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Flowered in tlie establisliment of MM. A. A. Peeters et Cie, 

 Brussels, in August, 1913. A single plant appeared in an 

 importation of R, Imschootiana, Rolfe, to which it bears a general 

 resemblance in habit, but the flowers are only about half as large 

 and markedly different in structure. The colour is yellow with 

 the side lobes of the lip and upper half of the petals crimson. 



419. Angraecum birrimense, Rolfe; ab A. Eichleriano , 



Kriiazl., floribus niinoribus, labello angustiore et calcare recto 

 differt. 



Herha epiphytica. Canlis subelongatus. Folia disticha, 

 oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, oblique bidentata, 10-13 cm, longa, 



2'5-3'5 cm. lata. Scapos non vidi. Flores speciosi. Pedicelli 

 3-5 cm. longi. Sepala et petala subpatentia, lineari-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, 3-3*5 cm. longa, 5-8 mm. lata. Lahelhim obovatum, 

 apice triangulari-acuminatum, 2-5 cm, longum et latum; calcar 

 ^leviter curvatnm, 3*5 cm. longum, basi iufundibulare, deinde 

 subconstrictuni et subclavato-cylindricum. Columna latissima, 

 4 mm. longa; pollinarii glandula squamiformis. 



Tromcal Africa. Gold Coast: Birrim District, in dense 

 forest, A. G. Miles. 



A living plant and a somewhat imperfect dried specimen were 

 sent to Kew, and thp latter is now in the collection. Although 

 near to A, EicTilerianum , Kranzl., the lip is not broadly dilated 

 at the sides, and the: upj^er part of the spur is narrower and less 

 obliquely bent about the middle than in that species. 



420. Disa (Eudisa) nigerica, Rolfe; habitu D. saxicolae, 



Schlechter, sed sepalo postico patente, calcare apice incurvato- 

 clavato, et labello latiore differt. 



Herha terrestris, circiter 22 cm. alta. Folia caulescentia, 

 sessilia, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 3-4 cm. longa, circiter 

 8 mm. lata. Racemus circiter 9 cm. longus, sublaxus, multi- 

 florus. Bracteae lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, 

 5-8 mm . longa e . Pedicelli 0-8-1 cm . longi . Flores parvi , 

 purpurei. Sepalum posticum patens, ovatum, subacutum, 4 mm, 

 longum; calcar erectum, 7 mm. longum, basi conicum, deinde 

 gracile, apice incurvo-clavatum; sepala lateralia patentia, ovato- 

 oblonga, subacuminata, 6 mm. longa, Petala dolabriformia, 



lata. Labellnm spatulatvim, obtusum, 



integrum, 4 mm. longum, 1-5 mm. latum. Anthera reclinata. 



Tropical Afhica. Northern Nigeria, i?, G, P. Nelson 5, 



Closely resembling D. saxicola, Schlechter, in habit, but 



markedly different in the shape of the dorsal sepal and lip. The 



flowers are described as purple. 



mm 



XXXVIII.— WEST INDIAN BOXWOOD. 



(Casearia praecoXy Griseb.) 



T. A. SriiAGUE and L. A. Boodle. 



The botanical identity of the tree yielding the wood known in 

 the trade under the name of West Indian or Venezuelan boxwood 



