ADDENDA. 575 



Only known to me by the original very iraperfect description, in which it is com- 

 pared with S. coryophoroides, A. Rich, and S. hrachypetalum, A. Rich. 



5a. Disperis mozambicensis, Schlechter in Erujl. Jahrb. xxiv. 

 428. Plant dwarf, erect, very glabrous, l^|-5 in. high. Stem slender, 

 straight, distantly 8-leaved. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or subacute, somewhat spreading, the lower .j-10 lin. long, :ij-.** 

 lin. broad, the upper rather smaller. Raceme subcorymbose, few- 

 flowered. Bracts leafy, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, shorter than the 

 pedicels. Pedicels 4J lin. long, glabrous. Flowers medium-sized, pale 

 rose. Dorsal sepal reflexed and nearly horizontal, narrowly linear, <! lin. 

 long, J lin. broad, united with the petals into an obovate-oblong, obtuse 

 hood ; lateral sepals obliquely oblong from a narrow base, obtuse, some- 

 what falcate, the basal fourth united, the lower half proiluced into an 

 obtuse sac, 5 lin. long, 3 lin. broad. Petals concave, lanceolate, acute, 

 falcate, 6 lin. long, nearly 2J lin. broad, the front margin slightly 

 cilated. Lip erect, with a very narrow linear claw, 1 \ lin. long, sud- 

 denly forked at the apex, minutely puberulous ; limb elongated in 

 front, filiform, suddenly dilated, suborbicular, 3 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. 

 broad, upper face papillose-puberulous, disc with a longitudinal fleshy 

 crest, J lin. high. Column with a pair of slightly twisted falcate carti- 

 laginous arms; anther cells short; rostellum convex, retuse at the 

 apex. 



XMCozaxub. X>ist. Portuguese East Africa : near Beira, at the mouth of the 

 River Pungwe, Schlechter. 



Only known to me from the original description, but said to be allied to D. reichen- 

 hachiana, Welw. 



8. Disperis kamerunensis, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 431, 

 supersedes D. Preussii, Kolfe. Both were based upon the same number. 



15a. Morsea kitambensis, Baker, Corm not seen. Stem more 

 than 3 ft. long including the panicle, moderately stout, erect, very much 

 branched. Lower leaves linear, firm, glabrous, erect, mucli shorter 

 than the stem, sheathing its base. Peduncle long, slender, erect, viscous 

 below the spathes. Spathes cylindrical, l\ in. long ; inner valve lanceo- 

 late, rigid; outer valve small. Perianth fugitive, apparently lilac, 

 under 1 in. long. Capsule subglobose, J in. long. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Eangala ; in swamps at Kitiimba on the River 

 Kuango, Buchner, 679! in Berlin Herbarium. 



156. Morsea aurantiaca, Baker. Corm not seen. St«m \ ft. 

 long below the first branch, bearing 2 small rigid linear glabrous sheath- 

 leaves. Panicle 1 ft. long, corymbose, consisting of 3 long-pe<lunclcd 

 clusters ; branches slender, erect, viscous below the spUhcs ; siwthee 

 cylindrical, 1|-U in. long; inner valve lanceolate; out«r very short. 

 Perianth bright yellow, fugitive. Capsule subglobose, \ in. diani. 



lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechoxc, 303! in Berlin Herbarium. 



