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17. ALTENSTEINIA, Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kiinth. 



Twelve species are known, from the Andes of Tropical 

 America. 



18. Amblostoma, Scheidweiler. 



Three species, from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. For list 

 of species see Gard. Chron., 1883, xix., 660. 



19. Angrsecum, Thouars. 



Twenty-five species are known, from Tropical and South- 

 east Africa, Madagascar, Bourbon, and Mauritius. 

 A. sesquipedale is the largest flowered of all Orchids, 

 and also possesses the longest spur or nectary. 

 A.funale is a rare leafless epiphyte, and the leaves of 

 A. fragrans have been used as a kind of tea. 

 A.falcatum is the most northern species, being found 

 hi Japan. See Orchid Album, t. 41, 162, 179 ; 

 Bot Mag., t. 2097, 4159, 4295, 4370, 4761, 4782, 

 5113, 5170, 5589, 5624. The following species are 

 figured in Gard. Chron. : 



*A. eburneum superbum, 1873, 217. 



*A. Ellisii, 1875, iii., 277. 



*A. fastuosum, 1885, xxiii., 533. 



*A. funale, 1846, 135. 



*A. Kotschyi, 1880, xiv., 693. 



*A. Scottianum, 1880, xiv., 137 ; 1882, xvii., 342. 



*A. sesquipedale, 1857, 253 ; 1873, 255 ; plant, 1874, 

 346. 



20. Anguloa, Euiz and Pavon. 



Three species and several varieties are known, from 

 Colombia and Peru. They are strong-growing plants, 

 with the habit of Lycaste, and having great waxy 

 flowers like Tulips, solitary, on scapes springing from 

 the base of the pseudo-bulbs. See Bot. Mag., t, 4313, 

 4807, and 5384 ; Orchid Album, t. 19, 133. 



21. Ansectochilus, Blume. 



From ten to twenty species and varieties are in cultivation, 

 and are mainly remarkable for the beauty of their 

 foliage, which is velvet-like in texture, lined or 

 suffused with golden, silvery, or bronzy lines. 

 Borneo, Ceylon, India. See Bot/ Mag., t. 4123, 

 5208; Bot. Reg., t. 2010. 



