III. ORCHIDE^. / 



and erect leaves 2 to 3 ft. long. Here and there in wooded boggy 

 meadows, Monino, Jan. 18G0. No. 710. 



5. ANSELLIA Lindl. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen, PI. iii. p. 537. 

 1. A. africana Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, sub 1. 12 ; Echb. f. in 



Flora 1865, p. 188 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 31 ; 

 Rolfein Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 101. 



Bumbo. — Leaves thick and stiff, leathery, yellowish-green, finely 

 striated between the nerves ; panicle few-flowered, with nodding 

 fruits. Plentiful on the tree called "Unteate" (Copalha Mopane), 

 Serra da Xella. In fr. middle of Oct. 1859. (Now cultivated in hort. 

 Sander, London.) No. 711. Coll. Carp. 999. 



The determination of this plant by Reichenbach must be 

 considered doubtful, as there are no flowers. 



6. POLYSTACHYA Hook. ] Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 540. 



1. P. ensifolia Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 129 (1862); 

 Echb. f. in Flora, 1867, p. 114; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. p. 34 ; Eolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 108. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Epiphytic on decaying tree-trunks in very lofty 

 ■woods (2300 ft.) on Mt. Cungulungulo. With old fruit Feb. 1855. 

 No. 670. 



The specimen thus determined by Reichenbach {I.e.) is in fruit 

 only, and may be different, but the material is insuflacient for more 

 certain determination. 



2. P. tessellata Lindl., I.e., p. 130 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 37 ; 

 Eolfe, Z.c, p. 114. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Epiphytic on fallen decaying trunks in the 

 primitive woods of Cungulungulo. In fr. Feb. 1855. No. 655. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A sporadic epiphyte on old trunks in Mata de 

 MutoUo. Unique ; almost past flowering March 1857. No. 704. 



3. P. modesta Rchb. f., I.e.; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 35; Rolfe, 

 I.e., p. 116. 



PuxGO ANnoxGO. — stem with a swollen bulbous Ijase, leaves rather 

 fleshy to leathery, shining ; flowers yellowish. Epiphytic on older 

 trunks (Muzamba) in primitive woods near Quisonde, but very rare. 

 One specimen with fl. and old fr. March 1857. No. 675. 



4. P. nitidula Rchb. f.,Z.c.; Durand & Schinz, Z.c, p. 36; Rolfe, 

 I.e., p. 118. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A span or a foot high ; leaves leathery but not stiff, 

 shining on both sides, erect to spreading. Flowijrs pale-purple or 

 violet-purple, becoming much smaller in drying. A very rare epiphyte 

 growing along with other orchids on branches of old Adansonias near 

 the banks of the Quango. In fl. Feb. 1856. No. 659. 



5. P. golungensis Rchlx f. in Flora 1865, p. 185; Durand & 

 ;Schinz, I.e., p. 35 ; Rolfe, I.e., p. 18. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Leaves hard, stiff, narrowly furrowed, falcately 

 curved ; flowers yellow. The most plentiful epiphytic orchid of this 



