10 in. ORCHiDE.E, [Listrostachijs 



2. L. rhipsalisocia Rolfe, I.e. 

 Anyrcecumrhipsalisocium Rchb. f., I.e., p. 189; Durand & Scbinz, 



■I.e., p. 45. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — A herb epiphytic on older trees ; leaves very stiff, 

 flabellate. Flowers a whitish sulphur-colour. Lofty primitive woods, 

 Sobato de Quilombo, on StercuJia acuminata (Cola) and Spondiaceae. In 

 fl. March 185G. No. 662. 



3. L. Papagayi Rchb, f., I.e.; Durand & Scbinz, I.e., p. 49; 

 Rolfe, /.c, p. 159. 



Prince's Island. — A pendulous shrub, hanging from the rocks, with 

 stems 10 to 15 ft. long, very slender, leaves alternate, coriaceous, thick 

 shiny and rigid ; flowers racemose, pale cinnamon. On the shady rocky 

 heights (about 3000 ft.) of Pico de Papagaio. In fl. Sept. 1853. No. 629. 



4. L. fragrantissima Rchb. f., I.e. ; Durand & Scbinz, I.e., p. 49 ; 

 Rolfe, I.e., p. 164. 



PuNGo Andongo. — A small erector ascending shrub, densely caespi- 

 tose, hanging from branches of trees or 'on the very dry slopes of the 

 loftier rocks forming a thick and extensive growth in March and April 

 decked with numerous very sweet-scented flowers. These orchid 

 hedges alternate with others formed of Vellosiaceaa, with the spaces 

 between filled with RhipsaUs, Sarcostemma, Euphorbia., Stapelia., and 

 grasses. Flowers white or yellowish straw-coloured, racemes a foot long, 

 pendulous or nodding, leaves greenish-yellow. The raceme is almost 

 cylindrical, the flowers being opposite or in whorls of three ; their 

 texture is almost that of wax, somewhat transparent ; spur scimitar- 

 shaped, laterally compressed erect like the lip. On the rocky heights 

 of Pedra Cabonda, up to 3400 ft., on the pmesidium. In fl. April 1857. 

 Nos. 701, 702. 



5. L. Welwitschii Rchb. f.. I.e., p. 190 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 50 ; Rolfe, I.e. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A shrub 3 to 5 ft. high, erect, hard and woody, 

 with far-descending woody-fibrous axillary aerial roots, forming 

 Tery dense thickets ; leaves nearly 1 ft. long, very thick and hard, apex 

 obliquely obtuse, a glaucous yellow-green colour almost like gold. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes, looking as if made of wax, the size of 

 those of Orchis mascula, very sweet-scented especially at evening. Ovary 

 not twisted, short, at first facing the hollow of the rhachis then deflexed. 

 Yery plentiful on the more lofty sunny gneiss rocks of the priEsidium, 

 flowering from Jan. to April. In fl. and unripe fr. March 1857. No. 703. 



6. L. iridifolia Rolfe, I.e., p. 167. 



''Angrcecumi aff. A. saeerfero Lindl. ? " Rchb. f.. I.e., p. 189, 

 Fruiting specimens only. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Small, caespitose, almost acaulescent, leaves thick, 

 cartilaginous, stiff, linear-lanceolate, distichous, arcuately recurved, 

 short, veined ; flower spikes a little longer than the leaf, basal, distich- 

 ous, pendulous. On the higher branches of a Stercidia called Quibondo, 

 liut very rarely met with, near the river Delamboa. In ripe fr. at 

 the end of August 1856. No 679. 



7. L. dactyloceras Rchb. f., I.e., p. 190; Diuand k Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 49; Rolfe, I.e., p. 168. 



PuNGO An])ongo. — A fleshy herb 3 to 5 in. high. Leaves bright 

 green, flabellate. Flowers crowded, corymbosely spicate, white except 



