unknown to systematic Botanists. The following specific dis- 
tinctions of a few will serve to fill a vacant page. 
ANGRECUM tenue; aphyllum, acaule, radicibus longissimis intricatis, spicis 
tenuibus filiformibus erectis simplicibus, sepalis petalisque acuminatis 
apice reflexis, labello ovato acuto calcare erecto oblongo carinato.— 
A multitude of very long entangled roots, without leaves, form the prin- 
cipal part of this plant, which seems wholly destitute of leaves. The 
spikes are clustered, and are from two to four inches high. The flowers 
are the smallest in the genus.——On trees near Pará, Martius. (herb. 
reg. monac.) 
AnGRacum Fasciola ; aphyllum, acaule, radicibus longissimis flexuosis, 
spicis erectis multifloris distichis distantibus, sepalis petalisque linea- 
ribus acutis, labello membranaceo petalis adnato ! apice brevi triangu- 
lari, calcare pendulo obtuso inflato levi. A small leafless plant, with 
the habit of 4. tenue, only the flowers are much larger, although very 
small, and distinctly distichous. It answers to the short character we 
possess of Limodorum Fasciola, a plant 1 have never seen ; but as the 
latter is a native of the Society Islands it is probably distinct. 
Demerara, Schomburgk (herb. propr.) 
ANGRARCUM ornithorhynchum ;foliis acicularibus, spicis oppositifoliis brevibus 
paucifloris (5-6), sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis, labello 
ovato apice triangulari subcarnoso, antheree apice elongato obtuso mem- 
branaceo, calcare tereti ascendente ovario longiore. Resembling A. 
subulatum in habit, but quite different in its flowers. Saint Catha- 
rines in South Brazil, Tweedie (herb. Hooker). 
ANGRAECUM polystachyum; caulibus ramosis, foliis distichis ovalibus coria- 
ceis obliqué bidentatis, spicis oppositifolis flexuosis multifloris foliis 
pauld longioribus, bracteis orbiculatis ciliatis, sepalis basi et apice cilia- 
tis, labello subrotundo cuspidato calcare vesiciformi. A ceespitose 
plant, throwing out long roots from the lower part of its stem, whose 
branches are only two or three inches long. A spike of very minute 
flowers proceeds from opposite every leaf.—— Peru, Mathews, 1905. 
(herb. Hooker). 7 
ANGRAECUM brevifolium; folis coriaceis lineari-oblongis obtusis obliqué 
emarginatis, spicis oppositifoliis brevissimis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, 
labello obsoletê trilobo obtuso, calcare clavato ovario longiore.—— Stems 
long, rooting, with a few leaves at their extremity. Flowers exceedingly 
smaÌl.—— Brazil, where it was found by the Prince Maximilian of Wied 
Newwied. (herb. reg. monac.) 
