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*=ANGRiECUM distichum. 



Two-rowed Angrcecwn. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OiiCHiDEiE § Vande^e. (Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 262.) 



ANGRjE CUM.— Supra, vol. IS. fol. 1522. 



A. distichum ; caule imbricato, foliis distichis compressis recurvis obtusls supra 

 canaliculatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus ))edunciilis foliis subccqualibus, 

 sepalis ovatis petalisque angustioribus secundis obtu.sis, labello postico ob- 

 longo concavo apice tridentato calcare tereti horizontali pedunculo breviore. 

 Caules 3-4 pollices longi, atrovirides, foliis densif^sime imbricUi. Flores 



parvi, lactei, carnosi, inodori. Labelli denies laterales rolundati intermedia 



recto acuta. 



A remarkably neat and pretty looking species, on 

 account of its small closely packed deep bright green leaves 

 and tufted stems, but havinc^ no beautv of a striking- nature 

 in Its flowers. 



It is a native of Sierra Leone, where it is found on the 

 bark of trees. Imported by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose 

 Nursery our drawing was made in October last. It appears 

 to grow freely in the damp hot atmosphere which so many 

 similar plants delight in. 



* See folio 15 J" 



