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concavis basi obliquis, petalis spatliulati-lanceolatis obtusis 
basi dilatatis semicordatis 2 cm longis, labello lineari obtuso 
1,3—l,5cm longo angusto; anthera erecta 5 cm alta, rostello 
brevi postice inter antherae loculos carinato, carina in api- 
culum producta. — Species mihi non visa. 
Visa zombica N. E. Brown in FI. Trop. Afr. VII, 278. 
Tropisches Ost-Afrika, Nyassaland. Gipfel des Berges Zomba 
(Buchanan N. 305.) 
4. Disa scutellifera A. Rich. Tuberidiis magnis 
globosis v. oblongis subglobosis 4:4 cm v. 4:3.5 cm diam., caule 
boraotino valido ad 90 cm alto basi fere 1,5 cm diam. foliis 
parvis oblongis acutis alte vaginantibus vestito, caule folioso 
satis brevi, foliis lanceolafis acutis ad 30 cm longis 3—3,5 cm 
ktis, spica longissima densi- et multiflora 25—30 cm longa, 
braeteis lanceolatis ovaria snbaequantibus v. snperantibus in- 
ferioribus flores aequantibus. Sepalo dorsali late ovato obtuso 
fere 0J hiculari excavato, calcari filifonni e basi sepali dorsalis 
onentis qnam sepalum dorsale sesquilongiore, sepalis late- 
^libus ascendentibus leviter excavatis oblique ovatis obtuse 
acutatis, petalis multo minoiibus transverse oblongis rotun- 
^tis supra in appendicem lineari-lanceolatum sepalum dorsale 
^qnantem productis, labello lineari-lanceolato acuminato an- 
g'ustc); stigmate maximo piano oblongo, rostelli brachiis et lobo 
''' m ‘ !l ' ang an It ra ascendente, polliniis magnis, cau- 
^iculis brevibus. — Flores laete purpurei maculis intensioribus 
econ ’ M—1,5 cm diam. — Septembri. 
Visa scutelliftra A. Rich, in Annal. Sc. Nat. 2. Ser. XIV (1340), 
* \ 18 fi9- 1 et Tent. FI. Abyss. II, 302 t. 94; Rchb. f. in Walp. 
* na i 1H > 590. _ Hue Disa Schimperi N. E. Brown in FI. Trop. 
A fr VU, 279. 
(R °® l * Afrik a Abyasinion. Auf Bergen an GebQschen 2150 m 
. m Fusa ) fiber dem Meere. Sanka Berr (Schimper Nr. 1309!); auf 
ie ® Scholoda 
bei Adanah (Dillon!) 
spariichen Schimper’i 
