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ANGRAECUM maculatum. 
Spotted-leaved Angraecum. 
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GYNANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDEÆ. Jussieu gen. 61. Brown prod. I. 300. Div. IV. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demüm cereacer. 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. 
ANGRÆCUM. (Aubert du Petit Thouars in nouv. bullet. de scien. 
par la soc. philom. 1. 618.) Flores supinati. Perianthium (cor. nob.) ir- 
regulare connivens. Laciniæ (petala nob.) subæquales, 3 superiores gale- 
ate. Labellum dependens, calcaratum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus minori- 
bus adscendentibus. Columna libera, aptera, elongata, glabra. Anthera 
terminalis, opercularis, semibilocularis, decidua. Masse pollinis 2, inte- 
gre. Stig. concavum, transversum. Herbe in truncis arborum parasitice. * 
folia plana. Lindley collect. 15. 
A. maculatum foliis lanceolatis maculatis planis integerrimis. Lind. loc. cit. 
Bulbi obscuro-virides, glauciusculi, ad collum pallidiores, squamis mar- 
cescentibus primúm vestiti. Fol. carnosa, plana, enervia, integerrima, ma- 
culis confluentibus inquinata. Scapus foliorum longitudine, teres, glaber, 
pallens, viridis, bracteis paucis scariosis. Racemus pauci quagua- 
versus. Flores parvi, resupinati, galeati. Laciniz (petala) subaquales; 
exteriores lineari-oblongæ, apice rotundate, inferioribus margine inferiore in 
lobo pallidiore dilatato; interiores pauld latiores, pallidè rosacee, margine 
unbricantes, super columnam fornicate. Labellum planum, oblongum, cal- 
caratum, 3-partitum, lobis lateralibus intús sangutneo-venosis, erectis; in- 
termedio emarginato; disco bilamellato, sanguineo, aze et apice flavidis. 
Columna labello dimidio brevior, anticè plana, sursúm dilatatá. Anth. ter- 
minalis, decidua, bilocularis loculis discretis, in apice aliquantisper exca- 
vato columna insidens. Masse pollinis 2, glandulá nulla. Stig. viscidum 
transversum excavatum. Ovar. (germ.) pedicellatum, contortum. Lind. I. c. 
Having missed the opportunity of inspecting the in- 
florescence of the present plant, we trust to the work above 
cited for its description. The species is there attributed to a 
genus formed by M. Aubert du Petit Thouars for the re- 
ception of a considerable orchideous group belonging to the 
islands that lie off the shores of. Southern Africa. The 
genus however is one with which we suspect the species be- 
fore us, a native of the Brazils, will not be found to com- 
bine so naturally as is requisite in a well-assorted group. 
The drawing was taken from a plant in the hothouse of 
Messrs. Colvill, in the King's Road, Chelsea. 
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