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ANGRACUM ELLISII. 
ANGR&CUM ELtisi, depicted in the accompanying illustration, is one of 
the finest species in the genus, and for many years was extremely rare in 
cultivation. It is a native of Madagascar, and is said to have been originally 
discovered about the year 1854, by the Rev. W. Ellis, during his first 
missionary journey there. It was found growing on the trunks of large 
trees on the outskirts of the forest, sometimes mingled with aroids, ferns, 
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and other plants. On returning from his second journey he brought home 
three living plants, and when his collection was broken up one was acquired 
by Mr. J. Day, of Tottenham, and the other by Mr. E. Salt, of Manchester, 
the third plant having previously died. The earliest record of it seems to 
be in the fourth edition of Williams’ Orchid Growers’ Manual, published in 
1871 (p. 87), but in the following year it was described by Reichenbach 
