VANDA. 



ORGHIDES. 909 



a. Jeiiiscbiaiia. iluc : Listrostachiis ^enischiana Rchb. 01. 1. c: perigonii albidi 

 jihyiiis ncutis. calcaris oslio iraiisverso. Listroslachys pertusa Rchb. fll. 1. c. — Bot. 

 M;ig. 4782: 



Caiile hrevi, foliis dislichis eloncnlo oblonsis rectiusculis carinatis 

 ijtr;nque pinnu'atis apice obliqne bifidis basi equitantil^us, racemis densis 

 nnlantibus ;i\illaribns. lolia aequanlibns, floribus imbricatis dislichis, 

 ovariis sepaiisque rotumiitis concavis tiiberculalis, petalis ovalibus, la- 

 bello apice rotunddlo ubtnso, basi tlilatato conipresso, calcare clavato la- 

 belli longitndine. 



A. jierlnsitm Lindl. in Paxt. Mag. Wat. VII. 287. 



b. Pescnloriana Rchb. Bl. Inbello apice melius iruncato : Angraecum Pescatorianum 

 Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. IV. 263. (1849): 



Foliis angustis cimaliculalis oblique ohtusis (lobo altero obsoleto), 

 spicis hrevibus dtnsissimis cylindraceis, floribus extus nigro pilosis, 

 hibelio ciineuto liuncato Inlobo, calcare curvo clavato ohtuso iaminae 

 longitudinf. 



Isle de France. Bouton. 



Flowers small, seem to have been whiie, appear in short dense cyiindrical spikes ; 

 the leaves are nearly a foot long, distichous like olher Angreks , with a very oblique 

 blunt eiid. The 2 j.oUeiimasses have each caudicle and common gland. 



7. LISTROSTACHYS POLYSTACHYS. Eiiidendrum polystach;is Thouar.<j 1. c. Tab. 82. 

 Angrecum })olijstachys Liiidl. Comp. B. Mag. 1. c. 205 nec Angr. poti/slachyum Lindl. 

 B. Reg. 1840 sub 68. 



II. Folia subuiata. 



8. LISTROSTACHYS SUBULATA. Huc: Angraecum subulatum Lindl. Comp. B. Mag 

 1. c. m-. 



Caiilescens, gracile, foliis subulatis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis Ji- 

 nearibiis acutis paulo brevioribus, labello postico ovato tucullalo crasso 

 intus nudo, calcare recto filiformi ovario longiore. Flores parvi, albi, 

 solilarii. Columna brevissima. Poll. Aigraeci veri. 



Wesl Coast of Africa. Loddiges. 



1500. AGROSTOPHYIiLiUlfl Bl. 



Bijdr. 368. Tab. 53. 



1. AGROSTOPHYLLUM HASSELTL Huc: ^Appendicula HasseltiiB\.'' Wightl. c. 1718. 3: 



Stems simple, terete; leaves broadly linear, retusely mucronulate, 

 sheaths of the leaves edenlulate; limh of the lip erect, crenulate. 



Mergui : Griffiih. 



Fig. of eiitire plant is somewbat reduced. 



2. AGROSTOPHYLLUM PLANICAULK. Huc: Agrostophyllnm Khasiyanum GrilT. Calc. 

 Journ. IV. 1844. p. 378. Tab. XIX. : 



Petalis lineari lanceolatis, lahelli lamina obreniformi, sinu dentigero 

 margine integro. 



Eria pUi»icaulis Wall. (sine char.) Lindl. B. Beg. 28. Misc. not. p. 8. Nr. 4. 

 Monles Khasiyani. 



Caules aggregali , plani. b^si attenuati , vaginis distichis '/2 amplectentibus semi- 

 lecli. Folia 2—3, ajiicem versus caulis, linearilanceolata. basi atlenuaia, apice aequa- 

 liler biflda, raucronc iiiterjecto. Spicae 2—3 ilorae in C8|>itulum terrainalem subnulaii- 

 tem paleaceiim oongeslae, bnicieis paleaceis vaginantibus stirsum majoiifactis veslitae 



