OECHIDACE^ (A. B. Eendle) 105 



clavatum Rolfe ; the minute flower with the short spur is also 

 distinctive. 



Ang-paeeum murieulatum Rendle sp. nov. Planta pendens (?) 

 caule elongato ramoso foliato basi radicibus cinerascentibus dense 

 muriculatis affixo, internodiis vaginis persistentibus occultis ; 

 foliis brevibus lineari-oblongis apice inaequaliter bilobis ; racemis 

 probabiliter brevibus vaginas basi penetrantibus ; sepalis late 

 oblongis acutis 4-nerviis, lateralibus basi obliqua sub calcare 

 connatis ; petalis lineari-oblongis acuminatis 3-nerviis ; lahello 

 petalis subaequilongo basi incrassato at lobis minutis lateralibus 

 dentiformibus instructo, lobo medio anguste triangulari-acuminato ; 

 calcare longo filiformi ; coln.mna brevi crassa ; rostello producto 

 superne angustato et apice bifido. (PI. 14, figs. 3-5.) 



Oban ; n. 904. 



The somewhat stout widely branching stem is attached on the 

 lower portion by numerous stoutish branching roots, the surface of 

 which is densely covered with minute whitish papillae. Stem and 

 branches are incomplete in the specimen (a somewhat withered one) ; 

 the main axis measures 4'5 dm. Internodes barely 1'5 cm. long, 

 about 4 mm. thick. Leaves 5-6 '5 cm. long, 7-9 mm. broad. The 

 floiuers are described from a few detached specimens ; no trace of the 

 inflorescence remains except the basal attachment penetrating the 

 leaf-sheath. Sepals 7 mm. long, barely 3 mm. broad. Petals 6 • 5 mm. 

 long, 1-5 mm. broad just above the slightly dilated base ; lip 6*5 mm. 

 long, consisting mainly of the middle lobe, 1'5 mm. broad; spur 

 3 cm. long. Column 1 • 75 mm. long. Ovary and pedicel 7 mm. long. 



Closely allied to A. lepidotum Reichb. f. (Liberia, Lagos, Niger 

 Delta and Congo), but distinguished by its slightly more slender 

 stems, narrower leaves, and larger flowers with a much longer spur. 



Angraeeum brunneo-maeulatum Rendle sp. nov. Herba 



parva epipbytica caule brevi e rbizomate lignoso oriundo ; foliis 

 confertis distichis coriaceis lineari-angustatis acutis apice bilobo 

 lobo altero longissimo acute ; jlorihus parvis externe brunneo- 

 furfuraceis in racemis brevibus axillaribus congestis ; bracteis 

 conspicuis coriaceis ovatis acutis Acres juveniles tegentibus ; 

 sepalis crassiusculis, sep. dorsali lanceolate acute, sep. lateralibus 

 oblique rhomboideis apice trianguJari acutis dorse carinatis ; 

 petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis; lahello crassiusculo trilobo, lobis 

 lateralibus late obtusis erectis, lobo mediano late rotundato 

 marginibus crispulatis siccis inflexis, calcare brevi crasso 

 geniculato ; polliniis caudiculae simplici attenuatae affixis, glan- 

 dula lineari-oblonga ; rostello elongato angusto apice abrupte 

 inflexo. (PL 14, figs. 6-9.) 



Oban, Ekong Ndingane Road ; n. 943 ; in flower May. 



Described from a single specimen. The stem, 2' 5 cm. long, is 

 attached to a stout contracted rhizome bearing long sparsely branching 

 roots, and is quite hidden by the closely overlapping persistent leaf- 



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