Aeranthus
This genus embraces about six species. To those described on p. 31, Vol. I., the following should now be added. See also Mystacidium (p. 570). A. Curnowianus (Curnow's). fl. yellowish-white; sepals and petals ligulate, acute; lip cuneate-obovate, retuse, with a median apiculus; spur filiform, five times as long as the lip. l. ligulate, emarginate, fleshy, dark, dull green, rather rough. Madagascar, 1883.
A. Grandidierianus (Grandidier's). A synonym of Angraecum Grandidierianum. A. Leonis (Leon Humblot's).* fl. ivory-white, comparable to those of Angraecum sesquipedale, but having a much shorter spur, which is funnel-shaped at the base, then filiform and bent abruptly upwards. l. numerous, sword-like, stout, falcate, 8in. to 9in. long. Comoro Islands, 1885. A grand plant. (G. C. n. s., xxiv., pp. 80-81; W. O. A. 213.) SYN. Angraecum Leonis. A. trichoplectron (hair-spurred). fl. white; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; petals linear, acute; lip broad, nearly conchoid at base, acuminate at top; spur long, filiform; peduncle one-flowered. February. l. 5in. long, 1/3in. wide, soft, linear, bidentate at apex. Madagascar.