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Aerides— continued^ 



purple lines, the large, elliptic front lobe entirely rose-purple. 

 1886. A tine form. 



A. margaritaceum (pearly). /. pure white, produced in spikes. 

 Summer. I. spotted. India. A pretty species, something m the 

 \vay of A. maculosum. 



A. marginatum (margined). /. densely packed on the rachis ; 

 sepals and petals pale yellow, the anterior horder purple ; side 

 lohes of lip semi-ohlon<>:, deep orange, the central one oblong- 

 ligulate, toothleted, yellow, changing to sepia-brown ; spur light 

 green, conical ; racemes drooping, l. rather broad, lorate, bilobed 

 or ernarginate, keeled on the under side. Philippine Islands, 

 1885. 



A. MoMorlandi (McMorland's). Jl. white, spotted with peach - 

 colour, freely produced in long, branched racemes. June and 

 July. i. bright green, nearly 1ft. long. India. A flue but rare 

 species. 



A. Odoratum btrmaniCTUti (Birma). fi, smaller than in the 

 type ; lateral sepals having a light purple line outside ; middle 

 lacinia of the lip purple, very narrow, with a few teeth at the 

 margin ; side laclnite apicular. 1887. 



A* O. Demidoffi (Demidoff's). Jl. white, large, forming a rich spike ; 

 tips of the sepals, petals, and lip markud with purple ; spur 

 spotted with purple, and tipped with greeu. 1885. Stem. 



A. Ortgrleslannm (Ortgies'). /..sepals and petals blotched ami 

 warteU with purple ; side segments of the lij» purple, the middle 

 one white, blunt, bilobed, not serrated, the spur green, all dotted 

 and barred red. 1885. Tiiis looks like a small A, quinque- 

 vulnerum, 



JL pachyphyllum (thick-leaved). /. re.^omliling those of .^i. 

 Thibautiamim, few in a short raceme; sepals and petals light 

 crimson-lake, nearly as large as in that species, oblong-ligulate ; 

 laciniai of the lip small, painte<l with more or less warm purple ; 

 spur prominent, and, as well as the column, white. L very fleshy, 

 short. Birma, 1880. 



A. atilnquevulnomm Sdiadcnbor^ana (Schadenberg's). 



A variety of more compact habit, having shorter and broader 

 leaves than the type. 1886. 



A, ReichenbacMi oocliinchlnensis (Cochin China). /., 



inHorescence denser than in the type ; yellow of the lip much 

 deeper. Cochin China. A grand variety. 



A# Roeljelenii (Roebelen's). /. very fragrant, the size of those 

 of A, quinqxteoulnerutn ; sepals and petals greenish-white, tipped 

 with white ; petals often mumtely toothed ; lip rosy, with yellow, 

 oblong side lobes lacerated on the upper edge, as is also the much 

 longer, oblong, curved middle lobe ; spur short, conical ; racemes 

 erect, 1ft. long, about twenty-tlve-flowered. Philippine Islands, 

 1884. Habit of A, quiiiquevulnerum. 



A. Rohanianum (Prince Camille de Rohan's). /., sepals whitish- 

 rose or rose-mauve, always bordered white; lacinife of the lip 

 white, with two purple lines running over the middle and purple 

 blotches, the central lacinisD nearly rhomboid, bilobed at apex, 

 with some small crenulations, the side laciniae cuneate and 

 retrorse ; spur sulphur or orange, with numerous purple spots, 

 bent forwards ; intlorescence very long. 1884. 



A. Sanderianum (Sander's), jl. l^in, across; sepals and petals 

 creamy- white, tipped magenta, recurved at the margin; hp 

 large, the upper half of the side lobes yellow, frilled at the edge:*, 

 the middle lobe obovate, folded, magenta ; spur greenish-yellow 

 at the end ; racemes long. l. broad, short, retusely bilobed. 

 Eastern tropical Asia, 1884. 



A. suavissimum macnlatum (spotted), fi. delightfully fra- 

 grant ; sepals and petals white, profusely spotted with pink, as is 

 also the lip. 



A* TUbantianTLin (Thlbaut's). fl., sepals and petals rose- 

 coloured ; lip bright amethyst ; raceme very long, with the 

 flowers rather openly set upon it, Java. Allied to A. quinque- 

 vulnerum. 



A, Veitchii (Veitch's). fl. white, dotted with soft rose-pink ; 

 racemes long, drooping, branched. June and July, h Sin. long, 

 dark green, spotted. Allied to A, ajine, (B. H. 1B81, 8-9.) 



A. virens Dayanum (Day's). A fine variety, with very long 

 racemes. India. 



A, v. grandiflorum (large-flowered), fl. white, spotted with 

 pink, larger and more gracefully disposed than in the type. 

 April and May. India. 



A. V. superlmm (superb), fl. brighter, and spikes longer, than 

 those of the type. India. 



A Wilsonianum (Wilson's). /I., sepals and petals pure white ; 

 lip lemon-yellow. A distinct, dwarf species, in appearance much 

 resembling A. odoratum. 



AGAXSIA 

 TitiezLse. 



VITUSNSZS. See Hepiapleurum 



AG-ANZSXA. The half-dozen species of this genua are 

 confined to tropical America. To those described on 

 p» 35, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



A. cyanea (blue). /. rather small, in a short, erect raceme ; 

 sepals and petals white, ovate, acute ; lip blue, roundish-cuneate. 



A^anisia — continued. 



undulated at the tip ; scapes slender. June. I. evergreen, form- 

 ing a close, upright tuft, broadly lanceolate, strongly ribbed. 

