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TAB. 2. 



Tribe Vandp:.4<:. 



Sub-tribe Sarcanthe.f.. 



Genus Angr.kcum. 



Angraecum Saundersiae, Bolus, in Hook. Icon. PL, tab. 

 172H (1(S87). — Herba epiphytica g-labra ; caulis brevis simplex 

 herbaceus ; folia disticha lig-ulata, basi angustata, apice oblique 

 biloba, coriacea obscure reticulata, 8-16 cm. long^a ; racemi soli- 

 tarii penduli vel adscendentes foliis long-iores, pauciflori (5-7 flori), 

 interstitiis circa 1*5 cm. longis ; flores albi ; sepala et petala 

 lateralia lanceolato-oblonga subconformia, sepalo postico declinato, 

 petalis demum reflexis, 1'2 cm. longis ; labellum oblongum ob- 

 tusissimum parum majus, patens, basi in calcar filitbrme pendulum 

 costatum incurvum, 6-7 cm. longum, productum ; columna sub- 

 tetragona, apice triloba declinata, 0-4-0"5 cm. longa ; rostellum 

 porrectum diaphanum, ungue lineari, lamina ovata, gracile curva- 

 tum ; operculum ecristatum, antice in rostrum breve triangulare 

 productum ; glandula stipesque rostello exacte conformes eoque 

 arete adpressi; ovarium filiforme gracile, cum pedicello l"5-2"2 cm, 

 longum. {^Ex cxeviplo unico vivo pluribnsqiic exsiccatis). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Komgha, 

 in woods, alt. 540 met., fl. March, H. G. Flanagan, 825 !; near 

 Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. Feb., Alice Pegler, 471 ! ; Natal : Mrs. 

 K. Saunders ! ; Palmiet and Umbilo Rivers, March, 1865, y. San- 

 derson, 892 ! 



Plate 2. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, side sepal ; 'iS, one of the 

 petals ; 4, lip ; 5, 6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 

 8, poUinarium ; 9, anther-case — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous epiphytic herb ; stem short unbranched herbaceous ; 

 leaves distichous ligulate, narrowed at the base, obliquely bilobed 

 at the apex, coriaceous obscurely netted-veined, 8-16 cm. long ; 

 racemes solitary pendulous or ascending longer than the leaves, 

 5-7flowered, flowers about 1*5 cm. apart, white ; sepals and 

 lateral petals lanceolate-oblong somewhat similar in form and 

 texture, odd sepal declinata, petals finally reflexed, 1*2 cm. long ; 

 labellum oblong very obtuse, a little larger, spreading, produced 

 at the base into a filiform pendulous costate incurved spur, 6-7 cm. 



