304 E. Eegel. 



cuspidem caudatam basin duplo superantem attenuatum; lateralis 

 subfalcata, e basi late ovata obliqua in cuspidem similem acuminata. 

 Petala e basi ovata in cuspidem subulatam parte inferiore longiorem 

 adscendentem subito acuminata; sepala lateralia petalaque ad labelli 

 basin mentiformem adnata. Labelli lamina cordato-quadrato-ovata, 

 apice in cuspidem lamina ipsa breviorem excurrens, ad menti 

 apicem calcarata. Calcar breve, clavatum, incurvum, labelli lamina 

 duplo brevius. — Sepalum supremum 6 cm., lateralia 7 cm., petala 

 4 cm. longa; labellum excluso mento 4'/ 2 cm. longum. Columna 

 brevis, semicylindrica, lobis anticis porrectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis; 

 anthera terminals nigricans. Accepimus hanc speciem sub nomine 

 Aerantho Grandidierano Rchb. f. a CI Sandero, qui habitu similis, 

 toto coelo autem diversus „foliis cuneato-oblongis, bracteis triaugulis 

 minutis, sepalis cuneato-oblongis acutis, petalis spathulatis apiculatis, 

 calcari filiformi ovario pedicellato 2 — 3 plo longiore" (cfr. H. G. 

 Rchb. in Gardn. chron. anno 1888, torn I, p. 72). 

 Patria verosimiliter insulae Comorenses. 



6. Angraecum Ellisii Williams. 



(B. W. Williams, Orch. grow, manuel, anno 1875, p. 89. — 

 Lindenia II, tab. 92. — Gardn. chron., anno 1875, 1, pag. 277. — 

 Angr. caUigerum Rchb. fil. in Gardn. chron., anno 1877, II, 

 p. 552. — A. articulatum liort. angl.). 



Caulis brevis. Folia disticha, carnoso-eoriacea, obverse oblonga, 

 apice oblique biloba, atroviridia, 12 — 20 cm. longa, supra medium 

 4 cm. lata; lobis apicalibus ovato-subrotundis. Flornm racemus 

 lateralis pendulus, folia plus duplo superans, multiflorus ; pedunculus 

 crassus, laevis (everrucosus), articulatus, flexnosus, ima basi nudus; 

 bracteae breviter ovatae, subcarnosae, pedicelli basi coniformi- 

 incrassata duplo breviores; pedicelli pars superior filiformis, apice in 

 ovarium breve paulO tantum incrassatum transiens, 2V 4 cm. longa. 

 Flores candidi, amoene suaveolentes, 4 cm. in diametro; sepala 3, 

 libera, e basi paulo angustata lanceolata, acuta, in latere inferiore 

 carina prorainente basi crassiore percursa; petala ovato -lanceolata, 



