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Adiantxixn. — continued. 



A. Weigandii (WeigancVs), fronds triaiis:u!ar» tripinnate, 

 glabrous, about 1ft. long, forming a neat, tufted mass ; piunre and 

 pinnules long-stalked, the latter ovate from a broad base, lobed, 

 witli narrow sinuses, sori large, numerous, nearly circular, one 

 or two on each lobe. America (garden origin), 1884. Greenhouse. 



2ICHMEA, Including Macrochordium. This genus 

 comprises about sixty species, and is restricted to South 

 America, To those described on p. 30, Vol. I., the 

 following should now be added ; 

 JE, aznazonica (Amazons). A Hynonym of Karatas amazonica, 



M, Barleei (Barlee's*). fi. distichous ; calyx with a globose, mealy 

 tube ; corolla pale yellow ; lower bracts red, upper ones green ; 

 stem central, panicuiately branched. I. eight or nine in a rosette, 

 lorate-ensifonn, green, 2ft. to 5ft. lon^, 2in. broad, thinly white- 

 lepidote, prickly on the margins. British Honduras, 1883. 



JE, braslUensis (Brazilian). ^., calyx, bracts, and rachis scarlet ; 



?etal3 blue, erect, emargina Be -rounded at base ; panicle con- 

 racted, oblong. Sin. long, highly glabrous, the branchlets sessile, 

 short, two to six-flowered. I. recurved-spreading, ligulate-linear, 

 much dilated at base, rigid, channelled, the margins spiny- 

 toothed, acuminate, Ijft. to 3ft. long. Kio Janeiro, 1885. (R. U. 

 1202.) 



JES. Comal (Professor Comn's). /., calyx and bracts carmine-red; 

 corolla yt'llow; inflorescence rather shorter than the leaves; 

 scape red, with M]iarse, white tomentum. /. broad, ligulate, 

 truiicatu and umcronate at apex, gieen, spotted brown towards 

 the base and apex, the margins toothed, Brazil, 1885. A dwarf, 

 robust species. (It. H. 1886, p. 36.) 



JE, fcrrnglnca (rusty). Jt. rosy-lilac, small, glomcrulate ; in- 

 Horcscence paniculate. L spreading, broad, ligulate, obtuse, den- 

 ticulate, bright green, irregularly spotted with dull green. 1885. 

 A large and robust species. SVN. llohenbcnjia ferru(finea (R. H. 

 1881, p. 437). 



^L floxuosa (f!exuou»>. fi, distant, sessile, erecto-patent ; calyx 

 pale pink. Jin. to glu. long ; i}etals bright red, lingulate, shortly 

 protruded; panicle ovate, btpinnato, IJft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to Sin. 

 in diameter, the lower branches 3in. to 4in. long ; peduncle erect, 

 HiiMit, IJjft. long; bracts p;iU», erect. Winter, t. twenty to thirty 

 in a d^nsvi rosette 3ft. to 4ft in circumference, lanceolate from a 



tUiatcd base, bright green, horny, 3in. broad, channelled, with 

 scattered, whitish ^pot^. Native country unknown. 1886. Plant 

 acauloscent. 



JE, Laliudol (Lalinde^s).* /., calyx green, tllipsoid, pink at the 



. tij>H ; corolla not exserted ; spike dense ; bracts crimson, large, 



acute, rertt'xed ; stem tall. L 3ft. to 4ft. long, broad, concave, 



acute, denticulate, green. New Grenada, 1883. A handsome 



plant. (I. II. 481.) 



X» maorantlia (large-flowered), jL yellowish, fading: to black, 

 .^■jjile, in a sjuall, globose head ; peduncle white-woolly, shorter 

 than tile leaves, with long, narrow bracts, l. long, recurved and 

 bent, spiny-toothed, dark, shining green above, densely white- 

 ptmctate-striate beneath. Brazil, 1886. A fine Bromeliad. Syn. 

 Macrochordium viacranthum (K. G. 1886, p. 297, f. 34). 



