Angrcecum.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe), 149 



radicosum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 285 ; Mystaddium radicosum, 

 Durand k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 54 ; Microcodia ? toeniophyllum, 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 285. 



Kower Gul-nea. Angola : Golungo Alto, frequent near the Cuango rivulet and 

 at Mungo, near the river Casabella, in Sobato de Bumba, Welwitsch, 653 ! Pungo 

 Andongo, on orange-trees in gardens, Soyaux, 228 ! 



Wile Kand. Abyssinia : below Jeladjeranne, near the river Takazze, Schimper, 

 1565 ! Amba Sea, 5000-6000 ft., Schimper, 560 ! Eritrea : along the road from 

 Keren to Massaua, near Maldi, Beccari (ex Martelli). British East Africa : between 

 Duruma and Teita, Hildehrandt, 2374 (ex Reichenhach). 



The above synonyms all clearly belong to the same species. Schimper describes a 

 fascicle of minute leaves at the apex of the stem, but they are not present on his dried 

 specimens. 



44. A. Smithiiy Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 37. Roots fascicled, 

 slender, subterete, somewhat flexuous, pale green, 4-6 in. long. Stems 

 very short, leafless. Racemes slender, short, 8-12-flowered, 1 in. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate-oblong, acute, ^ lin. long. Sepals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, suberect, 1 lin. long. Lip linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 suberect, 1 lin. long ; spur recurved -spreading, conical scarcely 1 lin. 

 long ; stipes of pollinia single. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Mt, Kilimanjaro, cultivated specimens, 

 •Smith ! 



Much smaller than A. guyonianum, Reichb. f. Flowered at Kew in 1894. It 

 was received from Consul C. S. Smith, growing on a branch with A. Kirkii, Rolfe. 



45. A, Chiloschistse, Reichh. f. in Linncea, xx. 678. Stems leaf- 

 less, very short, with numerous, slender, curved, branched roots, 

 about 9 in. long. Racemes numerous, slender, 4-8 in. long, many- 

 flowered. Bracts triangular-lanceolate, acute, ^ lin. long. Pedicels 

 very short. Sepals and petals obovate-oblong, obtuse, J-f lin. long. 

 Lip J-| lin. long ; limb broadly rounded or transversely oblong, very 

 obtuse ; spur broadly saccate, |^-J lin. long. Column very short and 

 stout. Capsule obovate-oblong, 2 lin. long. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 i. 791 ; Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr. Afr. i. t. 6 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 40. Microcoelia exilis, Lindl. Gen. &, Sp. Orch. 61. Gussonia 

 exilis, Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 493 ; Journ. of Bot. 1886, 292. 

 Mystaddium exile, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. i>2, 

 Angrcecum aphyllum, Kranzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 157 (not Thou.). 



irile Itand. British East Africa : on the Giryama, Shimba and Rabai Hills, 

 near Mombasa, Taylor ! Nyika, at Jomvu, Taylor ! 



TCozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Mascheua, Hoist, 3549 ! 

 Bombuera, Hoist, 2210! Kwa, Mascheua, Hoist, 8889a. Masai Highlands (ex 

 Kriinzlin). British Central Africa : Zambesi, about 16° S. lat., 35° E. long.. Metier! 

 Shire Valley, Kirk! Shibisa (Chikwawa), Shire River, Kirk! Near Blantyre. 

 Shire Highlands, Last ! 



Also found in Natal and Madagascar. According to Taylor, the plant is called 

 Ndiko by the natives, who extract a grey paint from its roots by boiling, which they 

 use for ornamenting their arrows. It is easily distinguished from A. ap?it/lltim,Thou.f 

 to which Kranzlin refers it, by the very short stem and much smaller flowers. 



