ARRFDES. 



ORCHIDES. 897 



3. AEKIDES LINDLEYANUM Wiglu lo. V. (1851.) 1677: 



Leaves flcshy , coriaceous. siilielliplic oblong, oblique, deepiy eniarginaie at tlie 

 apex; racemes erecl, niaiiy llowered , sepals and petals ohovaie suboibiciilai-, ante- 

 rior sepals larger aiiil like tlie iip tliick and coriaceous; lip llircolobed, altaclied lo ihe 

 point of llie prolonged base of ihe column, latcrai lobes small , ovaie, middle one 

 large ovate. voiitiicose above, crisp on ibo margins wiih a large fleshy lobe at the 

 Lase, closing ihe spur ; spur sliort, rigid. iiiflexed under liie ianiina ; capsule large, 

 obovaie, long pediteiled. Flowers purplish liiac, dccper on ihe axis, flniiig off to n 

 nearly while in the margins; lip ihc sr.me, but nuHli dccper. — Kartairy Falis below 

 Kailie; also on rocky clepts on a higli hiil over Conoor. 



4. AERIDES MACULOSUM Lindl. B. Reg. XXXL (1845.) 58: 



Foliis coiiaceis planis a|>ice obliqiiis obtiisis, racemis densis nulan- 

 tibiis subpaniculalis, se|)alis subiolun(lo-obloni.MS, petalis <;onforiuibus 

 diiplo lalioribiis, labello ovalo subiindulato inleijerrimo basi ulrinqiie 

 unidenlato luberculo indiviso inleijecto, colunina brevissima. 



More like A. lirookei, than any plaiU, but flowers disiinctly panicied, iiot shortly race- 

 mose; ihen ihey arc smaller ; moreover, iheir column is shorl and the lip neiiber crisp, 

 nor loothed, nor saddle backcd. bnl quite entire and neariy flat, iitlie lobes ai tlie basc 

 of the lip are also different; in Hrookei they stand at riglil angles with the colunin, 

 hi-re they are very .emnll , aiid direct themselves towards the poinl of the lip. — 

 Labellum rose. Colour of this niuch less vivid; it Iias more the tint of aftine, has very 

 liitle white and both sepals and peials are spotted all over wilh light i)urple. - 

 A. maculesum var. Sclirocdiri lltiifr. Gardn. Mag, Doi. 392. Leni. Jard. FL 54. Pes- 

 cat. t. 36. 



5. AERIDES FALCATUM Lindl. Paxt. FL G. II. 142: 



Foliis coriaceis disticliis oblusis apice obliquis mucronatis . race- 



mis densis pendulis, multifloris, labelli triparfili laciuiis lateralibus fal- 



catis obtusis , intermtdia obovala fissa ciliata convexa basi bicristala 



niullo an^juslionlus fl brevioribus, cakare bievi cum labello p;uallelo. 



Easl India. Habit of A crispum ; sepais and petals are white v.iih a crimson speck 



at the point; lip is ciimson in tlie middle, white harred wilh rose at the edge and on 



the laieral lobes. 



Obs. A. Lariwnlae llort. fid. Rchb. fll. 



6. AERIDES TESTACEUM L. 0.238. Huc: Vanda parviflora Lindl. B. Reg. XXX. 

 (1844.) Misc. 57: 



Racemo simplici, sepalis oblon.iiis. petalis linearibus spathulatis, la- 

 belli Irilobi lobis laleialibus ascendentibus acufis,', infermedio oblongo 

 canaliculafo spongioso bilamellalo apice circulari denliculafo, calcare 

 angusfo obfuso. 



Rombay. Tbe flowers are small, pale ocbre-colourpd, wilh a iip sprinkled all over 

 wilh exlremely fine purpie points; ihe iniddle lohe of the lip is raihcr spongy, has 2 

 broad ridges, belween whicli runs a channei, and at ihe poini il is almosl cxaclly 

 circnlar. with a few small tootbings. 4 poiienmasses adliere lo a narrow sirap con- 

 nected with a broad gland; but the rosiellum is not in any degree extended into a 

 beak. Habii, as I am inlormed, of Vonda lamellata. 



Aeridos Wighliannm Lindl. Wighl lc. V. (1851) 1669 (in labnla snb Vanda parvi- 

 flora) : Icaves strapshapcil . oblique at ihe ape, obliise, '.?-Iolied, wiili a tooih bei- 

 wei'n, raccmcs straighl. .'.im|iie, manynowered. loiiger ihnn tlie ioaves; sep. and petals 

 oval . the anterior ones larger ; tiii funnelshaped, laierai lobcs adnate lo the l>ot ol 

 ihe column, ihe middle one subcuneale, roundtsli. irilobed at the apex ; disk crested 

 wiih scverai elevated crisp lines; spnr short , conical. Middle lobe ol lip dcep lilac, 

 cnpsule cluh-yhaped sixangied ; flowers yellow. hamallv Hiils, Coimbalore. AnL,^ Sopt. 



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