900 ORCHIDES. 



AKHANTHUS. 



Asialics on accounl of its fragranco. ft is .sunicicnl lo !oiich the fresh leaves for 

 ihe fingers lo rrniain impre^nMtcd with Ihfir .nroma. The dry leaves, which occnr 

 in commerce hnvc a i odour of Vanille. .Mrohol and aeiher separaK' the nromaiic 

 priiiciple, hoiling water removes a slighlly biiior principle ond a mmilaginons sub- 

 slance besides in ihe aromn. In ih-" country whence iliey are derived and come in 

 France a verv agrenble lee is prepnred from them, which is nsed as a digesiive and 

 even recommended in disease of respiialion organs. Mixed with ordinary tee they im- 

 part to it an extremely agreeable perfume. 



2. AERANTFIUS GLADIIFOLIUS. Huc: Angrrcum gladiifoUum Thonnrs 0. Afr. l. 53. 

 Liiidl. B. Reg. XXVI. (1840.) 68; 



Cnulescens, foliis distanlilni.^ Innceolalis aculis, pfdiinriilis axillari- 

 hus unifloiis, floris pnluli phyllis oinnibus ovalo-lancoolalis aculis, 

 cnlcare prnrjli peiululo, pedimciilo siiliaequ;^1i. 



Peiigonium candidum. Bonrhon and Madnirnscnr and Mauriiius. whcre it seems lo 

 have been first met wilh by Commerson. It was afierwnrds ( ollecied by lu Peiit 

 Tliounrs and oihers. Flowering in February. 



3. AERANTHUS VOLUCRIS. fluc: Eindenilrum rohicrc Tlmuars 1 c. 81. Oconia 

 Auhrrti Liiidl. B. Rcg. 8J7. 



4. AERAiNTMUS .MACROSTACHYUS. Huc: Epidcndnim macroatacbys Thouars 1. c. 83. 



5. AERANTIIUS FILICOR.NlS. Huc : Mijstacidium Lindl. Comp. B. Miig. fasc. 19. p. 206: 



Ptjrianlliiuui palens, aequale, pelaloideuin. Labelluin calcaratum, 

 ciim coliiinna articulalum, limbo in<livi.^o. Co!umna brevis recla, car- 

 no.^a, Sfiiiiteie.'^, apice ulrinque procf^.^^su longo lineaii inslriicla. Roslt I- 

 luni ovalum, flongaium, convexum, niidiim. Anlhera memK-ranacea, bi- 

 loculaiis. Pollinia dorso excavata, caudicula longa bicruri; cruribus 

 rililormibus plandulis tot membranaceis peltalim inserlis. 

 Eprphyla habitu Angraeci. 



Mi/^tacidium filicorne Lindl. I. c. 

 Limodorum longicorne Sw. 

 Angraecum capense L. 0. 248. 

 Epidendrum capense L. 

 Vischrivier; super arbores prope Enon. Drege. Planta epiplnla, toia palmaris, bre- 

 vissime caulescens. Folia dislicha obtusissima, semipoll. Inia , obliqne emarginnta. 

 Racemus muliiHprus , subsecundus, ab ima basi floridus. Sepnla et petnla linearl lan- 

 ceolrya, apice recurva. Cnlcor liliforme, apice infundibiilare, se.*quipollicem longum, 

 arcuatiiui, dejiendens. Limbus labelli lineari lanceolatus, carinatus, bnsi gibliosus. 

 Antheia apice truncala , brevis, ro.slelIum nullo modo tegens. Appendices columnae 

 lineares canaliculaiae, dinpbanae, obtusae, seriebus pluribus papiUarum purpurearuin 

 transvcrsis qunsi baibniis. 



Wiih ihc hnbit of Angraecum tliis curious litile plant lias charncters of so maiked 

 u kind as reiider it iinpossililc to coinbine il wiih ilint gcnus. The curious two-le^ged 

 caudicula eacli point of wbich is inserlcd in ihc middle of a irnnspnrent gland , ihe 

 naked rostell oii wliicli ihe legs of ihe caudicula ar« placed wilhoul any protection 

 from Ihe anihcr , and ihe two very curious bcnrded appendnges lliat stand forward 

 from ibc npper angles of ihe column, are all ai variaiice wiih ibe struclure of An- 

 gi-aecurn nrid its allies. .\cranthus, Oeonia, Cryptopera are sufficienily different. 



Obs. Monco, in copia fioium callos in Inbelli basi nullos adesse. Hinc non est 

 Epidcndrum capensc. Rchb. fll. 



6. AERANTHUS PECTIN.\TUS. Huc: Angrecum pcctinatum Thouars I. c. 51. etc. 

 Hook. B. J. I. p. 48. Tab. CXVI. 



