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 ANGR.ECUM bilobmn, 



Two-lubed Angurek, 



GYNANDRIA MONAJSDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace.*, § Vande^e. 

 ANGRjECUM. Botanical Register, vol. IS./ol. 1522. 



A. bilobum ; caule brevissinio, foliis cuneato-obovati? oblique bilobis reticu- 

 laris racemo verrucoso pendulo multifloro nrub' brevioribus, sepalis 

 petalisque lanceolatis patentibus, labello conform) l jhu1o niajore calcare 

 filiformi emarginato breviore. Bot. Reg. 1840. mis . no. 151. 



Antbera cristata, uniloculars, Pollinia dorso excavata, alba. Glandnla 

 alba. Rostellum trans stigma, quod antice in sinum recedit, arete deflexum, 

 marginique sinus attingens superficiem stigmaticam in duabus j)artibus dividere 

 videtur. 



A strikingly pretty epiphyte, with a very short stem, and 

 a few distichous obovate leaves, deeply two-lobed at the apex, 

 and streaked with firm veins from the apex to the base, which 

 veins are connected by strong transverse bars. The flowers 

 grow in pendulous simple racemes, and are slightly but 

 sweetly perfumed ; their colour is white, with a slight tinge 

 of blush. 



The column is remarkable enough ; the anther (fig. 1.) 

 is decorated by a glandular crest, like that of an ancient 

 helmet. Below this is a broad shallow stigma. Over the 

 stigma projects the beak of the column, which protrudes so 

 far as to rest on the anterior edge of the stigma, which 

 itself r "xles in order to meet the gland; and thus the stigma 

 seems t be divided into two parts. 



Messrs. Loddiges received this species from Mrs. Lee, 

 the widow of the late Mr. Bowdich, who found it at Cape 

 Coast Castle. 



July, 1841. O 



