unknown to systematic Botanists. The following specific dis- 

 tinctions of a few will serve to fill a vacant page. 



Angr^cum teniie ; 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 tM'o to four inches high. The flowers 



are the smallest in the genus. On trees near Para, Martins, (herb. 



reg. monac.) 



Angr^ecum Fasciola ,- aphyllum, acaule, radicibus longissimis* flexuosis, 

 spicis erectis multifloris distichis distantibus, sepalis petalisque linea- 

 ribus acutis, labello membranaceo petahs adnato ! apice bre^d triangu- 



lari, calcare pendulo obtuso infiato Isevi. A small leafless plant, with 



the habit of J. 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 I have never seen ; but as the 



latter is a native of the Society Islands it is probably distinct. ■ 



Demerara, Schomburgk (herb, propr.) 



Angr^cum ornithorhynchum .foliis acicularibus, spicis oppositifoliis brevibus 

 paucifloris (5-6), sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis, labello 

 ovato apice triangulari subcarnoso, antherse apice elongato obtuso mem- 

 branaceo, calcare tereti ascendente ovario longiore. Resembling A. 



suhulutum in habit, but quite different in its flowers. Saint Catha- 

 rines in South Brazil, Tweedie (herb. Hooker). 



Angr^cum 'polystachyum ; caulibus ramosis, foliis distichis ovalibus coria- 

 ceis oblique bidentatis, spicis oppositifoliis flexuosis multifloris foliis 

 paulo longioribus, bracteis orbiculatis ciliatis, sepalis basi et apice cilia- 



tis, labello subrotundo cuspidato calcare vesiciformi. A csespitose 



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). 



Angrjecum brevifolium ; foliis coriaceis lineari-oblongis obtusis obliqu^ 

 emarginatis, spicis oppositifoliis brevissimis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, 



labello obsolete trilobo obtuso, calcare clavato ovario longiore. Stems 



long, rooting, with a few leaves at their extremity. Flowers exceedingly 



small. Brazil, udiere it was found by the Prince Mascitmlian of JTied 



Nemvied. (herb. reg. monac.) 