 Columbia. Syn. Warrea cyanea (B. R. 1845, 28). " 



A. C. all)a (white). /. pure white. 1885. 



A, tricolor (three-coloured). /. closely resembling those of 

 A. cyanea^ hut the sepals are whitish on both sides, the petals 

 are light blue, and the callus of the s:\di1le-shapod, orangonrown 

 lip is different in shape. Amazf^us^ 1886. A fine (Orchid. 



AG-AVE. Upwards of 120 species have been described, 

 but, according to Beiitham and Hoolcor, not more than 

 fifty are sufficiontly distinct to rank as such ; thej are 

 distributed oTor South America, Mexico, and the Southern 

 United States. To those described on pp. 38-42, Vol. I., 

 the followiLg should now bo added : 



A. Alibertii (Alibert's). fl. lin. long, on short pe<Ucols ; penaJith 

 tube grecuiah, fuuucl-shapiid, thv. segnicntrs shott, lauct'oliite- 

 deltoid ; peduncle (includmg the lax, simple raoome] 4ft to 5ft. 

 high, l.^ produced ones ten to twelve, hinoedlate, denticulate, 

 forming a rosetta Native country unknown. 1877. fciVN. 

 AUbcrCia uUerrnedia, 



A. Baxter! (Baxter's), ft, disposed in a thyraoitl, loose panicle 



4ft. to 6ft. long ; perianth tube yellow, ^in. lon^, dilated at the 



middle; liJaments jln. to lin. long; anthcjs hnear, Jin. long; 

 ovary cylindrical-trigonous, lin. long; peduncle 4ft. to 5ft. long 



before the flowers appear. March. I. about thirty in a dense, 

 sessile rosette, oblanceolate, about 1ft. long, and 3in. across at 

 the widest part, the tip pungent, brown, shortly decurrcnt, the 

 marginal spines snreaaing, booked, deltold-cuHpidate, brown, 

 about ^xn. long. Mexico (?). 



A. braoteosa (bractod). Jl. in pairs, forming a dense spike; 

 perianth segments about ^in. long, the ovary slightly longer; 

 stamens about 2in. long; stem 3ft. high, the flowerless part 

 densely coTereil with spreading or recurved bracts 5in. to 6in. 

 long. /. ten to fifteen, broadly linear- attenuate, lift, to IJft. long, 

 IJin. broad at base, the margins minutely serrulated. Monterey, 

 Mexico, 1883. (G. C. n. s., xviii., p. 776.) 



A* Heurlquesil (llenriques*). /., perianth segments tinged dark 

 brown, lanceolate, lin. long ; style purplish-brown ; pnnicle 

 spike-like ; peduncle, including the intlorescence, 12ft. to 14ft. 

 long. /. in a dense rosette, oblong-lanceolate, bright green, 

 margined with dark brown, 2ft. long, 5in. broad, narrowed to 

 the base and to the pungent apex, armed with spreading priclvles. 

 Mexico (?), 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 307.) Syn. litt(Pa 

 Ilenriquesii. 



A. MorriSli (Morris*). /., perianth bright yellow, 2in. to 2^fn. 

 long; stamens nearly twice as long as the segments; panicle 

 thvrsoid, the main branches l^ft. long ; peduncle, including the 

 inflorescence, 15ft. to 20ft, long. /. tweuty or more in a dense 

 rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 6ft. to 7ft. long, nearly 1ft. 

 broad, gradually narrowed to the pungent-spfny apex, dull green, 

 the margins prickly. Jamaica, 1887. (Cl. U. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 549.) 



A. VUlarum (Villa Brothers'). I. quite spineless, as in A.Jtlifera, 

 but much longer, more spreading, ana le^s dense. 1^. An 

 Italian hybrid between A. JUifera and A. xylonacantha^ the 

 former being the seed-bearer. 



A,Wlesenberg©nsis(Wiesenherfr). fl. erect, tubulnr. six-parted, 

 IJin. long, disposed in clusters along the side of a long flower- 

 stalk. I. Sin. long, 2iin, broad, upwards of Ain. thick, oblong- 

 lanceolate, raucronate, with remote, spiny teeth on the margins. 

 1886. 



AGEBiATUM. This genus embraces about sixteen 

 species of herbs and shrubs, natives of tropical or sub- 

 tropical America, one being broadly distributed over the 

 warmer regions of the globe. To those described on p. 42, 

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



A. Wendlandi (Wendland's). it blue, with rosy reflections, 

 produced in abumlance. L cordate, dark green. Stems hairy. 

 Mexico, 1885. A dwarf, compact species. 



AO^AONEMA. About a score species — alt tropical 

 — are included here. Spadix sessile or stipitate ; spathe 

 straight, at length marcescent; peduncles fascicled. 

 Leaves ovate- or oblong-lanceolate. To the species de- 

 scribed on p. 42, Vol, I., the following should now bo 

 added : 



A. acutlspathum (acute-spathed). ft., spadix MMlle, IJin. long ; 

 apathe light green, 3iin. long, ifin. broad, ovate-Jmceolate, 

 acuminate, widely expanded ; scape as long as the petioles. L 

 6in. to Sin. long, 2iin. to SJin, broad, eUiptic-ovate, acuminate, 

 slightly oblique, rounded and slightly ctmeate at base, the 

 apex graduafly attenuated into a tine point lin. long; petioles 

 3in. to 4iin. long, shenfhing. Hong Kong (?), 1885. Nearly 

 hardy. 



A. ne1>1ll0SXim (clouded). I. Sin. to Sin. long, lin. to IJin. broad, 

 oblong or obovate-oblong,obliqnely cuspidate -acuminate at apex. 



