TAB. 54. 



Tribe Vandeae. 



Sub-tribe Saecantheae. 

 Genus Angraecum. 



Angraecum. pusillum, Lindley, in Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. ii, p. 205 

 (1836). — Herba epipbytica pusilla acaubs, 8-10 cm. alta ; foba 

 Hnearia basi angustata acuta striata falcato-curva, ad G cm. longa ; 

 spicae phires erectae laxe multiflorae foba superautes, 7-10 cm. lougae, 

 bracteis byabnis obovatis demum saepius bifidis, lobis acutis laceratis ; 

 sepala patentia, 1*5-2 mill, longa, lateralia oblonga, impar latius ; 

 petala ovata sepalis paullo breviora ; labellum petalis aequilongum 

 suborbiculare concavum obtuse acutum crassum carnosum, calcare 

 recto vel incurve limbo aequilongo cylindrico apice parum inflato ; 

 pollinia obovata, filis mediantibus elasticis ad glandulam unicam 

 affixa ; capsula ovoidea costata perianthio diu persistente coronata. 

 [Kx exempli, plur. vie.) 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: Outeuiqua near 

 Koratra, fl. Sept.-Oct., Dnye. — South-eastern Region; near 

 Uitenbage, Mr. West; near Komgba, in woods, alt. about GOO met., 

 fl. Aug.-Sept., H. G. Flanayan, No. 



Plate 54. Fig. 1, flower, side view, witb bract and part of the 

 racbis ; 2, ditto, front view ; 3, a bract ; 4, side sepals ; 5, odd sepal ; 

 6, petals ; 7, lip ; 8, ditto, viewed from below ; 9, column, front view ; 

 10, ditto, side view; 11, summit of column, viewed from above; 

 12, pollinarium ; 13, ditto, tbe pollinia forcibly drawn out, sbowing 

 tbe extensile threads ; 11, 15, capsules, — all variously magnified. 



A small epiphytical stemless herb, 3-10 cm. high ; leaves 

 linear acute narrowed to the base striate falcately curved, 4-6 

 cm. long; spikes several erect laxly many-fl., longer than tbe 

 leaves, 7-10 cm. long, bracts hyaline obovate, at length usually 

 bifid with acute lacerate lobes; sepals spreading, 1*5-2 mill, 

 long, the side ones oblong, the odd one broader ; petals a little 

 shorter than the sepals, ovate ; lip as long as tbe petals, 

 suborbicular concave obtusely acute thick fleshy ; spur straight 

 or curved, as long the limb, cylindrical, somewhat inflated at 

 the apes; pollinia obovate, attached to the single gland by 



