Tab. 5728. 



aerides mitbatum. 

 Mitre-spurred Aerides. 



Nat. Ord. Orchlde2e. — Gynandria Monanvdria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5138.) 



Aerides mitratum ; caule brevi, foliis confertis longissirais cjlindricis atte- 

 imato-acumiuatis superne alte sulcatis margiuibus aeutis, racemis 

 erectis multi-densifloris, floribus albis labello antberaque purpureis, 

 sepalis petalisque subsequilongis brevibus oblongis obtusis, labello late 

 trulliformi sepalis paulo majore obtuso planiusculo, basi utrinque uni- 

 lobulato, calcare mitriformi compresso obtuso, columna brevi. 



Aerides mitratum. Reichenhachjll. in Mold, et Schleckt. Hot. Zeit. 1864. 

 p. 415. 



A charming species, allied to Aerides' cylindricum (Tab. 

 nostr. 4982) in the foliage, which is however very much longer 

 and differing totally in the inflorescence. It is stated by 

 Reichenbach to be a native of Moulmeyne, from whence it 

 was introduced by Mr. Day, of Tottenham, in whose magni- 

 ficent collection of Orchids it flowered in April of the pre- 

 sent year. It is not in either the Hookerian or Lindleyan 

 Herbaria, and is hence probably exceedingly rare. 



Desck. Stems, in the only specimen seen, short, sending 

 out abundance of very stout branching, cylindrical, aerial 

 roots. Leaves crowded,' upwards of two feet long, cylindrical, 

 and gradually tapering to a very fine point, like whip-lashes, 

 upper surface deely channelled, margins sharp, as is the base 

 to the groove, giving the latter a triangular outline on a cross 

 section, dull green. Racemes numerous, erect, five to ten 

 inches long, cylindrical, obtuse, on short, stout, dull purplish- 

 red peduncles. Floivers crowded, half to three-quarters of 

 an inch in diameter, shortly pedicelled, white, with purple lip 

 and anther-case. Sepals and petals subsimilar, subequal, 

 spreading, short, broadly oblong, obtuse, flattish. Lip broadly 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1868. 



