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with a triangular apiculus in the notch, and an erect conical 

 spur, as long as the sepals. — Loanjo, W. Africa. 



YlG.—Garten-Ztitung, 1882, 434, fig. 102. 



A. Ellisii, Williams. — This beautiful species was intro- 

 duced to this country by the late Rev. W. Ellis, whose name 

 it bears, and is undoubtedly one of the finest species we have 

 in cultivation. The leaves are distinctly arranged in a dis- 

 tichous manner, and about ten inches in length, broadly 

 ligulate, dark green on the upper side, paler below, and 

 deeply and unequally bilobed at the apex. The flowers grow 

 in arching racemes two feet long, bearing from eighteen to 

 twenty-four flowers, pure Avhite and very fragrant, the sepals 

 and petals reflexed, and the spur of the lip of a light cinna- 

 mon colour and six inches long. The profile of the flower 

 is an exact resemblance of a cockatoo. It requires the tem- 

 perature of the East Indian house. — Madagascar. 



Fig.— Floral Mag., N.S., t. 191 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., iii. 277, fig. 54. 



A, falcatum, Limlley. — This is a very elegant compact- 

 growing species, with narrow dark green leaves ; the flowers 

 are freely produced, very fragrant, pure white, and furnished 

 with a very long spur. This species requires exceptional 

 treatment as to heat, since it succeeds in a much lower tem- 

 perature than the other Angracums. — Japan. 



YiG.—Bof. Mag., t. 2097. 

 Syn. — U'lceodades falcata. 



A. fastuosum, Fichh. f. — A fine new species very distinct 

 in character, with cuneate-oblong leaves, three inches broad, 

 blunt and unequally lobed at the end, very rugose on the surface, 

 and with a cartilaginous margin ; the flowers are numerous, 

 in racemes, equalling those of A. cauclatum, of a fine ivory 

 white, with ligulate-oblong sepals and petals, an obovate lip, 

 and a filiform spur two to three inches long. The flowers 

 have the fragrance of tuberoses. —Madagascar. 



A. fuscatuin, Bchh. f. — A handsome and distinct plant, 

 having cuneate-oblong leaves, blunt and unequally bilobed at 

 the tip, and many-flowered lax racemes of blossoms, of which 

 the peduncles, ovaries, and bracts are cinnamon-coloured ; 

 the flowers, which are nearly equal to those of A. caudatum, 

 have ochre-coloured sepals, white petals and lip, and a brown 



