290 cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). [Disperis. 



late, 4 lin. long, united to the margins of the dorsal sepal. Lip with a 

 slender claw '2\ lin. long ; adnate base very short ; limb sharply reflexed, 

 subulate-lanceolate, subobtuse, 1 lin. long, with a pair of rounded auricles 

 at the base; appendage linear, 1| lin. long, directed backwards to the 

 apex of the spur, and there slightly thickened. Column very broad, 



2 lin. long ; arms of rostellum 1 J lin. long. 



JTtle Xiand. Abyssinia : Semen ; near Andere, Schijnper, 631 ! Begemeder ; 

 Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1270 ! 



3. D. Meirax, Reichh.f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 103. Stem rather stout, 



3 in. high^ 3-leaved. Leaves alternate, sessile, ovate or ovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute or apiculate, U-10 lin. long, 3-5 J lin. broad, the lower one smaller 

 and sheath -like. Racemes 2-3-flowered. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, G lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal galeate, 2J lin. 

 long, lateral margins rounded ; lateral spreading, obliquely semiovate, 

 obtuse, united b^ their infolded inner margins, conduplicate-concave 

 but not spurred, 1^- lin. long. Petals very oblique, broadly and falcately 

 semiovate, obtuse, with a rounded basal margin united to the dorsal sepaL 

 Lip with narrow claw 1 lin. long ; basal fourth adnate ; limb sharply 

 reflexed, ovate-oblong, obtuse, J lin. long; appendage oblong, ^ lin. 

 long, slightly bidentate at the apex, which is directed towards the apex 

 of the spur. Column very broad, | lin. long ; arms of rostellum broadly 

 oblong, 1 lin. long. 



Zrile Ziand. Abyssinia : Semen ; Debra Eski, towards Woina, 8500 ft., 

 Schimper, 632 ! 



4. D. kilimanjarica, Eendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 400, t. 32, 

 figs. 8-10. Tuber ovoid, .j lin. long. Stems 3 in. high, 2-leaved, with 

 an acute sheath at the base. Leaves alternate, sessile, cordate, apicu- 

 late, 6-7 lin. long, 3 J-4J lin. broad. Flower solitary. Bract leaf-like, 

 4 lin. long. Pedicel 3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal galeate, acute, 4 lin. long, 

 obtusely saccate behind ; lateral obliquely ovate, apiculate, 3 lin. long, 

 calcarate near their inner margins. Petals l^^ lin. long, united to the 

 margin of the dorsal sepal, forming a broad hood. Lip 3 lin. long, 

 narrow except the terminal ovate blade, which has an elongated spur at 

 the base. Column short ; arms of rostellum linear-oblong. 



XtXozamba Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; higher slopes above 

 Morang, to 10,000 ft., Taylor ! 



Closely resembles the South African D. Macowani, Bolas, but is glabrous, and 

 the flower larger, with a bluntly spurred dorsal hood, and a shorter, stouter appendage 

 to the lip. It increases by throwing out short, slender stolons, which are tuberiferous 

 at the apex. 



T). D. reichenbachiana, Welw. ex Reichh.f. in Floo^a, 1865, 180, 

 Tuber ovoid-oblong, 10-12 lin. long. Stem 8-0 in, high, 2- or rarely 1- 

 leaved, with two acuminate sheaths near the base. Leaves alternate, 

 sessile, cordate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 1-1 J in. long, G-8 lin. broad, 

 with a rose-coloured midrib. Raceme 2-3-flowered. Bracts leaf -like, 

 4-8 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ligulate, acute, 

 united with the triangular petals into a hood, 2 J-3 lin. long ; lateral 



