Plate XXX. 



AER1DES QUINQUEVULNERA. 



A. quinquemdncra ; foliia ligulalis npice rotundatia obliqud cmarginatie apiculo 

 intcrjccto, raoeroJs pcndulis mullifloria foliis lougioribtts, Iain-Mi cucullati infun- 

 dibularis laciniis laleralibus ereclis intermedia* obtongfi inflexS douticulattf, 

 ualcarc conico incurro. 





.Mr. Hugh Cuming, who has been passing gome time in the Philippine*, and who I,:., invest!, 

 gnted the Botany of those rich inlands with great zeal and industry, sent the plane now published 

 lo Messrs, Loddigcs: with whom it flowered in August lam. 



It is «oo Of the most showy of tlmt beautiful race which is confined to the tropical parts of 

 Asia, and which claims for itself mora particularly the name of air plant*. Of these a great store. 

 by far the largest number, inhabit the eastern parts of Asia; in the genus Acrid,-* proper, for 

 instance, out of twenty si* species, sixteen arc Javanese ; and of them very little is known to 

 botanists in this country. Let us hope iU, the labours of Mr. Cuming will by degrees make them 

 liimiliar to us. 



What is now represented is nearly allied to the delicious A. odoratrttn of Bengal, of which il 

 has all the habit ; but it wants the delicate fragrance of that species, and yet it has a pleasant 

 aromatic odour; its flowers have each five purple blotches, and the middle lobe of the lip i- 

 serraitd : in all which circumstances the two specie* disagree 



Hie stem, leaves, and mode of growth arc altogether those of A. odoramm. 



The sbpau and petals are fleshy, firm, roundish-white, with a few purple speckles near the 

 base, and a rich crimson stain it the apex ; the lateral sepals are much larger than the upper or the 

 petals. The lip is funnel-shaped, curved inwards at the base of its spur, which is conical and 

 green ; with its month it presses against the column, which is embraced by its two lateral lobes, 

 which are white speckled with purple ; the middle lobe is oblong, convex, serrated, deep crimson 

 with a white edge, and pressed close to the author. 







