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Aerides affine. Rose-coloured Aerides; 

 or Air-plant. 



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'Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium patens vel clausum. Sepala lateralia, basi 

 saepius obliqua, cum ungue producto columns connata. 

 Labellum cum ungue columnae articulatum, saccatum vei 

 calcaratum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus nanis ; limbo cucul- 

 lato, aut subulato, aut abbreviato-tumido, aut subfornical. 

 Columna in ovarium recumbens, brevis, aptera. Anthera 

 bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata ; caudicula lata vel 

 filiformi, glandula peltata subrotunda. — Herbae epiphytes 

 caulescentes. Caules subsimplices, radicantes. Folia dis- 

 ticha, coriacea, aut subcarnosa. Flores racemosi, vel spi- 

 cati. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Aerides* affine; foliis canaliculars subrecurvis retusis mu- 

 cronatis, racemis cylindraceis multifloris erectis foliis 

 aequalibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis conformi- 

 bus majoribus, labello caeteris majore ovato membra- 

 naceo obsolete trilobo, ungue saccato geniculate, cal- 

 care parvo cornuto laminae supposito. Lindl. 



Aerides affine. Wallich, Cat. n. 7316. Lindl. Gen. et 

 Sp. Orchid, p. 239. Lindl. Sert. Orchid, t. 15. 



Aerides multiflorum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 475. 



There is a peculiar delicacy and beauty in the Orchidej: 

 of the East Indies, and especially in the Genus to which 



the 



* So called by Loureiro, from <mj>, air, because of the property these 

 plants have of living and flourishing, if suspended in the air. 



