Tas. 5138, 
AERIDES Wieuttanum. 
Dr. Wight’s Acrides. 
Nat. Ord. OncurpE®.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4982.) 
Agripes Wightianum ; foliis loratis apice obliquis obtusis bilobis inter lobos 
cuspidatis, racemis strictis simplicibus multifloris foliis longioribus, sepalis 
petalisque ovalibus anticis majoribus, labelli infundibularis laciniis laterali- 
bus pedi columnz adnatis obtusis intermedia subcuneata apice triloba TO- 
tundata, disco lineis plurimis elevatis erispis cristato, caleare brevi conico. 
Lindl. 
Axripss Wightianum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1320; Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 
238; Contrib. to the Orchidology of India, in Journ. Proceed. of Linn. Soc. 
v.3.p.40. Part. Fl. Gard. v. 2. sub t. 66. 
AERIDEs testaceum. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 238. 
Vanpa parviflora. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844; Mise. p. 57. 
An inhabitant of Ceylon, Champion ; Madras, Wight ; Concan, 
Law ; Bombay (Loddiges). Our plant here figured was commu- 
nicated in June, 1859, by Messrs. Parker and Williams, of the 
Paradise Nursery, Holloway. Its cbief beauty arises from the — 
varied colour of the fabellum when closely examined. 
Drscr. Epiphytal. Roots large, thick, and fleshy. Leaves 
all radical, distichous, lorate, obtuse, singularly unequally notched 
at the apex, and having a mucro at the sinus beneath. Raceme 
arising from the base of the plant, longer than the leaves, apr 
flowered. Sepals and petals testaceous, much spreading, ark 
uniform, obovato-spathulate. Zip projecting, three-lobed, side 
lobes small, incurved, middle one large, broad-oblong, testaceous 
beneath, dilated and crenate at the apex, semicircular, white 
above, with elevated lamella on: the thick, fleshy disc, prettily 
dashed and spotted with purple; spur moderately long, obtuse, 
incurved. Column short, the base adnate with the lip and spur. 
Anther-case small. Pollen-masses yellow, compressed. 
Fig. 1. Front, and 2, side yiew of the column, lip, and spur. 3. Pollen- 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1859. 
