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This Indian and Malayan plant does not seem to have been 
hitherto recorded from so far west as Madagascar. 
Liparts CÆSPITOSA, Lindl. Imarina.—Deans Cowan. 
OBERONIA BREVIFOLIA, Lindl. On trees, Ankafana.—Deans 
Cowan. 
PoLYsTACHYA CULTRATA, Lindl. Common on trees, rather low 
down, Ikangosoa and Ankafana.— Deans Cowan. 
P. ROSELLATA, n. sp. Epiphyta glabra, caule basi bulbosa gra- 
cili, 4-unciali, foliis inferioribus ligulatis 2 unc. longis, 4 latis, 
superioribus 2 linearibus acutis uncialibus ; racemo gracili laxo 
paueifloro, bracteis minutis linearibus acutis, quam ovarium duplo 
brevioribus; floribus parvis roseis, sepalis lanceolatis aeutis, petalis 
ovato-lanceolatis quam sepala duplo latioribus, labello obovato 
acuto, apice recurvo, marginibus crenulatis, columna brevissima. 
A very small species, with a slender raceme of about 14 
flowers. Ankafana.—Deans Cowan. 
P. MINUTIFLORA, n. sp.—Epiphyta, radicibus pluribus longis, 
caule ramoso, haud bulboso, lucido, costato, foliis crebris, ob- 
longo-laneeolatis coriaceis; paniculis terminalibus laxis, ramis 
pubescentibus, bracteis minutis ovatis acuminatis; floribus mini- 
mis, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis ovatis latioribus, labello decurvo 
lanceolato, marginibus crenulatis basi erectis. 
Ankafana.—JDeans Cowan. 
This plant is remarkable for its much-branched stem, each 
branch terminated by a pubescent panicle of minute flowers 1 line 
only in length, and pinkish green in colour. Leaves 3 inches 
long by 3 inch wide. 
ANGRÆCUM GiuPrNG, Rehb. f. § Moore. Ankafana.— Deans 
Cowan. Flowers of a dull orange-red colour. 
A. RECTUM, Thouars. Aukafana. A very powerful perfume 
at night ; grows erect on branches, and on rocks, in the more open 
parts of the forest.— Deans Cowan. 
A. RECURVUM, Thouars. Low dowa on trees or rocks. A long 
straggling plant; flowers early in January.— Deans Cowan. 
