350 
orchid eje. (S. Moore.) 
[. Aeranthus . 
Leaves lorate, emarginate, 4-5 in. long. Flowers 
2 . in. diam. ; petals linear ; spur 1^ in. long 3. A. fragrans. 
Leaves linear, emarginate, less than 2 in. long. 
Flowers over 1 in. diam.; petals lanceolate ; 
spur recurved, ± in. long 4. A. ? expansus. 
Leaves narrow-linear, emarginate, 2 in. long, 
-f^in. broad. Flowers about 1 in. diam. ; pe- 
tals lanceolate ; spur almost straight, 4 in. 
long 5. A . ? Thouarsii. 
Leaves imbricate on a stout erect stem. 
Leaves linear- oblong, emarginate. Flowers l in. 
diam. ; spur curved, 3 in. long 6. A. F rectus. 
Flowers in racemes. 
Labellum unlike the sepals and petals. 
Labellum sessile, lobed. 
Racemes many-flowered. Leaves imbricate, 
linear-oblong, marginate, 4-5 in. long . 7. A. macrostachys. 
Racemes few-flowered. Leaves subimfbricate, 
broadly-oblong emarginate, 2-2-| in. long . 8. A. ? brachystachyus. 
Racemes few-flowered. Leaves scattered, ovate- 
oblong, 1 in. long 9. A. volucris. 
Labellum clawed, entire. 
Leaves 4-10 in. long. Lateral sepals f-ix in. 
in length; upper sepals ovate-lanceolate . 10. A. arachnites. 
Labellum like the sepals and petals. 
Leaves oblong- oblanceolate. Spur in. long . . 11. A. ? calceolus. 
1. A. pectinatms, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 900. Stem straight, 
stiff, rooting copiously below. Limb of leaf linear-oblong, obtuse, f— § 
in. long ; sheath £ in. in length. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, 
-i in. diam. ; bracts ovate, acute, % in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, i 
inch in length. Petals a little narrower and shorter. Labellum like 
the sepals, but acute ; spur almost straight, obtuse, rather more than 
in. long. Pollen-masses sessile each on a short oblong gland. 
Angrsecum pectinatum, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 51 ; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 247 ; Rich. Orch. Maur. 68, t. 10,/. 5 ; Hook. Journ. Hot. i. 47, 
t. 116. 
Mauritius, wooded districts towards centre of the island, Bojer ! near summit of 
the Pouce, Ayres ! etc. Also Bourbon and Madagascar. 
2. A. gladiifolms, Rchb.f in Walp. Ann. vi. 900. Stem stoutish, 
somewhat llexuous. Limb of leaf lanceolate, l|-3 in. long ; sheath \ in. 
(or more) in length. Peduncle leaf-opposed, 1-flowered, slender, toge- 
ther with the ovary 2-3 in. long. Sepals, petals and labellum ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 1 in. long, milk-white ; spur slender, 
tapering, as long as the peduncle. Pollen-masses attached by slender 
caudicles to a linear gland. Angrsecum gladiifolium, Thouars , Orch. 
Ajr. t. 53 ; Hindi. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 246 ; Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 68 ; 
Rich. Orch. Maur. 69. Orchis mauritiana, Ham. Hncyc. iv. 601 (?) 
Mauritius, the Pouce, Peter Both, and Creve-cceur, Bojer ! Sieber ! Ayres ! 
etc. Also Bourbon and Madagascar. 
3. A. fragrans, Rchhf. in Walp. Ann. vi. 899. Stem stoutish, 
subterete. Limb of leaf lorate, emarginate, 4-5 in. long, less than 
