TAB. 6. 



Tribe Vande.e. 



Sub-tribe Cymbidie^. 



Genus Angr^cum. 



Angraecum Chiloschistse, Reichenbach fil. in LinncEa^ vol. xx, p. 

 678 (1847). — Herba epiphytica gracillima aphylla, radicibus flexuosis 

 1*5-2 mill, crassis ; caulis abbreviatus, 2-3 cm. longus, 3 mill, 

 crassus ; racemi plures (3-12) gracillimi, adsceudentes vel penduli, 

 laxe 15-20-flori vel plurimiflori (ad 65-fl.), 4-20 cm. longi ; bractese 

 minimae lanceolate persistentes, floribus breviores; floras mimitissimi, 

 2-2-5 mill, longi; sepala late obovata obtusissima, 1'33 mill, longa ; 

 petala couformia, pavillo minora ; labellum abbreviatum, transverse 

 oblongum, obtusissimum, petalis aequilongum, sacco majuscule (limbum 

 superante) scrotiformi, intus nudo, ovario fere tequilongo, praeditum ; 

 columna abbreviata subcucullata, apice bidentata (vel rostellum bideu- 

 tatum) utroque margine inflexo, basi libero truncato quasi alato ; 

 anthera majuscula subquadrata ; pollinia 2, pyriformia, stipite unico 

 spatbulato; capsula cylindrica, breviter pedicellata, circa 4 mill, longa. 

 {Ex exempli, plur. exsiccatis). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Natal : on trees near Sea-cow 

 Lake, J. Sanderson; near Tongaat, fl. Febr., Mrs. J. R.Saunders! 

 (No. 6219 ofmyberb.) ; station not specified, Gneinzmis! — Also, beyond 

 our limits. Shire Valley, Waller! ; near Blantyre, Meller! 



Plate 6. Fig. 1, 2, flowers ; 3, ditto, sepals and petals removed ; 

 4, one of tbe sepals ; 5, one of the petals ; 6, lip — all the foregoing 

 magnified about 20 diameters ; 7, bract, mag. about 10 diam. ; 8, 

 column, front view ; 9, ditto, tbe anther-lid lifted ; 10, ditto, back 

 view; 11, ditto, side view ; 12, pollinarium ; 13, one of the pollinia, 

 — all the latter variously magnified. — Xote: The longer separate 

 raceme is drawn from one of Meller's specimens, from Blantyre, in 

 the Kew herb. 



An epiphytical slender leafless herb; roots flexuose, l'5-2 mill. 

 in diameter ; stem short, 2-3 cm. long, 3 mill, thick ; racemes 

 several, (3-12) very slender, ascending or pendulous, loosely 15- 

 20-fl. (or very many, up to 65-fl.) 4-20 cm. long ; bracts minute 

 lanceolate persistent, shorter than the minute flowers; sepals 

 broadly obovate, very obtuse, 1*33 mill, long; petals similar, 



