352 
ORCHLDEiE. (S. Moore.) 
[Aeranthus. 
7. A. macrostachys, Bchb.f.in Walp. Ann. vi. 900. Stem thick, 
terete, giving off very thick, almost straight aerial roots. Leaves imbri- 
cate, linear-oblong, emarginate, 4-5 in. long, £ in. broad. Eacemes erect 
from the inner side of the leaf-base, about 1 foot long, many-flowered ; 
pedicel and ovary about £ in. in length. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals 
ovate-oblong, acute. Petals spathulate. Labellum obovate, crenulate, 
cuspidulate at the sinus between the two truncate terminal lobes ; spur 
parallel to the column, saccate above, narrowed towards the extremity, 
£ in. long. Pollen-masses sessile on ovate-acuminate glands. Epiden- 
drum macrostachys, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 83. (Eonia macrostachya, 
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 245. Beclardia macrostachya, Bich. Orch. 
Maur. 79, t. 11,/'. 2. 
Mauritius, La Savanne, Bojer. Also Bourbon. I have seen no specimen from 
Mauritius. 
8. A. ? brachystachyus, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 314 (name only). 
Leaves subimbricate, broadly oblong, obliquely emarginate, 2-2| in. 
long, \ in. broad. Eaceme few-flowered, erect, \ foot long ; bracts £ 
in. in length, ovate-lanceolate. Pedicels and ovary ascending, less 
than | in. long. Sepals and petals ovate-oblong, acute. Labellum 
ovate, retuse ; lateral lobes almost obsolete ; spur parallel to the 
column, saccate above, obtuse, £ in. long. Epidendrum brachy- 
stachyum, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 84. CEonia brachystachya, Lindl. Gen. 
and Sp. Orch. 245. Beclardia brachystachya, Bich. Orch. Maur. 80. 
Mauritius, the Pouce, and Peter Both, Bojer. I have seen no specimen. 
9. A. volucris, Bchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 900. Limb of the 
leaf ovate-oblong, acute, about 1 in. long, £ in. broad ; sheaths £ in. 
loner. Eacemes nearly 1 foot long, few-flowered ; flowers 1£ in. diam. ; 
pedicel and ovary nearly 2 in. long. Sepals and petals oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute. Labellum obovate, cuspidulate at the sinus between the 
two broad truncate terminal lobes ; spur straight, saccate £ in. long. 
Epidendrum volucre, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t . 81. (Eonia Auberti, 
Lindl. Bot. Beg. sub. t. 817, and Gen . and Sp. Orch. 244. 
Mauritius, in forests towards centre of the island, Bojer. Also Bourbon. I 
have seen no specimen. 
10. A. arachnites, Lindl. Bot. Beg. sub. t. 817. Leaves imbricate, 
1 orate, obliquely emarginate, 4-8 in. long, £-£ in. broad, sheathing the 
dwarf erect stem for a short distance below. Eacemes ascending 
from the base of the stem, few-flowered, from £ foot long, copiously 
clothed with long, narrow scarious sheathing scales ; flowers about 
\ in. diam. ; pedicel about in. in length. Lateral sepals ovate, 
acuminate, £ in. long, adnate to the claw of the labellum ; upper sepal 
ovate-lanceolate, scarcely more than \ in. long. Petals narrower and 
shorter than the lateral sepals, adnate to the claw of the labellum. 
Limb of the labellum cordate, acute, incumbent over the column, \ in. 
long ; claw broad, channelled, about £ in. in length ; spur clavate, 