JE, mesricana (Mexican), fl. on erecto-patent pedicels Jin. long ; 

 ciilyx green, Jin, long; petals bright crimson, connivent, pro- 

 truding ain. from the calyx ; panicle oblong-cylindrical, 1ft. Ions, 

 4in- to 5in. broad, the lower branches 2in. to 5in. long ; peduncle 

 stout, 1ft. long ; bracts colourless, erect. Winter. T. twenty to 

 thirty in a *lenae rosette, lorate. with a deltoid-cuspidate tip, 

 above 2ft. long, 3tn. broad, the dilated base 4in. to bin. broad, 

 pale g^reen, with darker green spots ; prickles small, the lower 

 onn^ tipped with brown. Mountains of Orizaba, 1886. 



JE* xnyriopbyUa (many-leaved), ft, distichous ; calyx bright red ; 

 corolla pmk, fading to lilac ; scape l|ft. high, panicled above, 

 and, as wtU as the bracts, bright red. L forming a den&e rosette, 

 narrow. channeUed, attenuated, 2ft. to 2ift. long, lin. broad, dull 

 gn-cu, itpriukltd with silvery scales on the back, the margins 

 armed with close, brown prickles. Tropical America, 1887. (B. M. 



J& IKUiiciiligcra (panicle-bearing), fl, disposed in a large, com- 

 pound panu-le Ift to 2ft. long; sepals rose-coloured ; petals deep 

 briffht purple; scape several feet high, reddish -purple, clothed 

 with white down. Vest Indies, 1887. 



iELWoUl>acIUileodicnsis(Weilhach's, Lvtge).* ^ violet-rose, 

 changing to dark red; bracts scarlet, mixed with violet and 

 grci'n ; scape shorter than the leaves. L about forty in a rosette, 

 the basil half armed with larger and uiore crowded spines than 

 in the type, the upper surface dark olive and bright green, the 



basal [lart l>eneath washed riolet-brown and spotted blood-red 

 Brazil, 1387. 



A£BANTHUS. This genus embraces about six 

 species. To thoac doacribedon p. 31, Vol. I., the following 

 should uow be added. See aho Mystacidium (p. 570). 



A CornowianiU (Cumow'a). fi. yelluwish-white ; aepals and 

 petaN Hgulate. acute ; lip cuneate-obovate, retuse, with a me<lian 

 ftpiculns; spur tiliform, Ave thncs as long as the lip. I. ligulate 

 einarginute, ttei*hy, *lark, dull green, rather rough. Madagascar 



^evsLnthxiB— continued. 



A Grandidierianus (Grandidier's). A synonym of Angrmcum 

 Gyandidienanum, 



A Leonis (Leon Humblot's).* /. ivory-white, comparable to those 

 of Angrmcmn sesquipedale, but having a much shorter spur, which 

 is funnel-shaped at the base, then filiform and bent abruptly 

 upwards. I. numerous, sword-like, stout, falcate, Sin. to 9in. 

 long. Comoro Islands, 1885. A grand plant. (G. C. n. s., xxiv., 

 pp. 80-81 ; \V. O. A. 215.) SYN. Angrcecum Leonis, 



A trichoplectron (hair-spurred), fi. white; sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; petals linear, acute ; lip broad, nearly conchoid at 

 base, acuminate at top ; spur long, filiform ; peduncle one- 

 fiowered. February. I. Sin, long, sin. wide, soft, linear, bidentate 

 at apex. Madagascar. 



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AERIDISS. To the species described on pp. 31-3, 

 Vol. I., the following shonld now be added : 



A BallantillianTlxii (Ballantine's). fl. variable; dorsal sepal 

 and petals somewhat toothed ; lateral sepals white, with a purple 

 eye-blotch at the top ; lip white, with orange or self-coloured side 

 lobes, or marked with purple streaks and transverse bars, the 

 side lobes equal to, or shorter than, the mid-lobe, which is 

 toothed at the sides and bidentate at the top. I. rather short, 

 bilobed. A tine species. 



