58 ORCHIDS. 
A. africana.—Pseudo-bulbs 4ft. high; leaves 1ft. long, 
with prominent ribs; panicles large, branching; flowers 
pale yellow, spotted with brown. Strong plants produce 
as many as fifty or more flowers in a panicle, and these 
remain six weeks in perfection. They are developed in 
winter. Native of Sierra Leone. 
Fig. 13; Botanical Magazine, t. 4965. 
Fig. 13. Flower of Ansellia africana 
(% nat. size). 
Var. congoensts has shorter pseudo-bulbs and smaller 
flowers, their colour being deep yellow, with pale brown 
blotches. Congo. 
Var. gigantea has small, yellow, unspotted flowers, and 
short, stout pseudo-bulbs. It is also known as Cymbidium 
Sandersont. Natal. 
Var. nzlotica has pseudo-bulbs about 2ft. long, and 
large flowers of a deep yellow colour, with large blotches 
of dark brown. It is the finest of all known Ansellias. 
Upper Nile regions. 
