54 mb. a. r. scott elliot of 



AtfGBXCTTAC STJPERBUM, Thou. 



On old fallen wood or trees near Fort Dauphin, 2971 ! " Tar 

 paha tsy nelavoa M of the natives. 



AtfGBiECUM CITRATUM, TJiOU. 



Forest near Ankeramadinika, 1880 ! 



Akgrjecum Elliotii, Rolfe, sp. n. 



Caulis elongatus, radicans. Folia disticha, alterna, 6-8 lin. 

 distantia, linearia v. lanceolato-linearia, apice minute et acute 

 biloba, l|-2 uncias longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Pedunculi uniflores, 

 1 unciam longi. Sepala lanceolata, subacuminata, posticum 4-5 

 lin. longum, 1| lin. latum, lateralia paullo angustiora. Petala 

 similia, paullo breviora. Labellum late ovatum, concavum, longe 

 acuminatum, 3-4 lin. longum, 2 lin. latum ; calcari subclavato, 

 6-8 lin. longo. Columna brevis. 



Forest near Angelampena, 2272 ! 



Allied to the Mauritian A. expansion, Thouars, but with more 

 acute and more distant leaves, among other differences. The 



short peduncles, which are really axillary, burst through the 

 back of the sheathing base of the leaf, one or two from each 

 node ; the flower is borne from the axil of a lanceolate, acute 

 bract, 2-2^ inches long, and there are one or two minute, obtuse 

 sheathing bracts at the base of the peduncle. The roots are 

 distichous, bursting through the leaf -sheaths, one above each 

 peduncle, and serving to attach the plant to its support. 



Angr2ecum OriLViN^Reic'hb.f. et S.Moore in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. 3 

 Lot. xvi. (1877), p. 206.— Gussonia Gilpina*, JRidl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, Bot. xxi. (1885), p. 491. 



On trees in thickest part of forest near Fort Dauphin, 2653 . 



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Flowers scarlet." 



The specimens are finer than those previously collected ; the 

 largest raceme bears fourteen flowers. This belongs to a curious 

 leafless section of the genus, but I do not see how it can be 

 retained as a separate genus, unless Angrcecum be further dis- 

 membered. 



Mi 



Near Fort Dauphin ? 



Mystacidium dajjphinense, Rolfe, sp. n. 



Caulis erectus, subelongatus. Folia disticha, elongato-linearia 



