TAB. 3. 



Tribe VandE/E. 



Sub-tribe Sakcanthe.e. 



Genus Angr.kcum. 



Angraecum bicaudatum, Lindley in Hook, Comp. Bot. Ma,^., 

 vol. ii.,/». 205 (1886). — Herba epiphytica i,^labra caulescens, caule 

 erecto simplice folioso, 8-22 cm. alto, 0*8 cm. diam. ; folia disticha 

 lineari-oblonga, apice oblique biloba, 6-14 cm. longa, 1-1*5 cm. 

 lata; racemi multiflori, floribus brevissime pedicellatis, foliis 

 breviores vel rarius long"iores ; bracte^e cucullat^e obtusissim^e 

 membranaceae minutaj ; sepala ovata acuta vel obtusiuscula, 0*4 

 cm. longa ; petala lineari-lanceolate acuta vel acuminata, sepalis 

 aequalia; labellum Spartitum, lobis lateralibus patentibus linearibus, 

 apice multifidis vel bifidis, laciniis multifidis, lobo intermedio 

 subovato a^qualibus vel longioribus, calcare cylindraceo leviter 

 incurvato, ad I'l cm. longo ; columna brevis3ima ; rostellum 

 declinatum apice incurvatum ; glandula unica sphceroidea, stipite 

 basi rhomboideo-cuneato, poUiniis approximatis ovatis. {Ex 

 exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) 



Hab : South-western Region; Cape Colony: Knysna, fl., 

 Jan., R. Mai'lolh, (No. 6209 in my herb.) ; South-eastern Region ; 

 near the Zwartkops River, Drcge ; Coega, fl. Dec, Zeyhcr, 

 3888 ! ; Amos Kloof, near Grahamstovvn, alt. 600 meters, fl. 

 Nov. -Dec, E. E. Galpin, 297!; woods near Komgha, alt. 600 

 meters, fl. Dec, H. G. Flanagan, 636 ! ; Zululand : Etshowe, 

 Mrs. K. Satinders! 



Plate 3. Fig". 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, side sepals ; 5, petals ; 6, column and lip, side 

 view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, column ; 9, pollinarium. 



An epiphytic glabrous caulescent herb, the stem erect un- 

 branched leafy, 8-22 cm. high, 0*8 cm. diam. ; leaves distichous 

 linear-oblong, obliquely bilobed at the apex, 6-14 cm. long, l-l'S 

 cm. wide ; racemes many flowered, flowers very shortly pedicellate, 

 shorter, or more rarely longer, than the leaves ; bracts cucullate 

 very obtuse membranous minute ; sepals ovate acute or rather 

 obtuse, 0-4 cm. long ; petals linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate, 



