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AERIDES virens. 

 Green4eaved Air plant. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiE. § Vande^, 

 AERIDES. Supra, 1842. fol. 55. 



A. virens (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 48) ; foliis latis oblique retusis, 

 racemis pendulis multifloris, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis, labelli 

 cornu acuminato ascendente lobis lateralibus apice denticulatis inter- 

 medio lanceolato medio canaliculate versus apicem denticulato. 



This is a beautiful addition to that set of Aerides of 

 which A. odoratum was the first discovered. Like the flowers 

 of that species, these are deliciously and very peculiarly sweet- 

 scented, and not at all inferior in size. 



Each sepal and petal has a deep purple blotch at the end, 

 while the remainder is a delicate soft French white. The 

 lip is speckled with crimson, and bears in the middle an 

 inflated, sanguine, serrated tongue ; as is represented at 

 fig. 1. 



The leaves are much alike in all these plants, but here 

 they are of a peculiarly bright green, which circumstance 

 has suggested the name. 



Our drawing was made in April, 1843, in the stove of 

 Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Java. 



