Tab. 4159 

 ANGR.ECUM apiculatum. 



Apiculated Angrcecum. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide,e. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 ANGRCECUM. (Vide supra Tab. 4145.; 



AngRjECUm bilobum; caulebrevi radicante, foliis distichis obovato-lanceo- 

 latis oblique acurainatis opacis striatis racemo pendulo lsevi (everru- 

 coso) multifloro multo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis 

 patentibus, labello conformi paulo latiore calcare filiformi integro bre- 

 viore, antherse crista eglandulosa. 



From Sierra Leone, introduced to our gardens by Mr. 

 Whitfield, in 1844. I was at first disposed to consider it 

 the same with A. bilobum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 35; but 

 that has semipellucid, reticulated leaves, distinctly and deeply 

 two-lobed at the extremity, (whence the specific name), the 

 rachis of the raceme and peduncle are warty, and the spur is 

 dilated and emarginate at the apex. In other respects the two 

 plants seem almost entirely to agree. 



Descr. Stem three to five inches long, rooting, below 

 scarred and scaly with the remains of fallen leaves, leafy 

 above. Leaves distichous, spreading, four to five inches long, 

 obovato-lanceolate, obliquely apiculate, opaque, longitudinally 

 striated. Raceme axillary, on a rather short, scaly peduncle, 

 drooping. Rachis quite smooth. Flowers white, or only 

 tipped with brownish purple. Sepals and petals spreading, 

 lanceolate, nearly uniform, the former more acuminated. Lip 

 resembling the petals, but rather broader, and more suddenly 

 acuminated ; at the base extended into a very long, filiform 

 spur, entire at the apex. Column short, subtrigonal. Anther- 

 case hemisphserical, indistinctly two-lobed, with a mucronate 

 crest at the top, — not granulated like that of A. bilobum. 



Fig 1. Column, Lip, and Spur: nat. size. 2. Front view of the Column 

 and Anther. 3. Pollen-masses :— magnified- 



