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ANGRACUM bilobum. 
Two-lobed Angurek. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipacex, § VaNdEx. 
ANGRAECUM. Botanical Register, vol. 18. fol. 1522. 
A. bilobum; caule brevissimo, foliis cuneato-obovatis oblique bilobis reticu- 
latis racemo verrucoso pendulo multifloro multd. brevioribus, sepalis 
petalisque lanceolatis patentibus, labello conformi paulo majore calcare 
filiformi emarginato breviore. Bot. Reg. 1840. mise, no. 151. 
Anthera cristata, unilocularis. Pollinia dorso excavata, alba. Glandula 
alba. Rostellum trans stigma, quod antice in sinum recedit, arcte deflexum, 
marginique sinus attingens superficiem stigmaticam in duabus partibus dividere 
ordetur. 
A strikingly pretty epiphyte, with a very short stem, and 
a few distichous obovate leaves, deeply two-lobed at the apex, 
and streaked with firm veins from the apex to the base, which 
veins are connected by strong transverse bars. The flowers 
grow in pendulous simple racemes, and are slightly but 
sweetly perfumed; their colour is white, with a slight tinge 
of blush. 
The column is remarkable enough ; the anther (fig. 1.) 
is decorated by a glandular crest, like that of an ancient 
helmet. Below this is a broad shallow stigma. Over the 
stigma projects the beak of the column, which protrudes so 
far as to rest on the anterior edge of the stigma, which 
itself recedes in order to meet the gland; and thus the stigma 
seems to be divided into two parts. 
Messrs. Loddiges received this species from Mrs. Lee, 
the widow of the late Mr. Bowdich, who found it at Cape 
Coast Castle. 
July, 1841. re) 
