1844 
* ANGRACUM caudátum. 
Long-tailed Angrecum. 
Nat. ord. OrcHIDACER, $ VANDE& 
ANGRA CUM.— Suprà, vol. 18, fol. 1522. 
A. caudatum ; foliis loratis canaliculatis emarginatis, spicà radicali pendulà 
flexuosà 4-floră, labello obovato rostrato serrulato, calcare longissimo apice 
bilobo. 
Epiphyta radices crassas simplices nebulosas promens. Caulis simplex, 
brevis, foliis loratis canaliculatis apice fissis 6 poll. longis, distichê imbrica- 
tis. Spica pedalis, ex axilla imorum foliorum pendula ; pedunculo gracili, 
atroviridi, ad nodos tumido; rachi flexuosa, internodiis circiter 2 poll. 
longis. Ovarium sessile, fusco-maculatum, basi tortum. Sepala et 
explanata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, herbacea, equalia, basi fulva, 
ferê 2 poll. longa, Labellum ejusdem longitudinis, album, petaloideum, 
serrulatum, cuneatum angulis rotundatis v. potius obovatum, apice mu- 
crone longo viridi rostratum, imá basi involutum et denticulatum, in 
calcar productum 9 poll. longum, fulvum, subulatum apice (fig. 3.) 
obtusum et bilobum. Columna fulvo-viridis, brevis, erecta, basi (fig. 1.) 
crassior et angulata, sursum attenuata et marginata, gynizo plano fulvo, 
rostello subulato gynizo longiore. Pollinia 2, postice paulò sulcata, in cau- 
diculam longam cuneatam sessilia. 
A most remarkable new species of Angrecum, imported 
from Sierra Leone by the Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collec- 
tion the accompanying drawing was made in August last. 
At present it is exceedingly rare, and is likely to remain so ; 
for it seems to be one of the most difficult of the tribe to 
manage successfully. In the Nursery at Hackney it is 
attached to a piece, of wood suspended from the roof of the 
stove for epiphytes. 
: È '# See folio 1522. 
VOL. XXII. 
