TAB. 52. 



Tribe Vandeae. 



Sub -tribe Saecantheae. 



Genus xIngraecum. 



Angraecum Flanagani, n. sp. — Caulis brevis, 3 mill, longus ; 

 folia 3-5, oblonga lanceolatave saepius inaequaliter biloba subobtusa 

 coriacea, 1-5-4 cm. longa; racemi plures, 5-10-fl., ad 6 cm. longi, 

 rachide gracillima incurva vix flexuosa, bracteis minutis poculiformibus 

 caducis ; sepala lateralia decurvo-patentia anguste rbomboidea acumi- 

 nata, circa 4-5 mill, longa, impar brevius ovato-lanceolatum ; petala 

 erecto-recurva ovato-lauceolata acuta subundulata, circa 3 mill, louga; 

 labelli limbus deflexus aequilongus subconformis, calcare filiformi in- 

 curve, 2-2-5 cm. longo; columna brevis, anthera majuscula columnam 

 fere aequaute ; rostellum porrecto-iucurvum oblongum lobulis binis 

 pinnatifidim donatum, apice ovato subobtuso; glandulae dissitae, stipi- 

 tibus discretis filiformibus; capsula elliptica compressa costata, 1-3 cm. 

 louga. (Ex exempli, plur. viv.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: near Komgba on 

 trees in woods, alt. 615 meters, fl. Jan., H. G. Flanafjan, No. 1027! 



Plate 52. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, tbe spur of the lip 

 partly removed; 3, side sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, petals; 6, lip, part 

 of the spur removed ; 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, front view ; 

 9, upper part of column enlarged to show the rostellum, and r/.^. the 

 position of the glands of the pollinia; 10, one of the pollinia after 

 removal, — all variously magnified. 



Stem short, 3 mill, long; leaves 3-5, oblong or lanceolate, 

 usually unequally bilobed at the apes, subobtuse leathery, 

 l'5-4 cm. long ; racemes several, 5-10-flowered, up to 6 cm. 

 long, the rachis very slender curved sometimes flexuous, bracts 

 minute cup-shaped caducous ; side sepals decurved-spreading 

 narrow-rhomboid acuminate, 4-5 mill, long; odd sepal shorter 

 ovate-lanceolate ; petals erect-recurved broadly lanceolate acute 

 subundulate, about 3 mill, long ; limb of the lip about as long 

 and similar in shape, deflexed, spur filiform curved 2-2'5 cm. 

 long ; column short, anther large nearly equalling the remaining 

 part of the column; rostellum projecting forward and curved. 



