896 OnCHTDES. 



OECEOCLADES. 



Mrs. Col. Wnlker: ,, sepals and peinls ^Meenisli yellow sireaked wiih hrownisii red. 

 — Lip flesliy, 3 onier lobes pure wliiie , ilie oilier parl yellow streaked wiih pink. 

 ColumD and anihers red and yellow." Leaves ihick andlleshy, oii sonie planls larger 

 and on oihers sinaller than here represented. 



Huc: Oeonia? alata A. Rich. Annal. sc. nat. 1841. p. 67: 

 0. caiile tereti folioso, foliis allernis, basi vaginantibus, ellipticis, 

 apice obtnsis aut subbilobis, coriaceis, rarius subacutis ; floribus 3 — 4, 

 subsessilibus, rhacbi coininuni parvula, persistente, alari suffultis; la- 

 bello liilobo*, lobo n)fdio productiore trilobato; lobo niedio acuto, linea 

 longitudinali prominula notato ; calcare brevissimo, recurvo, appendice 

 membranaceo, subbilobo, ad os calcaris; fructu subtriquetro, angulis 

 alatis. 



Parasitica super arhoresin convallibus sylvaticis non procul a Neddubetta Nilgber- 

 ries: Perrottet. Poll. non vidi. 



1493. ABRIDES Lour. 



Coch. 525. 

 I. Folia plana. 



1. AERIDES MULTIFLORUM Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 475. (fid. Lindl. Sert.). 



A. affuie Wall. in L. 0. 239. Lindl. Sert. 15. 1838. 



A. rosetim Lodd. in Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. IL p. 109. tab. 60 : 



Foliis coriaceis canaliculalis distichis apice obtusis bilobis, spicis 

 densis recurvis, sepalis petalisque longioribus angustatis acutis, labello 

 rhomboideo acuminalo, integerrimo, calcare brevi conico incurvo, ovario 

 trialato labelli longiludine. A. altine Hook B. M. 4049. not Wall. 



Aerides afflne bas truncated leaves . tbe ends of wbich are ever jagged. of whicb 

 in A. roseunj there is no sign. Sepals and peials remaikably biunt almosi rounded. 

 Lip more or less looibletted not unfrequently threelobed , partially iniitating the 

 bluntness of sepals. Ovary sliorter ihan the lip , not half its length, spikes stifl" and 

 erect. — Lem. Jard. Fl. lab. 200. (sub A. roseo Lodd.) 



Iluc : Aerides trigonum Klotzscb Berl. Alig Gartenztg. 1855. p. 177. 



2. AERIUES CRISPUM L. 0. 239: B. Reg. XXVm. (1842.) 55: 



Foliis planis apice obliquis bilobis raceniis multifloris nutanlibus 

 tluplo brevioiibus, sepalis pelalisque subaequalibus oblusis , labelli 

 maximi lacinia intermedia mullo majore ovata serrulata relusa basi bi- 

 denlata iateialibus erectis acutis nanis, calca' e coniuto incurvo. — Cour- 

 tallum — A. Biookei Bat. in Bot. Reg. X.WJl. (1641). Misc. 116. — Bot. 

 Mag. 4427. 



Huc: Saccolabium speciosum Wiglit Ic. V. (1851.) 1674. 1675. 

 Leaves strapsbaped, ohliquely emar.cinale at Ihe apox; panicle 

 large, laleral bianche.> fewnovveied, leniiinal one long, diooping at 

 the apex , man\flowered, sepals bioad ovale elliptic , obtuse , pelals 

 rhombeo spatulale, ITp Ihreelobed, laleral ones small stiliorbicular, fur- 

 nished vvilh a recurved plale. iniddle one subtiiangiilar, crenate, re- 

 fle.ved on tlie inargins, truncate at tiie apex, spur tapering, shoiler than 

 the lip hooked outwaids, fruit shoit, obconical, siiriiiounted by perian- 

 Ihium. 



Flowers rose coloured. flning ofl" lowards ibc margin . lip inucb deeper. ap- 

 proaching crimson. Paulgbeal in Malabar. July. .Aug. 



