e of its value. it is unaccompanied 
but should be placed next this as Angre- 
cum polystachyum. 
9. A. bicaudatum ; caulescens, foliis 
is lineari-oblongis obliqué bilobis, 
spicis horizontalibus multifloris foliis bre- 
viori us, sepalis ovatis obtusiusculis, pe- 
is angustioribus, labello tripartito plano, 
linis lateralibus intermedie ovate æqua- 
libus linearibus apice multifidis, calcare 
recto cylindraceo ovario tripló longiore. 
dn E calc. Kopje, prope Zwartkops- 
uns species, epiphyta. 
licaris, Flores 
Caulis 3-pol- 
minuti; bracteis brevissi- 
. mis, membranaceis, obtusissimis, amplexi- 
. caulibus. ZLabelli lacinie laterales caudam 
quandam n pilosam simulant. Columna 
brevissim 
A very caen little species, with the 
habit of A. palmiforme, next which it might 
arranged, 
et coe 
3. Angreci, sp. n. adest in herbario 
(No. 8269), in sylvis Outniqualand super 
arbores a Dregeo lecta; sed deflorata. 
Caulis est pedalis, foliis distichis recurvis 
apice inequaliter bilobis, lobo altero fal- 
cato altero brevissimo. 
4. A. conchiferum ; pygmeum, caules- 
cens, foliis distichis linearibus inæqualiter 
bilobis vaginis verrucosis, pedunculis fili- 
formibus unifloris, sepalis petalisque seta- 
Ceo-acuminatis reflexis, labello semi-infun- 
dibulari r repando crenulato membranaceo, 
calcare horizontali longissimo filiformi. 
Outniqualand in sylvis. 
ulis pollicaris sesquipollicarisq. Folia 
coriacea, plana, pollicaria. Bractea ovata, 
cucullata, membranacea. Flos magnus in 
parva specie, calcare et labello simul 
Sumptis 2 poll. lon ngis 
| poem curious little species, of which 
len-masses of which had fallen away. The 
"ug and petals are quite membranous ; 
bellum is of the same texture, and 
: Eon also found this, but without flowers, 
amma Lake, in the district of Uitenhage. 
PUT DIEREER S Ui Peto 
NOTES UPON SOME GENERA AND SPECIES OF ORCHIDACE E. 
205° 
looks like one valve of a tiny delicate shell, 
with a long tube fastened gracefully to the 
hinge. If this is not the very model of a 
Triton's trumpet, I am sure it ought to 
have been 
. sacciferum ; acaule, foliis lineari- 
lasindejiià distichis obtusis obliqué emar- 
ginatis, scapis subtrifloris foliorum longitu- 
dine, bracteis subrotundo-ovatis cucullatis, 
pedicellis filiformibus, sepalis oblongis 
acutis, petalis ovatis, labello cucullato 
ventricoso acuto, calcare brevissimo scro- 
E 
o 
1. 
Outniqualand sup. arb.; etiam inter 
Key et Basche.? 
Herba pusilla, facie Trizeuxeos, Orni- 
— similiumque. Flores minutis- 
3 
"This and the next exhibit the genus 
Angrecum in a very pigmy state; they 
belong to the set of Angrecum caulescens. 
6. A. pusillum; acaule, folis lineari- 
bus falcatis striatis acutis apice obliquis, 
spicis erectis laxifloris foliis longioribus, 
bracteis brevibus diaphanis cucullatis, se- 
palis petalisque ovatis subequalibus con- 
niventibus, labello subrotundo-ovato acuto 
concavo postico, calcare recto ovario bre- 
< 
p.: 
o 
re. 
Super arbores prope Boschrivier ; Out- 
niqualand, prope Koratra. 
Species delicatula, inter muscos vegetans, 
facie omnino Phreatie elegantis sed minor. 
7. Angreci? sp. due alt. adsunt, Dre- 
geo inter Key et Basche lecte ;—sed flo- 
HM or ce non determinande (No. 
MysTACIDIUM. 
Perianthium patens, equale, petaloide- 
2 Near the Nysna. rchell. 
3 The West coast of Africa has lately afforded some 
remarkable species from the colony of Sierra Leone, 
of which A. Se Bot. Reg. 1112, A. distichum, 
ib. 1781, and A. caudatum, ib. 1844, have already been 
published. I am, seria acquainted with the fol- 
lowing, all of which have —— in the collection of 
Messrs. Loddi "e of Hackney :— 
A. pertusum ; dunes foliis distichis loratis ob- 
liqué ‘pilobis, icu recurvis secundis densifloris, se- 
palis ovatis rupem patentissimis petalis paulo mino- 
reflexo apiculato infra 
Folia 4—5 poll. longa, suprà leviter ter scrobiculata in- 
frà purpureo-punctata, valde carnosa, duas tertias pol- 
linis lata. Flores purpurascentes, densè 
