Uneifera. The flowers of >'. woorcaiiUin niv densely arranged in a 

 short i-vliinli I' (lie ^oginouts tipju-il 



with green, and the side lobe- <.f (he lip and the column white. 



50. Angraecum bistortum, liolfe ; caule scandente radieante. foliis 



■ i'« \ iter et in;iMii;i!iier hilobis lobis 

 rotundatis, raeomis lblii> l>r<\ im ilui< pain-illoris hraeteis tnbulosn- 

 vaginatis apiee ohliquis -uliohtu-i-. (U.ril .us secundis sepalis nrlexis 



petalis panllo angusti<>ril>u<. lal-cllo- ovato-lanceolato suhaeuto, ealeare 

 olongnto historfo apiee l.raetea tul.ulo<-i ineludenle. eolumna l.revissima, 

 pollinarii 2fl:iTi< ! uln lane. < ■ 1 : « t . .- 1 an ]-« «llini^ ovoideis stipitihus geminis. 



Hab. W. Trop. Africa, Lagos, Moloney ! 



Folia 3-5 poll, longa, f-lj- poll. lata. Racemi 2\ poll, longi. 

 Bractcfr 2 lin. longa-. Pniicel'li 4 lin. longi. Sepal a et petala 4 lin. 

 longa. Letbelli calcar 9-10 lin. longum. 



This species is allied to Am/neeimi oramhnn. Lindl., and A. 

 chii'iHuanirm. ITooh . f., I.ut has considerably smaller flowers, with the 

 additional peculiarity that the s]>ur is curved into a loop, and its tip 

 remain^ tightly clasped hy the sheathing bract; in which respect it 

 appears to differ from every other species in the group. This character. 

 which seems quite constant, gives the spur the appearance of a looper 

 caterpillar. It evidently arises from the unequal growth of the pedicel 

 and gpur. "When the flowers are quite young these two organs are 

 equal in length, and the tip of the spur is . nrolled ly the sheathing bract. 

 Then the spur elongates rapidly, but failing to free" itself forms a double 

 bend, in allusion to which the name is given. It was collected J 



of the co" 

 Alfred I 



late Curator of the Lagos 

 January 1892. 



CCXCVIL— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Mr. Daniel Dewar, Foreman of the Herbaceous Department in the 

 Royal Gardens, has been appointed Curator of the Botanic Garden at 

 Glasgow. 



Mr. Walter Irving, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal 



Gardens, has been appointed Foreman fori probation) of the Herbaceous 

 Department in succession to Mr. Dewar. 



