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AERÍDES virens. 
G reen-leaved Air plant. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEE. $ VANDEZ. 
AERIDES. Supra, 1842. fol. 55. 
A. virens (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 48) ; foliis latis obliqué retusis, 
racemis pendulis multifloris, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis, labelli 
cornu acuminato ascendente lobis lateralibus apice denticulatis inter- 
medio lanceolato medio canaliculato versus apicem denticulato. 
This is a beautiful addition to that set of Aerides of 
which A. odoratum was the first discoyered. Like the flowers 
of that species, these are deliciously and very peculiarly sweet- 
scented, and not at all inferior in size. 
Each sepal and petal has a deep purple blotch at the end, 
while the remainder is a delicate soft French white. The 
son, and bears in the middle an 
lip is speckled with crim 1 
inflated, sanguine, serrated tongue; as 1$ represented at 
fig. 1. 
The leaves are much alike in all these plants, but here 
they are of a peculiarly bright green, which circumstance 
has suggested the name. 
Our drawing was made in April, 1843, in the stove of 
Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Java. 
