Ansellia] III, ORCHIDEA, 7 
and erect leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, Here and there in wooded boggy 
meadows, Monino, Jan. 1860. No. 710. 
5. ANSELLIA Lindl. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 537. 
1. A. africana Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, sub t.12; Rehb. f. in 
‘Flora 1865, p. 188; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 31; 
Rolfein Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 101. 
Bumso.—Leaves thick and stiff, leathery, yellowish-green, finely 
striated between the nerves; panicle few-flowered, with nodding 
fruits. Plentiful on the tree called “Unteate” (Copaiba Mopane), 
Serra da Xella. In fr. middle of Oct. 1859. (Now cultivated in hort. 
‘Sander, London.) No. 711. Coxz. 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, Soe. vi. p. 129 (1862) ; 
Rehb. f. in Flora, 1867, p. 114; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. 
Afr. v. p. 34; Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. p. 108. 
GoLtunGo 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 (l.c,) is in fruit 
only, and may be different, but the material is insufficient for more 
certain determination, 
2. P. tessellata Lindl., .c., p. 130; Durand & Schinz, /.c., p. 37; 
Rolfe, Z.c., p. 114. 
GoLuNco ALTO.—Epiphytic on fallen decaying trunks in the 
‘primitive woods of Cungulungulo. In fr. Feb. 1855. No. 655. 
Punco ANDonGo.—A sporadic epiphyte on old trunks in Mata de 
Mutollo. Unique ; almost past flowering March 1857. No. 704. 
3. P. modesta Rehb. f.,/.c.; Durand & Schinz, /.c., p. 35; Rolfe, 
ie. p. 116. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Stem with a swollen bulbous base, 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 Rehb. f.,2.c.; Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 36; Rolfe, 
Le, p. 118. 
GoLtunGo ALTO.—A span or a foot high ; leaves leathery but not stiff, 
shining on both sides, erect to spreading. Flowers 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 
tthe banks of the Cuango. In fl. Feb. 1856. No. 659. 
5. P. golungensis Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 185; Durand & 
‘Schinz, lc., p. 35; Rolfe, dc. p. 18. 
Gotunco ALTo.—Leaves hard, stiff, narrowly furrowed, falcately 
-eurved ; flowers yellow. The most plentiful epiphytic orchid of this 
