Plate 1728. 



ANGRJECUM SAUNDERSIiE, Bolus. 



Orchidace^:. Tribe Vande.e. 

 Angraecum Saundersiae, Bolus (sp. nov.) ; caulis brevis simplex her- 



baceus; folia disticha ligalata basi angustata apice acute et oblique 

 biloba, coriacea, obscure reticulata, 80-1 TO cm. longa ; racemi axil- 

 lares penduli, foliis longiores pauciflori (-5-flori) ; flores pedicellati 

 albi; sepala et petala lateralia lanceolato-oblonga snbconsimilia, se- 

 palo postico declinato, petalis lateralibus deraum reflexis, 12 cm. 

 longa; labellum oblongum parum majus, patens, basi in calcar filiforme 

 pendulum costatum, 6*0-7'0 cm. longum, productum ; columna brevis 

 subtetragona, apice triloba, declinata ; rostellum porrectum diapbanum, 

 ungue lmeari, lamina ovata, gracile curvatum ; operculum ecristatum, 

 antice in rostrum breve triangulare productum ; glaudula pollininm 

 umca, rostello exacte conformis eoque arete adpressa ; ovarium fib- 

 forme, gracile, cum pedicello 1-5-2-2 cm. Ionium. (Ex exempt, unico 

 ut infra.) & \ r 



Hab. Natal, Mrs. Katharine Saunders. [Palmeit and Umbilo 

 Kivers Natal, March 1865 : * Flower white, spur and base of seg- 

 ments flesh- or salmon-colour.'— J. Sanderson, No. 892 ! ; and Mrs. K. 

 baunders, in Herb. Kew.] 



I describe from a single living specimen received from the lady 

 named above, and which flowered in the Botanic Gardens, Capetown, 

 in March 1884. The structure of the rostellum and gland is the same 

 in general character as that of A. citratum, Pet. Thou., as figured in the 



Bot.Mag.t. 5624.- H. Bolus. 



rX'!; 1 ' P o 08t n ri n rsepal - 2 - ^teral sepal. 3. Lateral petal. 4. Labellum. 5,6,7- 

 Column. 8. Polhnmm. 9. Anther-case. Enlarged. 



