TAB. 13. 



Tribe Vaxde.^. 



Sub-tribe Cymbidie.e. 



Genus Axgr.ecum. 



Angraecum tricuspe, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xxv. , 

 p. 163 — Herba epiphytica glabra caulescens, caule 5-9 cm. long-o ; 

 tubera cylindrica, ad 0"6 cm. crassa ; folia erecto-patentia Hgulata 

 obtusa rigida, 7-12 cm. longa, 0'6-l'2 cm. lata; racemi 

 adscendentes, demum divaricati, substricti multiflori, foliis paullo 

 breviores ; bracteae cucullatae membranaceae, 0*l-0'2 cm. longae ; 

 sepala erecto-patentia lanceolata acuta, 0"6-0'8 cm. longa ; petala 

 anguste lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, sepalis paullo breviora ; 

 labellum erecto-patens, apice deflexum, circuitu obovato-oblongum, 

 petalis cequilongum, supra medium tricuspidatum, lobis lateralibus 

 apice integris vel lacerato-dentatis, cuspide intermedio acuminato, 

 lateralibus 2-3plo longiore, basi calcaratum, calcare dependente 

 filiformi, lamina 2plo longiore ; columna oblonga, basi breviter 

 producta, 0*4 cm. longa ; operculum obtusum vel emarginatum ; 

 rostelli brachia patenli-decurva lineari-spathulata ; pollinia ovalia, 

 stipite medio bifurcate, ramis clavatis (^'.v. exempli, phir. viv. 

 exsiccatisqne. ) 



Hab.: South-eastern Region; Cape Colony : near Engcobo, 

 fl. March, A. G. McLoughlin, 46 ! Malowe Forest, East Griqualand, 

 alt. 1200 met., fl. March, W. Tyson, 3081 !— Natal : McKcn, 14 ! 

 Cooper., 1398 ! Sanderson ! — Trans-Vaal : Moodie's, De Kaap, alt. 

 1350 met., fl. March, W. Culver, 26! Houtboschberg, alt. 1860 

 met., fl. March, R. Schkchler, 4698! L. H. Gough ! 



Plate 13. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, column and lip, side view ; 4, 4, side sepals ; 5. odd sepal ; 6, 6, 

 petals ; 7, column, front view, the operculum raised ; 8, pollinarium 

 — all variously magnified. 



An epiphytic glabrous caulescent herb, the stem 5-9 cm. long ; 

 tubers cylindrical, attaining 0*6 cm. in diam. ; leaves erect- 

 spreading ligulate obtuse rigid, 7-12 cm. long, 0-6-1 -2 cm. broad ; 

 racemes ascending, finally divaricately spreading, almost straight, 

 many-flowered, a little shorter than the leaves ; bracts cucullate 

 membranous, 0"l-0-2 cm. long ; sepals erect-spreading lanceolate 



