48 CXLVIII ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ærides. 
leaf long narrow subacute, sepals longer than the petals, midlobe of lip 
lanceolate acute. 
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Berkeley. 
Stem 6-8 in. Leaves 10-12 by ł-14 in., lobes much longer than in Æ. odoratum. 
Racemes 6-8 in.; flowers À in. diam., pale lilac, pedicels 1 in., side lobes of lip 
rounded, entire; spur short, stout; foot of column very short; anther shortly 
beaked ; strap of pollinia long, linear.—Much the smallest flowered of the Indian 
species. 
SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME. 
JE. Borasst, Ham. ex. Smith in Rees Cyclop. xxxix. No. 8, is undeterminable. 
Æ. DECUMBENS, Griff. Notul. ii. 365 (without descript.); Ic. Plant. Asiat. 
t. 820, fig. 1; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 423; from Mogoung in Burma. 
Stem very short. Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic, acute, many-nerved ; peduncles several, 
short, stout, few-fid.; bracts small, triangular; pedicels with ovary $ in., erect; 
flowers 3 in. diam.; lateral sepals very broad, obtuse.—This has the habit of a 
Phalenopsis. 
Æ. LASIOPETALUM, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 130, is undeterminable. 
Æ. LEPIDUM, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 466; leaves lorate obtusely 
2-lobed, flowers white ascending, sepals and petals subequal oblong apiculate, tips 
and of lip and spur purple, side lobes of lip short triangular, midlobe larger triangular, 
spur filiform curved as long as the pedicelled, with a slender curved ascending tooth 
in the middle of the cavity.—British India, Berkeley, 
Æ. MENDALI, Jenning’s Orchid. under t. xxx., without description, is probably 
Æ. falcatum. 
Æ. PACHYPHYLLUM, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, ii. 230; leaves short 
most fleshy obtusely unequally 2-lobed, raceme short few-fid., sepals and rather 
shorter petals oblong-ligulate obtusely acute crimson-lake, side lobes of lip subtrian- 
gular short, midlobe purple triangular minute, spur white cylindric obtuse inflated 
longer than the pedicelled ovary, column whiie.— Burma (Hart. Veitch.). 
Æ. RIGIDUM, Ham. ez. Smith in Rees Cyclop. xxxix. No. 12, is undeterminable. 
09. RENANTHERA, Lour. 
Epiphytes; stem elongate, branched, leafy; pseudobulbs 0. Leaves 
rigid, 2-lobed. Flowers large or medium sized, in lateral spreading 
panicles. Sepals narrow, widely spreading, dorsal erect, lateral deflexed 
or placed under the lip, oblanceolate or spathulate, at first parallel or 
connate. Petals narrow. Lip very small sessile, jointed on the base 9 
the column, saccate, side lobes erect. Column short, truncate, foot U; 
pollinia large, 2-grooved or 2-partite, strap short, gland transverse.— 
Species 5, Indian, Chinese and Malayan. ' 
L R. coccinea, Lour. Fl. Cochin Ch. ii. 637 ; flowers 2-24 in. diam. 
lateral sepals free, much larger than the dorsal, midlobe of lip ovate 
lanceolate recurved. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 217; Bot. Reg. t. 1131; 
Bot. Mag. t. 2997-8; Pazt. Mag. t. 49; Reichb. Fl. Exot. t. 114; Walp. 
Ann. vi. 875. 
TENASSERIM; at the Moscos Isds., opposite Tavoy, Parish.—Distris. Cochin 
China. . 
Stem 1-3 ft., stout. Leaves 2—4 in., distant, oblong or shortly lorate. Peduncle 
2-3 ft., erect; branches long, divaricate, lax-fld.; bracts very small, broad ; lateral 
sepals scarlet, dorsal and petals linear, orange-red, spotted ; lip yellow, tip of small 
spur and midlobe scarlet; strap of pollinia linear acute. 
2. R. elongata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 218 ; flowers $ in. diam., 
sepals subequal lateral free, midlobe of lip tongue-shaped revolute with 2 
