, 6-grooved, and full of a saffron cottony 
substance. The length of tail was not noted ; but in the dried specimens at Kew they are 54 and 71 inches | 
long. Orchids like the above are used in Ugeendo as a remedy for temporary blindness. They are 
mashed in water; and the patient bathes in this, but allows none of the liquid into his eyes. Orchids 
were rarely met with on the route; but this one was common at the above locality.—J. А. 6.1 
9. LissoCHILUS GRANTH, n. sp., Reich. fil. Pedunculo prope tripedali, valido, distanter 
vaginato, vaginis apice acutis; racemo subpedali ; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, ovarii 
pedicellati dimidium inferius æquantibus ; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, tessellinerviis ; petalis 
cuneato-ovatis obtusis multo latioribus; labelli trifidi laciniis lateralibus semioblongis, 
retusis, lacinia media elliptica, distincte tricarinata; calcari cylindraceo apice obtuso, 
lamina pro uater breviore. 
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