The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . f A. Ckailluanumin colour and shape, but much smaller (as is also the habit ofgrowth). June and July. West Africa. A rare and distinctspecies. A. cryptodon (hidden-toothed). Jl. white, liin. across, in looseracemes; petals ligulate, acute; lip lanceolate; spur reddishat base, tlirice as long as the reddish-white ovaries. /. threeor four, obovato-oblong, 3in. long. Madagascar, 1882. A. descendens (descendmp;). Jl. white; lip cuneate-ovate,acuminate; colum
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . f A. Ckailluanumin colour and shape, but much smaller (as is also the habit ofgrowth). June and July. West Africa. A rare and distinctspecies. A. cryptodon (hidden-toothed). Jl. white, liin. across, in looseracemes; petals ligulate, acute; lip lanceolate; spur reddishat base, tlirice as long as the reddish-white ovaries. /. threeor four, obovato-oblong, 3in. long. Madagascar, 1882. A. descendens (descendmp;). Jl. white; lip cuneate-ovate,acuminate; column hairy, shorter than in A. Ellisii (to whichthis fine species is related); spur stronger, more than four timesexceeding the pedicels; raceme drooping, oblong-ligulate, obscurely bilobed at apex. Said to come fromMadagascar, 1882. A Elchlerianum (Eichlers). fi. lar^e, solitary; sepals andpetals light green, lanceolate ; lip white, large, obcordate, witha triangular apiculus in the notch ; spur erect, conical, about aslonir as the sepals. I. distant, oblique, elliptic, obtuse. Stemstall, leafy. Loango, West Africa, 1833. Fig. 46. Angr^cum Ellisii. A. £llisii.*^ The pure white, sweetly-scented blossoms of thisdwarf, winter-flowering species are well shown in Fig. 46. A. fastuosum (proud). Jl. ivory-white, scented like Tuberoses,numerous, racemose; sepals and petals ligulate-oblong; lipohovate; spur filiform, 2in. to Sin. long. I. cuneate-oblong, , blunt and unequally lobed at apex, wrinkled, the marginscartUaginous. Madagascar. (B. M. 7204; G. C. 1885, xxiii.,p. 533.) A. florulentum (dark-flowered). Jl. one to three in a raceme;sepals lanceolate; petals broader than the sepals ; lip oblong-lanceolate, apiculate; spur filiform, one-third longer than theovary; racemes numerous. I. lanceolate, bilobed, 3in. zigzag. Comoro Islands, 1885. A Fournierse (Mme. Fourniers). A synonym of A. stylosum. A Foumierlanum (Fourniers). Jl. resembling those of A.
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