1844 



* ANGRtECUM caudatum. 

 Long-tailed Angrcecum. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Vande^. 

 JNGR^ CUM.— Supra, vol. 18. fol. 1522. 



A. caudatum; foliis loratis canaliculatis emarglnatis, spica radical! penduld 

 flexuosa 4-flora, labello obovato rostrato serrulate, calcare longissimo apice 

 bilobo. 



Epiphyta radices crassas simplices nebulosas promens- Caulis simplex, 

 brevis, foliis loratis canaliculatis apice fissis 6 j)oll. longis, distiche imbrica- 

 tis. Spica pedalis, ex axilla imorum foliorum pendula ; pedunculo gracili, 

 atroviridi, ad nodes tumido ; rachi Jiexuosa, internodiis circiter 2 poll, 

 longis. Ovarium sessile, fusco-maculatum, hasi tortum. Sepala et petala 

 explanata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, herbacea, cequalia, basi fulva, 

 fere 2 poll, longa. Labellum ejusdem longitiidinis, album, petaloideum, 

 serrulatum, cuneatum angulis rotundatis v. potius obovatum, apice mn- 

 crone longo viridi rostratum, imd basi involutum et denticulatum, in 

 calcar productum 9 poll, longum, fulvum, subulatum apice (Jig. 3.) 

 obtusum et bilobum. Columna fulvo-viridis, brevis, erecta, basi (^Jig. 1.) 

 crassior et angulata, sursum attenuata et marginata, gynizo piano fulvo, 

 rostello subulato gynizo longiore. Pollinia 2, postice paulb sulcata, in cau- 

 diculam longam cuneatam sessilia. 



A most remarkable new species of Angrsecum, imported 

 from Sierra Leone by the Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collec- 

 tion the accompanying drawing was made in August last. 

 At present it is exceedingly rare, and is likely to remain so ; 

 for it seems to be one of the most difficult of the tribe to 

 manage successfully. In the Nursery at Hackney it is 

 attached to a piece, of wood suspended from the roof of the 

 stove for epiphytes. 



* See folio 1522. 

 VOL. XXII. 



