ORCHiDACE.i: (A. B. Eendle) 107 



Angraeeum Egertonii Renclle sp. nov. Planta caulescens 

 radicibus tenuibus ; caule compresso vaginis folioi-um persistentibus 

 vestito ; foliis siccis membranaceis patentibus planis ovatis vel 

 oblongo-ovatis apice breviter et inaequaliter bilobis ; racemis 

 tenuibus axillaribus 2-3-floris, pedunculo filiformi bracteis 1-2 

 tubuliformibus brevibus obtusis instructo ; hracteis floriferis 

 uvatis acutis ; sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis incomplete 7-nerviis ; 

 j)etalis lineari-angustatis acutis subfalcatis ; labello integro ovato 

 breviter apiculato concavo, carina mediana instructo, inferne in 

 calcar patens transgrediente ; calcare superne infundibuliforme 

 medio tenui apice clavato ; columna brevi crassa superne late 

 auriculata. (Pi. 15, figs. 1, 2.) 



Oban; n. 889. 



Stems 10-22 cm. long ; internodes about 8 mm. long, with enve- 

 loping sheath 2-3 mm. broad. Leaves 2 '5-4 cm. long, 1"3-1"8 cm. 

 broad. Racemes about 3 cm. long; lower bracts 2*5-3 mm. long; 

 Jioweritifj bracts 3-S' 5 mm. Flowers membranous when dry; sepals 

 9 • 5 mm. long by barely 2 • 5 mm. broad. Petals barely 8 • 5 mm. long 

 by 1-5 mm. broad ; lip as long as the petals, with a low keel running 

 for about half the distance from the middle towards the base ; spur 

 6'5 mm. long. 



Of the same circle of affinity as the last species {A. angustipetalum) , 

 but differs in its short broad leaves and smaller flowers. Evidently 

 closely allied (from the description) to A. affine Schlechter from the 

 Cameroons, which, however, has larger oblong-ligulate leaves. 



Angraecum multinominatum nom. nov. Tbe synonymy of 

 tbis species is as follows : — Listrostachys elavata Rendle in Jouru. 

 Bot. xxxiii. 251 (1895) ; Mijstacklhim clavatum Rolfe in Flor. 

 Trop. Afr. vii. 172 (1897); Angraecum clavatum Scblecbter in 

 Engler, Bot. Jabrb. xxxviii. 20 (1905), non Rolfe op. cit. 145. 



Angpaeeum Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. Planta caule 

 lignoso radicibus crassiusculis frequentibus scandente ; foliis 

 coriaceis multinerviis cuneato-oblongis vel cuneato-ligulatis plus 

 minusve falcatis apice asymmetrice acutis ; racemis numerosis 

 axillaribus (saepe geminis) folia aequantibus vel longioribus paene 

 ad basin floriferis ; hracteis brevibus truncatis amplexicaulibus ; 

 florlhus siccis pallidis inter minores ; sepalo dorsali elliptico- 

 lanceolato acuto 3-nervio \'ix carinato, sepp. lateralibus dorsali 

 similibus apice crassiusculis minute cucullatis dorso carinatis ; 

 petalis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis sub medio 3-nerviis ; lobelia 

 late ellipsoideo valde apiculato integro margine crispulo, ore 

 anguste infundibuliforme in calcar curvulum tenue sub medio 

 leviter incrassatum transeunte ; columna crassa, rostello producto 

 apice bifido. (PI. 15, figs. 3-5.) 



Oban ; nn. 914, 915. 



Apparently a showy plant ; the stout woody stem reaching • 5 cm. 



