Any r cecum .] 
orchideje. (S. Moore). 
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cate, lorate, emarginate, \ foot or more long, % in. broad. Racemes 
about as long as the leaves, ascending, few-flowered, with a few broad 
sheathing scales ; bracts ovate, sheathing the pedicel ; flowers nearly 
f in. diam. Sepals and petals subequal, broadly oblong, obtuse, about | 
in. long. Labellum ovate, obtuse, shorter than the perianth-segments ; 
spur stout, obtuse, ^ in. in length. Rich . Orch. Maur. 72. 
Mauritius, round Grand Bassin, on Mount Jacoti, and at Petite Savanne, 
Bojer. Also Bourbon. I have seen no specimen from Mauritius. 
4. A. caulescens, Tkouars, Orch. Afir. t. 75. Leaves linear or 
oblong, obliquely emarginate, 2-3 \ in. long, in. broad, imbricate 
on a stout, copiously rooting stem. Racemes ascending from below 
the leaves, varying from 1-4 in. in length, wiry, flexuous, clothed with 
a few scarious sheathing scales ; bracts ovate, about T V in. long ; 
flowers scattered, about £ in. diam.; pedicel and ovary y-J in. long. 
Sepals i in. in length, lanceolate. Petals as long as, but narrower than, 
the sepals. Labellum ovate-lanceolate, £ in. long ; spur clavate, almost 
straight, about the same length as the labellum ; lobes of rostellum 
broad, obtuse. Rich. Orch. Maur. 73, 1. 10, /. 3 ; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 247 ; Hook. Bond. Journ. Bot. 1834, 48, t. 117. 
Mauritius, the Pouce and heights near centre of the island. Bojer ! Telfair ! 
Ayres ! 
Var. multiflorum. Stems elongated. Leaves subimbricate. Racemes about 1-| 
in. long. A. multiflorum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 74; Rich. Orch. Maur. 73. Moka 
and the Pouce , Bojer. Also Bourbon. 
5. A. parvulum, Ayres MSS. Leaves narrow-linear, obliquely 
emarginate, submembranous, 1-2 in. long, rather more than y 1 ^ in. 
broad, about 6 imbricate on a slender, dwarf stem. Racemes about 
as long as the leaves, wiry, usually 2-flowered, with about three loose 
sheathing scales'; bracts broad, nearly T V in. in length; flowers subsessile, 
about i in. diam. Sepals oblong, obtuse, T \ in. long. Petals linear. 
Labellum ovate-rotundate, cuspidate, concave, round the column ; spur 
almost straight, obtuse, y 1 ^- in. in length. Lobes of rostellum linear, 
obtuse. Capsule oblong, f in. long. 
Mauritius, the Pouce, Ayres ! Endemic. 
6. A. gracile, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 77. Leaves lorate, obliquely 
emarginate, nearly 1 foot long, less than f in. broad, subimbricate on 
a short, rather slender stem. Racemes ascending, about 1 foot long, 
clothed with a few scattered lanceolate scales, and dilated at the floral 
nodes ; bracts lanceolate, T \ iu. long ; flowers ± in. diam. Sepals and 
petals subequal, lanceolate, spreading. Labellum deltoid-ovate ; spur 
recurved near the obtuse extremity, £ in. long. Rich. Orch. Maur. 
73. (Eceoclades? gracilis, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 237. 
Mauritius ; moist forests towards centre of the island, Plaines-Wilhelms, La 
Savanne and Quartier Militaire, Bojer. I have seen no specimen. Endemic. 
