Angraecopsis, on the other hand, a long slender peduncle 
is a very common occurrence, the flowers being closely 
placed along the comparatively short rhachis. All this 
evidence supports the view that the original Mystacidiwm 
pedunculatum of Rolfe is correctly referred to Angrae- 
copsis parviflora and has nothing to do with the plants 
figured under the same name by Finet. 
A. parviflora is clearly related to A. trifurca and A. 
eliptica as regards the floral structure; the differences 
between the species are indicated in the key. 
10. Angraecopsis Pobeguinii (Finet) Perrier de 
la Bathie in Humbert, Fl. Madag. Orchid. 2 (1941) 81, 
fig. LI, 1-7. 
Rhaphidorhynchus Pobeguinu Finet in Mém. Soe. 
Bot. France 9 (1907) 41, t. VII, fig. 46-54. 
Chamaeangis Pobeguiniu Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Cen- 
tralbl. 38, Abt. 2 (1915) 426 et lc. 86, Abt. 2 (1918) 
Lit, 
Comoro Istanps: Grande Comore, June 14th 1899, Pobéguin (Tyre 
in Herb. Paris). 
This species is easily recognisable by the small flowers 
and the very short side lobes to the lip. These stand out 
almost at right angles so that the whole lip appears cross- 
shaped; the apex of the middle lobe is much thickened 
and fleshy. 
In the original description and illustrations of the spe- 
cies the two pollinia are shown as possessing a common 
stipes and viscidium. I was not able to discover the pol- 
linarium on examining a flower on the type specimen, 
but I very much doubt the accuracy of Finet’s account 
in this respect. One wonders if the imagination of the 
artist, C. Kastner, is again here in evidence, as suggested 
under A. trifurca. In this connection it may possibly be 
significant that Perrier de la Bathie does not reproduce 
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