1'2 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (uolfe). [Mystocidium. 



thick, 1 iin. long, 2-winged above ; wings forming a hood over the 

 stigma. — Angnecum verriLcosum, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 250. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mt. Mlanje, Whyte ! 

 Zoinba, 6000-7000 ft.. Kirk ! 



7. M. Batesii, Uolfe. Stem stout, |-1 in. high. Leaves linear, 

 obtuse, conduplicate, oi-4 in. long, 4-5 Iin. broad. Scapes slender, 

 2h-o in. long, 1-o-flowered, with a few narrow^, tubular sheaths below. 

 Bi-acts tubular, obtuse, 8-5 Iin. long. Pedicels 8-9 Iin. long. Flowers 

 white. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2J Iin. long. Lip ovate, obtuse, 

 convex and somewhat carinate near the base, 2^ Iin. long; spur 

 elongated, filiform, 2^ in. long. Column stout, 2 Iin. long. Capsules 

 fusiform-oblong, pedicelled, 1 in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : EMen, Bates, 382! 



8. M. Walleri, Rolfe. Stem elongated. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 shortly and obtusely bilobed, coriaceous, lj-2jin. long, 3-3i Iin. broad. 

 Ptacemes 1-2-flowered, ^7-1 in. long, with two or three ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, carinate, nerved sheaths below. Bracts lanceolate-oblong, sub- 

 obtuse, sheathing or tubular below, 4-5 Iin. long. Pedicels slender, 

 8-10 Iin. long. Sepals and petals oblong, subacute, about 3 Iin. long. 

 Lip similar to the sepals and petals ; spur slender, curved, 5-6 Iin. long. 

 Column stout, 1 J Iin. long. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Moramballa Mountain, at the summit, 

 3000ft., Waller! 



The flowers are not in good condition. 



9. M. longifoliiim, Krdnzl. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 57. Stems 

 short, j-1^ in. long, with imbricate bract-like sheaths, and rather flat, 

 branched roots, 3- or more leaved. Leaves linear, rigid, very narrow, 

 obtuse, 4-J in. long, J-1 Iin. broad. Racemes nearly basal, bent, 3-4- 

 flowered. Bracts membranous, ochreate, obtuse, much shorter than 

 the pedicels. Pedicels 4-5 Iin. long. Flowers yellow, 4—5 Iin. long. 

 Sepals and petals linear-oblong, acute. Lip similar to the petals but 

 shorter; spur fiUform, semicircularly recurved, \\ in. long. Column 

 vei-y short. 



STile Iiand. British East Africa : Ndoro, at the foot of Mt. Kenia, H'Ohnel, 31. 

 Only known to me from the original description, but remarkable for its very 

 narrow leaves. 



10. M. clavatiun, Rolfe. Stems short or somewhat elongate, 

 1 Iin. thick, with many slender roots ; internodes J in. long. Leaves 

 oblong or linear-oblong, obliquely and obtusely bidentate, 3 in. long, 

 (I- 10 Tin. broad. Racemes short, axillary, J-| in. long, 1- or few-flowered. 

 Bracts ochreate, truncate, 1—1 J Iin. long. Flowers very small. Pedicels 

 5 Iin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 4 Iin. long; lateral 

 lanceolate, subacute, 3j Iin. long. Petals lanceolate, subacute, 3-J Iin. 

 long. Lip ascending, broadly ovate, concave, acute or acuminate, 



