TAB. 9. 



Tribe Yandex. 



Sub-tribe Cymbidie^. 



Genus ANGRiEcrM. 



Angraecum Maudae, 7i. sp. — Herba pusilla epipliytica ; caulis 

 abbreviatus, vis 1 cm. lougus, radicibus phirimis filiformibus ; foba 2 

 -4, disticba, oblique lauceolata patentia vel falcato-recurva, obtuse 

 acuta, coriacea crassa carnosa, 2-2-4 cm. louga ; spicae plures, ex 

 axillis foborum delapsorum adscendentes, 3-5 cm. longfe multiflorje 

 (ad 15-fl.), bracteis membrauaceis, iuferioribus miuoribus ad vaginas 

 vacuas subereetas reductis, florabbus ovatis acuminatis patentibus 

 floribus fere aquilongis eosque iuvolventibus ; flores sessiles, cum 

 ovariis 6 mill, longi, periantbio pateute, segmentis inter se subfequi- 

 longis ; sepala lateralia anguste lauceolata acuminata, basi subito 

 arcuata, sursum fere recta ; sepalum impar latius, acutum ; petala 

 lauceolata subuudulata; labellum ovato-lanceolatum acuminatissimum, 

 calcare cylindrico obtuso leviter incurvo, limbo tertia parte breviori ; 

 columna oblonga, sursum angustata ; autbera subquadrata biloba ; 

 rostellum subulatum acuminatissimum uncinato-reflexum, apicem 

 versus perforatum (ob glandulte unicffi recipiendum '?) ; polbnia 

 elliptica, [stipes, glandulaque baud visae] ; capsula elliptica costata, 

 3' 5 mill, longa. [Ex exempli. 3 exsicc.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Zululaxd : Etsbowe, fl. Febr., 

 Mrs. Charles Sawiders (No. 6270 in my berb.). 



Plate 9. Fig. 1, flower ; 2, one of tbe side sepals ; 3, odd sepal ; 

 4, one of tbe petals ; 5, 6, lip from different flowers, — all the foregoing 

 magnified about 10 diameters; 7-11, column ; 12, rostellum ; 13, one 

 of tbe pollinia, — all tbe latter variously magnified. 



A small epiphytical herb. Stem short, scarcely 1 cm. long, 

 with many long filiform roots ; leaves 2-4, distichous, obliquely 

 lanceolate, spreading or falcate-recurved, obtusely acute, leathery 

 thick and fleshy, 2-'2*4 cm. long ; spikes several, rising from the 

 axils of fallen leaves, 3-5 cm. long, many-fl. (8-lo-fl.), bracts 

 membranous, the lower reduced to shorter sub-erect brown 

 empty sheaths, the floral larger spreading ovate acuminate 

 white, enwrapping the flower ; flowers sessile, including the 

 ovary about 6 mill, long, perianth spreading, its segments about 



