46 otemt, ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ærides. 
Ic. t. 1677 bis.; Lindl. im Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 41; Wall. l. c. 8719. A. 
Brookeii, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1841, 518; 1842, 559; Batem. in Bot. 
Reg. 1841, Mise. 55; Paxt. Mag. Bot. ix. t. 145; Flore des Serres, t. 151. 
A. Warneri, Hort. 
WESTERN GuHats; from the Concan to Travancore. . . 
Stem 4-10 in., very stout. Leaves 4-8 in., from oblong to lorate, variable in 
breadth, thickly coriaceous, lobes unequal rounded. Racemes 8-12 in., inclined or 
drooping, simple or branched; pedicels very robust; flowers 1} in. diam., sweet- 
scented; sepals and petals very broad, pale rose; lip geniculately inflexed at the 
claw, rose or purple, 2-cornute at the base; spur much shorter than the blade, and 
projecting forwards under it; anther long-beaked, strap of pollinia slender below, 
dilated above. Capsule 14-2 in., clavate or pyriform, angles subalate.—I find no 
character whereby to separate Æ. Lindleyanwm. Lindley says of Æ. Brookeit, 
more odorous than Æ. odoratum. 
9. Æ. falcatum, Lindl. in Pact. Fl. Gard. ii. 149 ; side lobes of lip 
.half as long as the clawed midlobe dimidiate oblong or falcate, midlobe 
ovate or ovate-cordate sides replicate erose, spur parallel to the midlobe 
and concealed under it. Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. i. 220, t. 92; Morren 
Belg. Hortic. 1876, 288; Walp. Ann. vi. 807. Æ. Larpentae, Hort. Makoy 
Prix Cour. 1862; Reichb. f. in Otto & Dietr. Gartenz. 1856, 219. Æ. retro- 
fractum, Wall. mss. 
TENASSERIM, Wallich, Parish, &c. 
Stem 6-8 in., robust. Leaves 8-12 by 1-1} in. Raceme decurved or pendulous, 
lax-fid.; flowers 1-1} in. diam., white, pale-violet, purple or pink; sepals an 
petals often, tipped with a darker shade, aud lip usually darker ; lateral sepals with 
a very broad base; column beaked; foot elongate; anther long-beaked ; strap of 
pollinia slender, gland small. 
10. Æ. crassifolium, Par. & Heicht, f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145; 
characters of Æ. falcatum, but much more robust, with shorter leaves, 
dark purple flowers and the spur geniculate at the base and not hidden 
under the midlobe of the lip.  Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1877, i. 633, and 
ii. 492, fig. 96; Otia Hamburg. 43; Warner Sel. Orchid. Ser. 3, t. 12. 
Æ. expansum, Reichd. f. l. c. 1882, ii. 40. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Very nearly allied to Æ. falcatum, the chief difference being the form of the 
spur and that the sides of the midlobe of the lip are so reflected as that their under 
surfaces meet.— Var. Leone, Reichb. f. in Bull. Soc. Tor. d'Orticult. x. t. 14; 
Williams’ Orchid. Man. t. 14, is described as having retuse side lobes of the lip and 
an expanded midlobe. 
** Lip deflexed., 
ll. HE. radicosum, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. xv. 65, t. i. C5 
stem short very stout, leaves 4-10 by 3-14 in. unequally 2-lobed, racemes 
or panicles very stout rarely exceeding the leaves, sepals orbicular an 
rather smaller petals 5-nerved, side lobes of lip minute, midlobe ovate, 
disk with 2 large basal calli, spur longer than the sepals stout incurve 
obtuse. Saccolabium Wightianum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7303 (in part); 
Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 221 (excl. Syn.); in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 36 (exch. 
Khasia); Wight Ic. t. 917. S. rubrum, Wight Ic. 1673 (mot of Lindl.). 
S. ringens, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7313; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 220; in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iii. 36; Walp. Ann. vi. 884. 
The Deccan PENINSULA; on the Nilghiri and Pulney Hills, and at Quilon, 
Wight, &c. A 
Stem as thick as the thumb. Leaves leathery, rigid, mottled with purple in 
