TAB. 8. 



Tribe Vande.e. 



Sub-tribe Cy:\ibidie^. 



Genus Angr^cum. 



Angrsecum caffrum, n. sp. — Herba epiphytica ; caulis repens, 2- 

 3 cm. loBgus, radicibus uumerosissimis; rami adscendentes abbreviati 

 foliosi; folia 2-3, ligulata, oblique biloba, basi angustata, coriacea, 

 4-6 cm. longa ; racemi dense 10-12-flori, rbacbide rigida demum saspe 

 genuflesa, 2-3 cm. longi, bracteis minimis cucullatis persistentibus ; 

 sepala et petala obtusa 6 mill, longa ; sepala lateralia oblouga, impar 

 latius ; petala late ovata, paullo majora ; labelli limbus ovatus expla- 

 natus obtusus emargiuatus, petalis paullo brevior, basi late infundibu- 

 laris, sensim in calcar filiforme, apice saepius inflatum, pendulum, 

 ovario aequilongum vel brevius, productus ; columna brevis, apice 

 abrupte deflexa, rostello elongato ornitborbyncho ; pollinia compresso- 

 spbserico, caudiculis discretis filiformibus, glandulis pilosis basi 

 applanatis ; ovarium, cum pedicello gracillimo, 1*1 cm. longum (jP^c 

 exempli, exsicc. pilurih. ex. herb. Tyson tit infra). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Griqualand East 

 near Fort Donald, on trunks of trees in woods, alt. about 1400 met., 

 fl. Jan., W. Tijson, 1607 ! ; Pondoland, at Emagusben, fl. Jan., same 

 collector, 2841 ! ; Natal : station not given, Mrs. Saunders '. 



Plate 8. Fig. 1, side sepals; 2, odd sepal; 8, petals; 4, lip, — all 

 the foregoing magnified 3 diameters; 5, 6, column; 7, polliuaria, — all 

 tbe latter variously magnified. 



An epiphytical herb. Stem creeping, 2-3 cm. long, with 

 numerous long roots ; branches short ascending leafy ; leaves 

 2-3, strap-shaped, obliquely bilobed, narrowed at base, leathery, 

 4-6 cm. long ; racemes densely 10-12-li., the rachis rigid 

 frequently knee-bent, 2-3 cm. long, bracts very small, hooded, 

 persistent ; sepals and petals obtuse, 6 mill, long ; side sepals 

 oblong, the odd sepal wider ; petals broadly ovate, a little larger 

 than the sepals ; limb of the lip ovate spreading obtuse 

 emarginate, a little shorter than tbe petals, funnel-shaped at 

 base and gradually produced into a filiform pendulous spur, 

 usually a little inflated at the apex, as long as or a little shorter 

 than tbe ovary ; column short, abruptly deflexed at the apex ; 



