Aerides. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, Se 
stalks, diverging, white, with a tinge of pink, sweet-smelling. 
Bractes sub-reniform, one-flowered. Petals five, expanding, 
the upper one oval ; the next two rather narrower, but of the 
same length ; the lower two sub-orbicular and much larger 
than the other three. Nectary or lip very large; its lamina 
deeply three-parted, but closed like a case for the column of 
fructification; lateral lobes obliquely wedge-shaped, and 
truncate; the middle one sub-lanceolate with an incurved 
apex. Horn incurved into a very perfect hook ; apex green 
and somewhat obtuse. Column of fructification very short, 
but protruded downward into a long concave receptacle for 
the lower two petals and nectary. Lid beaked. Filament 
single, rising with a bifid apex, from a beaked process, on the 
interior part of the top of the column. Anthers two, globu- 
lar, deep yellow. Stigma immediately under the beak. 
Germ linear, twisted a little. 
Note. My Limodorum obtusicornu no doubt belongs to 
the same genus with this. They are both most beautiful while 
in flower; in appearance obtusicornu has rather the advan- 
tage, but the sweet fragrance of the flower of this lovely mo- 
dest looking species must give it a decided preference, 
3. A. suaveolens. Roxb. die: sactesig 
Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifarious, linear, bidentate. 
Racemes lateral, filiform, drooping. Lamina horn-shaped, 
unguiculate, with two oblong erect lobes at the base. 
Found on trees in the forests of Chittagong, where it per- 
fumes the air with the delightful fragrance of its flowers, the 
whole year round. 
Stems rooting, short, slender, and simple, somewhat suc- 
culent, the whole length being only a few inches, and scarcely 
thicker than a crow’s quill, perishing at the base as they shoot 
from the apex; from the most succulent parts, the fleshy 
roots issue, and fix to the tree that supports the plant. 
Leaves bifarious, sessile, stem-clasping, linear, fleshy, smooth 
on both sides; apex two-toothed; from three to six inches 
= VOL. 111. 3H 