A Bemluirdianiim (Bernhard*s). /., side lobes of the lip over- 

 lapping each other, the front lobe covering both in front; raceme 

 having the appearance of that of A. quinquevulnerum. I. narrow, 

 strap-shaped. Borneo, 1885. A distinct and fine species, 



A Burbidgel splendens (Burbidge's splendid), fl. rich purple ; 

 side lobes of the lip ochre, spotted with brown ; tip of the spur 

 ochre. 1885. 



A. Bxnerioii (Emeric Berkeley's), fl. pale pink, with darker tips 

 to the perianth segments and purple mid-lobe of the lip, numerous, 

 Jin. in diameter ; perianth segments short, incurved, with 

 rounded tips ; lip funnel-shaped, passing into the stout, incurved 

 spur ; raceme axillary, 5in. to 6in. long, shortly pedunculate. 

 Majr. I, distichous, nearly 1ft. long, lin. to l^in. broad, linear, 

 coriaceous, deeply bifid at apex. Andaman Islands, 1882. (B. M. 

 6728.) 



A expansum (expanded), fl., sepals and petals creamy-white, 

 with purple markings ; lip fully expanded, having amethystine 

 blotches on the lateral lobes and on the skies of the middle lobe, 

 the broad anterior portion of which is deep purple, and the spur 

 greenish ; racemes elongated. June and July. L broader than in 

 A, falcatum, and light green. India. SrN. A. falcatum expansum. 



A, e. Leozii£e (Mrs. Leonie Allan Goss'). fl,, side lacinire blunt, 

 retuse, even dolabriform. 1882, 



A falcatum compaotum (compact). A variety differing from 

 the type principally in its shorter inflorescence, shorter and 

 broader leaves, and thicker and stronger stems. 



A. f« expansum (expanded). A synonym of A. expansicm. 



A. fonnosiim (beautiful), fi, white, spotted, disposed in graceful, 



?endent spikes ; lip tritid, beautifully coloured with amethyst. 

 882. A handsome hybrid, supposed to have been bred between 

 A. falcatum and A, odoratum. 



A Godefirovannm (Godefroy's). fl, light rosy-white, streaked 

 and spotted with amethyst on the sepals and petals, comparable 

 with those of A. maculosum; lip triangular, with a retrorse, 

 hooked, solid tooth, and a very small, angular spur, the disk 

 rich amethyst. Cochin China, 1886. 



A iUustre (illustrious), /.resembling those of ^, maculosuvi, 

 but larger ; sepals and petals broader, with a lilac hue over the 

 white, the few blotches mostly on the inner side of the petals ; lip 

 rich amethyst-purple, with the basal markings of A. macidosum; 

 racemes unbranched. I, broad, dark-spotted. India (supposed 

 to be a natural hybrid). 



A Itawrenceanum (Sir Trevor Lawrence's), ft. white, large, 

 with a bold, convex, scoop-shaped lip of a bright magenta-rose; 



spikes drooping, I. rather narrow-linear. 1882. 



A. LawrencisB (T^ady Lawrence's), fl, nearly as large as those of 

 A, crispum; sepals and petals white, changing to yellowish, 

 tipped rosy-purple ; lip having its side lobes high, oblong-dola- 

 briform, its central lobe tipped rosy-purple, two purple lines 

 running back to the mouth of the spur, which is conical, 

 acute, entire; racemes 2ft. long, bearing upwards of thirty 

 flowers. Tropical Asia, 1882. (W. O. A. vl 270.) 



A lieeanum (W. Lee's). /. amethyst-coloured, with a green 

 spur, sweet-scented ; racemes short and dense. Winter. An 

 Indian species, allied to A, quinquevulmrum. 



A lepidnm (charming), ft, white, as large as those of A, affine; 



sepals and petals tipped with purple ; lip having the projected 



anterior part purple ; spur cylindrical, curved ; racemes ascending, 



many-flow ered. L lorate, obtusely bilobed. India. A pretty 

 species. 



A Lobbii Ainsworthii (A ins worth's), fl, brighter-coloured 

 thiui in the type ; spikes about 2ft. long. Moulmein. A hue 

 variety. 



A maculosum formosum (beautiful), fl large and numerous ; 

 sepal, and petals white, marked with numerous rose-purple spots ; 

 lip white at base, marked on the crests and auricles with rose 



