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oechideje. (S. Moore.) 
[. Angr cecum . 
7. A. triquetrum, Thouars , Orcfi. Afr. t. 49. Leaves very fleshy, 
lorate, emarginate, 4-9 in. long, about \ in. broad, imbricate on a short, 
stout, copiously rooting stem. Peduncles 1-flowered, ascending from 
the axils of dead leaves, together with the ovary nearly 2 in. long ; 
flowers \ in. diam. Lateral sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, more 
than \ in. long, directed forwards parallel to the labellum ; upper sepal 
a little shorter and broader. Labellum lanceolate, \ in. in length ; 
spur almost straight, linear, i in. long. Capsule obovate-oblong, li in. 
long. Lindl. Gen . and Sp. Orch. 247. 
Mauritius, at Quartier Militaire, La Savanne, and Grand Bassin, Bojer. Also 
Bourbon. I have seen no specimen from Mauritius. 
8. A. inapertum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 50. Leaves linear- 
falcate, obtuse, 2f-3| in. long, ^ in. broad, loosely imbricate on a 
short stem. Peduncles 1-flowered, wiry, ascending, with one loose 
scale at its base and another a little below the flower. Sepals and 
petals lanceolate, about % in. long. Labellum oblong-ovate. Spur 
recurved, obtuse, £ in. in length. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 247. 
Mauritius ; the Pouce, Quartier Militaire, and banks of Grand Riviere south- 
east, Bojer. No specimen seen by me. The flowers are probably fertilised while 
in bud. 
9. A. cucullatum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 48. Leaves oblong, 
obliquely emarginate, f in. long, four or six subimbricate on a dwarf 
stem. Flowers solitary, on pedicels £ in. long. Sepals oblong, acute, 
in. long. Petals as long, lanceolate. Labellum in. in length, 
broadly ovate, obtuse or cuspidulate,its sides half embracing the column ; 
spur as long as the labellum, wide at the throat, tapering slightly to the 
obtuse tip. Eostellum of two oblong lobes running down the side of 
the column far beyond the anther. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch . 247 ; 
Ilich. Orch. Maicr. 67. 
Mauritius ; Nouvelle Decouverte and Piton du Milieu du rile, Bojer 1 Meller ! 
Also Bourbon. 
10. A. aphyllum, Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 73. A scrambling leaf- 
less epiphyte. Stem as thick as a crow-quill, terete, flexuous, clothed 
with brown scarious sheaths (the rudiments of lost leaves), bearing 
long, whip-like, sometimes branching aerial roots. Racemes 1 in. long ; 
flowers crowded, minute, reddish ; bracts setaceous ; pedicel and ovary 
about in. long. Perianth-segments spreading, the petals a little 
shorter and narrower than the ovate-oblong sepals and labellum ; spur 
clavate, almost straight, in. long. Column long for the genus ; 
anther-cap with a long, obtuse, downward-reaching membranous ap- 
pendage in front ; caudicle oblong ; gland subtriangular ; rostellum of 
two narrow lobes projecting forwards over the entrance to the spur. 
Bchl. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 907. Gussonea aphylla, Rich. Orcli. Maur. 
76, t. 11, f. 1. Saccolabium aphyllum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 223. 
