96 orchid-grower's manual. 



A. APICULATUM, iZbofcer. ^A pretty dwarf species, introduced in 1844 by 

 Mr. Whitfield. It resembles A. hO.dbwm, in its general aspect, baling 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. 



Fig.— Bat. 3Iag., t. 4159 ; Hooker's First Century, t. 92. 



A. ARTICULATUM, Itchb. f. — A very pretty dwarf species, related to 

 A. hilohum, with cuneate-oblong, unequally-bilobed leaves, about six iilches 

 long, and producing stout peduncles, bearing at the end a raceme of creamy- 

 white flowers, which are polymorphous, with n, filiform spur, which is sometimes 

 as long, at others three times as long, as the ovary. Introduced by the late 

 Rev. "W. Ellis. — Madaf/ascar. 



Fig. — Beichenhaohia, ii. t. .",,") ; Lindenia, viii. t. 380. 



A. BILOBUM, Lindley. — An elegant little Orchid, of very compact growth, 

 having a short rooting stem, furnished with cuneate-obovate dark green 

 retioulately-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. — New Guinea : Cape Coast Castle. 



FJG.—Bot. Beg., 1841, t. 35,. 



A. BILOBUM KIRKII, Bdib. /.—This little 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. hilohum, 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 Albuvi, iv. t. 1(;2. 



A. CAUDATUM, Lindley. — A singular and free-floweriug 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-cuneato with a long point, and furnished with a tail of pale olive-green 

 colour, about nine inches long. We have sometimes seen twelve or more of 

 these curious flowers on a spike; its season of blooming is from June t'o 

 September, and it continues in perfection a long time. It is still, and always 

 has been, a rare plant. — Sierra Leone. 



'FlG.—Bot. Beg., t. 1844 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4370 ; L' Orehidophiie, 1887, p. 80 ; Beiehen- 

 hachia, ii. t. 67 ; Orchid Album,, viii.t. 358 ; Veitck's Man. Oroli. PZ., vii., opposite p. 124 ; 

 The Garden, 1891, xxxix. p. 436. 



A. CHAILLUANUM, Bbo/c/. — This is a very distinct and rare plant, interesting 

 like its congeners, because of the tail-like spurs with which the flowers are 

 furnished. The leaves are leathery, ligulate, blunt and very unequally blotched 

 at the apex, six or eight inches long, one or two broad, dark green. The flowers 



