Disa] III. ORCHIDE.E. 19 



opening of the flower, the very long spike appears yellow in the lower 

 half passing into a deeper rose-colour towards the apex. The habit is 

 almost that of Acerax ((ntlini/xi/ihora. Rather rare in lofty boggy 

 places above 5000 ft. at Morro de Lopollo. In fl. Feb. 18G0. No. 714. 



17. BRACHYCORYTHIS Lindl.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. p. 032. 



1. B. pubescens Harv. Thes. Capens. i. p. 35 (1859) ; Rclib. f. 

 in Flora 1867, p. 98 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. p. 115. 



PuxGO AxDONGO. — A herb Ih ft. high, with the habit of Epipactls ; 

 leaves membranous, rather stiff with rather obscurely green thinly 

 puberulous raised veins. Perianth white and flesh-coloured, lip rose- 

 coloured. Terrestrial ; very rare in the rocky rather damp thickets 

 of Barrancos de Catete on the pnesidium. In fl. .Jan. 1857. Xo. 693. 



2. B.Welwitschii Rehb. f.,;.c.,p. 99; Durand & Schinz, /.c.,p. 115. 

 HuiLLA. — A terrestrial herb 1 to 1^ ft. high, strict, bright green, 



tubers cylindrical, thick, fascicled, simple or lobed ; flowers white, lip 

 dull red ; leaves long-acuminate with raised veins. Rather damp 

 meadows Sobato de Humpata. In fl. Dec. 1859. No. 707. 



18. DISPERIS 8w. ; Benth. t Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 633. 

 1. D. Reichenbachiana Welw. ex Pvchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 180 ; 



Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 120. 



PuxGo Andongo. — Terrestrial ; plentiful but in one place only, on 

 fallen decaying tree-trunks, Barrancos de Catete, flowers very rarely. 

 A few specimens in fl. and several without fl. Jan. 1857. No. 694. 



Orchidea indet. 



Buds of an orchid with lingulate-spathulate very stiff leathery, 

 emarginate, wavy-margined leaves. On the tree called " Mun- 

 guenga ia muxito " (Urticace*) at the great cataract of the river 

 Cuango. Oct. 1855. Coll. Carp. 997. 



This may be an Angrcpxum, but the material consists only of two 

 small dried-up fragments quite beyond determination. 



IV. SCITAMINEiE. 

 Tribe i. ZINGIBERE.E. 



1. KAEMPFERIA L. ; Benth. & Hook, f., Gen. PI. iii. p. 641. 



1. K. sethiopica Benth. ex Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 131. 



Var. angustifolia Ridl.,/.c. ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 

 V. p. 124. 



PuxGO Andoxgo. — A subglaucous herb, with tuberous root, tubers 

 slender with a pleasant A)\ionni]n-\\kQ aroma. Leaves channelled, 

 curved, subfleshy. Flower a deep rose-purple, as in Orchis papilidnacca 

 var. rubra Jacq., ultimately becoming bhie on drying. Very plentiful 

 in damp meadows near the right bank of the Cuanzafrom Sansamanda 

 as far as Quisonde, probably flowering in May and June. A single 

 specimen with one flower near Coudo. March 1857. No. 683. Grown 

 in garden at Loanda where it bore leaves but no fiOwers ; probably 

 because the air at Loanda is too dry. 



