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A. apiculatuni, Hooker. — A pretty dwarf species, introduced 

 in 184:4 by Mr. Whitfield. It resembles A. hilobum in its 

 general aspect, having short stems, with distichous obovate- 

 lanceolate, obliquely acuminate, striated, deep green leaves, 

 and pendulous racemes of about a dozen flowers, which 

 are white, with a slender pointed spur about two inches long. 

 — Sierra Leone. 



¥lG.—Bof. Mag., t. 4159. 



A. articulatum, Bchh. f. — A very pretty dwarf species, 

 related to A. hilohnm, with cuneate-obloug, unequally-bilobed 

 leaves, about six inches long, and producing stout peduncles, 

 bearing at the end a raceme of creamy-white flowers, which 

 are polymorphous, with a filiform spur, which is sometimes as 

 long as, sometimes three times as long as the ovary. Intro- 

 duced by the late Rev. W. Ellis. — Madagascar. 



A. Mlobum, Lindleij. — An elegant little Orchid, of very 

 compact growth, having a short rooting stem, furnished with 

 cuneate-obovate dark green reticulately-veined leaves, which 

 are deeply bilobed at the apex, and much shorter than the 

 drooping racemes of ten to twelve flowers, which are of a 

 blush-tinted white, with a slender bifid spur about two inches 

 long ; it blooms from October to December, and remains two 

 or three weeks in good condition. We have grown this plant 

 on a block, but it does best in a basket, where the roots may 

 obtain plenty of moisture. — Xew Gidnea : Cape Coast Castle. 



'Fig.— Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 35. 



A. hilobum Kirkii, Rchh. f. — This Httle gem was sent to 

 us in 1882, by Sir John Kirk, in honour of whom it is named. 

 The plant is a dwarfer grower than A. hilobum, having narrower 

 leaves, ending in two divergent lobes, and bears drooping 

 racemes of pure white flowers, which are furnished with 

 slender pale brown spurs, two and a-half to three inches long. 

 It is a pretty subject for basket culture. — Zanzibar. 

 Fig.— Orchid Album, iv., t. 162. 



A. caudatum, LindUy. — A singular and free-flowering 

 species of very compact growth, with pale green drooping 

 lorate, channelled, emarginate leaves, ten inches long, and 

 long flexuose racemes, a foot or more in length, of greenish 

 yellow flowers, tinted with brown, the labellum being pure 

 white, obovate-cuneate with a long point, and furnished with 



