Aerides, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 475 
in the posterior part of the apex of the body. Column op- 
posite to the stigma, covered by the usual two-lobed anther, 
§. A, pallidum. R. 
Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifarious, linear, emargi- 
nate, Racemes lateral. Lip or sac, slipper-shaped, with 
two semilunar lobes at the base, column short, beaked from 
interior margin over the stigma, Capsules cylindric. 
Found growing on trees in the forests of Chittagong and 
the eastern parts of Bengal, It flowers in May and June. It 
is a small species, the flowers also small and of an uniform 
pale yellow colour. 
Root, stem and leaves as in the other species, but rather 
slender. Racemes lateral or opposite to the leaves, solitary, 
diverging, with the flower-bearing part much thicker and 
drooping. Flowers numerous, small, in one variety white, 
in another pale yellowish with a faint tinge of pmk. Petals 
five, the upper and exterior oblong and concave, the lower 
two obliquely oval; the inner two obliquely oblong and rather 
smaller than the exterior three, and all shorter than the lip, 
which bears a very exact resemblance to a slipper. Column 
short, with a beak projecting forward over the stigma, and 
base of the lip; to its apex the proper filament is attached. 
Pollen masses globular. Capsule cylindric, slender as a 
‘crow’s quill, 
6. A. multiflorum. R. 
_ Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifariously imbricated, li- 
near, channelled, obliquely emarginate, with a hooked acu- 
men. Racemes axillary or lateral, longer than the leaves, 
sometimes compound. The dower two exterior petals sub- 
‘rotund. Lip with broad-cordate, entire lamina, and a short 
obtuse horn projecting under it, Capsules clavate, three- 
sided, 3 
A largeand beautiful species, with copious, very long, sub- 
erect racemes of numerous, pretty large, pink-coloured flow- 
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