Tab. 4139 



aerides odoratum. 

 Fragrant Air-plant. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandeia Monandria. 

 AERIDES. (Vide supra Tab. 4049.) 



Aerides odoratum; foliis flaccidis apice obtusis obliquis, racemis pendulis 

 multifloris foliis longioribus, labelli cucullati infundibularis laciniis 

 lateralibus erectis cuneatis rotundatis, intermedia ovata acuta inflexa, 

 calcare incurvo. Lindl. 



Aerides odoratum. Lour. Fl. Cochin, p. 525. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 



v. 5. p. 212. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 239. 

 Aerides cornutum. Roxb. Hort. Beng.p. 63. Lindl Bot. Reg. t. 1485. 



One of the many lovely Orchideous plants of the East 

 Indies, no less remarkable for the elegance of its spikes of 

 flowers, than for their fragrance. Loureiro first detected it in 

 China and Cochinchina; upon it founded the Genus Aerides, 

 and says of it what is now known to be a property common 

 to almost all Epiphytes. " Mirabilis hujus plantae proprietas 

 est, quod ex sylvis domum delata, et in aere libero suspensa, 

 absque ullo pabulo vegetabili terreo vel aqueo, in multos 

 annos duret, crescat, floreat, et germinet. Vix crederem, nisi 

 diuturna experientia comprobassem." It was introduced to 

 the Royal Gardens of Kew by Sir Joseph Banks from China, 

 so long ago as 1800, and has been since sent from Dacca and 

 Sylhet in the East Indies by Drs. Roxburgh and Wallich. 

 It flowers during the summer months. 



Oescr. Stem branched, thick, rounded, leafy, rooting; 

 roots thick, fleshy. Leaves subdistichous, ligulate, carinate, 

 a nd sheathing below, obtuse, coriaceous. Spike or raceme 

 axillary, drooping, many-flowered, dense, highly fragrant. 

 Auricle terete, three to four inches long, bracteated. Flowers 

 v, 'i'y delicate, cream -colour, fleshy, spotted and blotched with 

 pTOple. Sepals and petals spreading, ovato-subrotiuid, upper 



