50 ^ORCHIDS 



Angrcecum, 



an imbricate manner. I'lowers in autumn. Introduced from 

 West Africa in 1846. 



A. citratum (^Rclib. /.). — A small species, with spathulate, 

 bright green leaves, on a short stem, and slender, horizontal 

 spikes of small, jewel-like flowers, arranged with their faces 

 upwards, creamy-white, the spur thin, greenish. One of the 

 prettiest of miniature tropical Orchids. Flowers in summer. 

 Native of Madagascar; introduced in 1865. (B. M., t. 5624.) 



A. eburneum (Thou.). — A large, robust plant, 3ft. or more 

 in height, with long, thick, strap-shaped leaves, of leathery tex- 

 ture, light green in colour. Flower-spikes erect, stiff, bearing 

 numerous large flowers, in which the petals and sepals are 

 narrow and green, whilst the broad, cordate lip is pure white ; 

 they last in perfection nearly two months, and emit a most 

 delicious fragrance all the time. Native of the Mascarene Islands ; 

 introduced about 1830. Flowers in summer. (B. M., t. 4761.) 



Var. vireiis has smaller flowers, the lip being greenish-white. 



A. Ellisii {Rchb. /.). — A dwarf plant, with broad, tongue- 

 shaped leaves, loin. long, bright green, bilobed at the apex. 

 Flower-spikes arching, 1.5(1. long, bearing numerous pure white, 

 fragrant flowers, a^in. in diameter ; spur 6in. long, hanging down- 

 wards. One of the prettiest of the smaller species. It flowers 

 in autumn. Native of Madagascar; introduced in 1870. (Fig. 15.) 



A. falcatum (Lindl.). — A small plant, with narrow, channelled 

 leaves, and short racemes of small, white flowers, which are 

 fragrant and lasting. Native of Japan. This little plant, which 

 flowers in spring, requires the temperature of a cool Orchid- 

 house. (B. M., t. 2097.) 



A. fastuosum {R<:hl>. /.). — Flowers ivory-white, scented like 

 tuberoses, numerous, racemose ; sepals and petals ligulate-oblong ; 

 lip ovate ; spur filiform, 2in. to 3in. long. Leaves cuneate-oblong, 

 3in. broad, blunt, and unequally lobed at the apex, wrinkled, 

 the margins cartilaginous. .\ spring-flowering species, introduced 

 from Madagascar. (B. ?\I., t. 7204; G. C, 1885, xxiii., p. 533.) 



A. funale {Liiuf.). — A synonym oi Dcndrophyla.x finialis. 



A. Humblotii {Rchh. /). — The flowers are pure white, 

 borne on short racemes. The leaves sword-like, stout, falcate. 

 Height 6in. to loin. .\ native of the Comoro Islands. 1885. 

 Syn. Af}-anfhi/s Leonis. 



A. modestum {Hook.).—\ beautiful little plant, with shining 

 green, tongue-shaped leaves, the margins tinged with red ; length 

 about 6in. Flower-spikes ift. long, drooping, and bearing two 

 rows of snow-white flowers, i^in. across ; the" sepals and petals 



