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ANGRAECUM maculatum. 
Spotted-leaved Angrecum. 
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GYNANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDER. Jussieu gen. 61. Brown prod. 1. 300. Div. IV. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demim cereacex, 
Brown in -Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. . 
ANGRAECUM. (Aubert du Petit Thouars in nouv. bullet. de scien. 
par la soc. philom. 1.518.) Flores supinati. Perianthium (cor. nob.) ir- 
regulare connivens. Lacinie (petala nob.) subequales, 3 superiores gale- 
ate. Labellum dependens, calcaratum, trilobum, lobis Jateralibus minori- 
bus adscendentibus. Colwmna libera, aptera, elongata, glabra. Anthera 
terminalis, opercularis, semibilocularis, decidua. Masse pollinis 2, inte- 
gre. Stig. concayum, transversum. Herbe in truncis arborum parasitice. 
Folia plana. Lindley collect. 15. 
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A. maculatum foliis lanceolatis maculatis planis integerrimis. Lind. loc. cit. 
Bulbi obscuro-virides, glauciuscult, ad collum pallidiores, squamis mar- 
cescentibus primum vestitt. Fol. carnosa, plana, enervia, integerrima, ma- 
culis confluentibus inquinata. Scapus foliorum longitudine, teres, glaber, 
pallens, viridis, bracteis paucis scariosis. Racemus pauciflorus quaqua- 
versus. Flores parvi, resupinati, galeati. Lacinie (petala) subaquales; 
exteriores lineari-oblonge, apice rotundate, inferioribus margine inferiore in 
lobo pallidiore dilatato; interiores pauld latiores, pallidé rosacee, margine 
imbricantes, super columnam fornicate. Labellum planum, oblongum, cal-— 
caratum, 3-partitum, lobis lateralibus intds sanguineo-venosis, erectis; in- 
termedio emarginato; disco bilamellato, sanguineo, axe et apice flavidis. 
Columna labello dimidio brevior, anticé plana, sursim dilatatad. Anth. ter- 
minalis, decidua, bilocularis loculis discretis, in apice aliquantisper exca- 
vato columne insidens. Masse pollinis 2, glandulé nulla. Stig. viscidum 
transversum excavatum. Ovar. (germ.) pedicellatum, contortum. Lind. 1. c. 
Having missed the opportunity of inspecting the in- 
florescence of the present plant, we trust to the work above 
cited for its description. The species is there attributed to a 
genus formed by M. Aubert du Petit Thouars for the re- 
ception of a considerable orchideous group belonging to the 
islands that lie off the shores of Southern Africa. The 
genus however is one with which we suspect the species be- 
fore us, a native of the Brazils, will not be found to com- 
bine so naturally as is requisite in a well-assorted group. — 
The drawing was taken from a plant in the hothouse of 
Messrs. Colvill, in the King’s Road, Chelsea. 
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