DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 



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C. Angrczcum distichum. Sierra Leone . B. M., 4145. 



B. R., 1781. 



Flowers snowy white with yellow lip. A charming lit- 

 tle plant with compact foliage, unlike any other Orchid. 

 It is not showy, but very curious. Should be grown on a 

 block with moss. 



A. Angrizcum eburneum. Madagascar. B. R., 1522. 

 SYNS. Limodorum eburneum. B. M., 4761. 



Acrobion eburneum. Bat. 2d Cen., in. 



B. M., 5170, var. 



This is a fine Orchid with light green leaves eighteen 

 inches long ; the flowers greenish white ; lip of ivory 

 whiteness. The flowers are produced in upright spikes, 

 and when the plant is strong very abundantly. They 

 have, at night, the fragrance of Narcissus poeticus. The 

 plant is of stately growth, and ornamental when not in 

 bloom. Lasts three months in full beauty. 



A. Angrcecum eburneum virens. 



A very pretty variety with greenish-white flowers, on 

 more slender spikes. A very free bloomer in mid-winter. 



A. Angr&cum Ellisii. Madagascar . Fl. Mag., 2, 191. 



A rare Orchid ; leaves ten inches long by two inches 

 broad ; dark green on the upper side, paler below. 



Flower-spikes two feet long, arching, bearing from 

 eighteen to twenty-four flowers ; pure white and very fra- 

 grant; tail six inches long, light cinnamon color. The 

 profile of the flower is an exact resemblance of a cocka- 

 too. 



