Tas. 4370. 
ANGRAECUM caupatuo. 
Long-tailed Angraecum. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pEx.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char, (Vide supra, Tan. 4145.) 
ANGR&CUM caudatum; foliis loratis canaliculatis emarginatis, spica radicali 
pendula flexuosa 4-flora, labello late obovato-cuneato rostrato serrulato, 
ealeare longissimo. Lindl. 
ANGRAECUM caudatum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1844. 
A species of the rare genus Angrecum, with so remarkable a 
spur that, as Dr. Lindley observes, it has no parallel but in the 
Habenaria longicauda (Bot. Mag. t. 2957), and in another indivi- 
dual of the present genus, 4. sesguipedale, Petit-Thouars, Orchid. 
Mascar. t. 66 and 67. It is a native of Sierra Leone, whence it 
was imported by Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney ; but it is still, 
I believe, rare in our stoves. This formed part of the late 
Mr. Clowes’ rich collection, now incorporated with that of the 
Royal Gardens, where, attached to rough pieces of wood and 
suspended from the ceiling, it flowers in October. 
Descr. An Hpiphyte, with large fleshy roots, from which 
(without pseudo-bulbs) immediately spring the distichous, chan- 
nelled, subcoriaceous, dark green, recurved /eaves, obliquely and 
deeply notched at the apex. Racemes long, slender, zigzag, from 
the base of the leaves, about four-flowered. Flowers large, hand- 
Some. Perianth spreading. Sepals and petals (the latter rather 
larger) uniform, linear-acuminate, green. Lip pure white, broadly 
obovato-cuneate, waved and crenate, with a long mucro from 
the apex; the base has a small lamella on each side. Spur 
@ Span and more long, flexuous, cylindrical, a little tapering, pale 
Town, entire or notched at the apex. Column short, erect, 
thickened at the base, brownish, with a yery long rostrum. 
MAY Ist, 1848, F 
