44 OXLVII. oROHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ærides. 
1. Æ. Vandarum, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1867, 997 ; 1875, 590; 
1885, ii. 629, fig. 143; leaves 6-10 in., peduncle stout, side lobes of lip nar- 
rowly lanceolate, outer margin toothed, midlobe clawed tip dilated 2-partite. 
Æ. cylindricum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4982 (not of Lindl.) ; Lindl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iii. 41 (the Sikkim plant); Warner Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 116. 
SUBTROPICAL Sikkim HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft, J.D.H. Kuyasia HILLS, 
alt. 4—5000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. MUNNIPORE, alt. 4000 ft., Watt. 
Stems 1-2 ft., tufted, as thick as a goose-quill; roots 4 in. broad, flat. Leaves 
as thick as a duck’s-quill. Peduncle 1-1} in.; flowers 13-2 in. diam., white; 
perianth with crisped margins; sepals obovate-oblong ; petals broader; side lobes 
of lip flexuous, as long as the cylindric spur; segments of midlobe orbicular, 
toothed ; pollinia globose; strap narrowly cuneate, gland large. Capsule 13-23 in. 
fusiform. 
2. Æ. longicornu, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; leaves 6-8 in., peduncle 
very slender, side lobes of lip 2-partite, segments elongate subulate, mid- 
lobe narrow clawed, tip slightly dilated 2-fid. Mesoclastes uniflora, Lindl. 
in Wall. Cat. 1993; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 45. Luisia uniflora, Blume 
Rumph. iv. 50; Mus. Bot, i. 64; Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3. . 
Nepat, Wallich. UPPER Assam; Naga Hills, alt. 5500 ft., Clarke. . 
Much more slender than ZE. Vandarum. Leaves as thick as a sparrow-quill. 
Peduncle 1 in. ; flowers 1 in. diam., white; perianth with crisped margins; lateral 
sepals much larger than the orbicular-oblong petals; side lobes of lip shorter than 
the long spur, segments curved forwards, outer shortest, midlobe membranous, lobes 
divaricate, Capsule 2 in., fusiform; peduncle and pedicel very slender. 
3. Æ. cylindricum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7317; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
240; leaves 2-6 in., peduncle short stout, side lobes .of lip oblong obtuse, 
midlobe short cuneiform fleshy many-ridged. Wight Ic. t. 1744; Gard. 
Chron. 1875, i. 537 ; 1886, i. 405, fig. 81. Epidendrum subulatum, Retz 
Obs. vi. 50. Limodorum subulatum, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 126. Cymbidium 
elegans, Herb. Heyne. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; from the Coorg Hills, Heyne, to Travancore, Wight, &c. 
Stem elongate, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves as thick as a crow-quill, very 
obliquely acuminate. Flowers 2-3, 1} in. diam., white or tinged with pink ; sepals 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, lateral decurved; petals broader, shorter ; side lobes of lip 
erect, nearly as large as the midlobe, which is yellowish at the base; spur recurved ; 
column rather long ; strap of pollinia short, broad. Capsuie 2 in. fusiform or sub- 
clavate.— The ridged lip is that of Vanda. 
Sect. II, Leaves lorate, keeled (semi-terete in Æ. mitratum), Side 
lobes of Zip very small, midlobe large; spur incurved. 
* Lip horizontal or inflexed. 
4. FE. mitratum, Jeichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1864, 415; leaves very 
long filiform, side lobes of lip minute uncinate, midlobe broadly ovate 
retuse, spur short inflated. Bot. Mag. t. 5728. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein (Hort. Day). 
Stem 1—2 in., and roots very stout. Leaves 2-3 ft., din. diam., deeply grooved 
above. Racemes many, suberect, 3 in, long, cylindric ; peduncle very stout ; bracts 
minute, acute; flowers $ in. diam.; petals and sepals subsimilar, oblong, tips 
rounded, white or tipped with violet; lip longer and broader than the sepals, 
violet ; spur contracted at the neck, inflated, compressed, base truncate, obtuse, tiP 
pointing forwards. 
5. Æ. multiflorum, Rozb. Cor. Pl. iii, 63, t. 271 ; FL Ind. iii. 4753 
midlobe of lip hastately ovate tip rounded, spur short straight. Belg. 
Hortic. 1876, 286; Walp. Ann. vi. 807. Æ. affine, Wall. Cat. 7310; 
