It is a member of a distinct group of species, one of 
which is A. fragrans, Thouars, figured at t. 7161 of this 
work, whose sweet-scented leaves, known as “ Fahame,” 
have been used after the manner of tea leaves in Bourbon 
and Mauritius. A. gracilipes thrives well in the same 
house and with the same treatment as that required for 
the well-known A. eburneum, Bory, figured at t. 4761 
and A. sesqguipedale, Thouars, figured at t. 5113 of this 
work. It is remarkable in the genus for the unusual 
length of its pedicels which appear in the lower leaf-axils 
of ashort stout stem, and when, as sometimes happens, 
over a dozen flowers are simultaneously produced, the 
plant forms a very graceful object. 
Descriprion.— Herb, epiphytic; stems short. Leaves distichous, nearly 
erect or slightly recurved, lorate, shortly 2-lobed, 33-74 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, 
coriaceous, conduplicate at the base. Pedicels axillary, slender, suberect or 
slightly recurved, 6-73 in. long, 1-flowered, bearing a few spathaceous sheathing 
bracts. Flowers showy, white. Sepals and petals spreading, lanceolate, 
obtuse, 1-1} in. long. Lip subpandurate-ovate, obtuse, 1-1} in. long, some- 
what conduplicate at the base; spur slender, 23-2? in. long, curved and 
thickened at the base. Colwmn wide, 3.in. long, widely auricled on each side, 
the auricles truncate'and entire. Pollinia 2, orbicular and slightly compressed ; 
stalks very short ; gland oblong. 
Tas. 8758.—Fig. 1 and 2, column, showing the auriculate wings; 3, sketch 
of the entire plant :—all enlarged except 8, which is much reduced. 
