AKRlDliS. 



ORCniDES. 899 



«0. AKRIDES QUINQLKVULNERUM Liiull. Serl. 30: 



Foliis ligulalis apice lotundiiiis obiicjue emarginntis, apiculo inteijeclo, 

 racemis pendulis niultifloris toliis longioribus, labelli ciicullati inlundi- 

 bulaiis laciniis lateralibus erectis intermedia obionga inllexa denticnlata, 

 calcare conico incurvo. 



Ciiming misit e.x Ptiilippinis. 



Nearly allied lo A. odoratum, but it wanls ihe dflicious rragrance, and yet it lias 

 a pleasant nromatic odour. Flowers linve 5 purple blolches aiid ilic niiddle lobe of ihe 

 lip is serraied; in all which circumsiances ihe two spec. disagree. 



Siem, leaves. mode of growth of Aerides odoratum. SepnLs and peials lleshy. (irni, 

 ronndish, while , with a few purjtle speckles near ihe base and a rich ciimson slain 

 iU ihe apex, the lateial sepals much larger ihan the upper or ihe peials. Lip fun- 

 iielshaped, curved inwards at ihe baseof its spur whicli is conicnl and grceii ; wiili its 

 luouih it presses agniiist the column, which is enibrnced by its 2 lateinl lobes, wbich 

 are white speckled with purple; mitldle lobe is oblong , conve.x. serraied, deep criiu- 

 son with a white edge and pressed close tbe anther, 



Obs. In Pa.tt, FI. G. H. 143. affertur quoddam /ierides palliduin Lindl, Orth. 18., 

 quod iristis mi.xiuia ex Sarcocliilo pallido nostro (ciiatur nempe Dcndrocolla pallida 

 Bl. Bijdr. 'i^O. bene pro Synonymo Jeridis pallidi L. 0. 211.) et additur cx Rum|tbia 

 (cf. Walp. Aiin. III. 571.) diagnosis Acridis puUidi Rluiiie, quod verissimuui .Aerides.— 



Additur locus : ,,Timor, on trees, also Philippines, Cuming. Flowers showy, 

 white. Lip wiih transvcrse pale coloured bars. Spur yellowish at the tip. Flowers 

 very sweet, like lily of the valley. Rchb. fil, 



11. AERIDES DIFFORME Wall. in L. 0. 242. Sert. frontisp. 7. (Descriptionem omit- 

 tinius , quae eadem ac illa 1. c.) 



Obs. Aerides tessellatum Wight in L. 0. 240. Doublful plant. Speciinens of 

 Wallich: loose flowers of Vanda Roxburshii and leaves of some plant unknown." — 

 ^Aerides appciidiculatum Wall. C. 7315. — Jerides taeniale L. 0. 7. — Aerides 

 difforme Wnll. Sert. probably represent so many genera " Lindl. iii l'a.\t. FI. G. II. 

 110. — Qiiae de Aeiide tessellalo dicia, ea in herbario Lindleyano probe vidi. — Me- 

 thodus aulem ex difllcilibus vix cognilisve speciebus gencra nova efticiendi, non pro- 

 banda. Rchb. fil. 



fl. Folia lereiia. 



12. AERIDES CYLLNDRICUM L. 0. 240. Wight 1. c. 1744: 



Leaves round, sornewhal cyiindrical, racemes sliort, about Iwo- 

 noNvered, sepals ovale, obtnsc, petals obiong, broader; lip cucullale, 

 lunnelsliaped, lateral lobes oblong, obluse, adnate to tbemiddle; ovale, 

 obtu.>^e, fleshy, middle one; spur slraight, conical. 



Flowers whiie or slightly tiiigcd wiih red, lipreddish, middle lube ycllow at the base. 



Ijamally Hills, Coimbatore on branches. Aug. Sept. — Lindl. Paxl. FI. G. 142. 



1495. .%E:R.%XTHUS Hchb. fil. 



Aeranthus Lindl D. Rcg. 817. — Mj.sincidium Lindl. Comp. B. Mag. Fasc. 19. p. 206.— 

 Angrecum Linill ex pnil. — Oeonia Liridl. ex parl. 



§. l. Planifolia. 



1. AERANTHUS FRAGRANS. Huc : Anoioecum frnfjrans Thouars Af. t. 54. Gard. 

 Chronicle 1850. p. 599: 



The leaves of Fnhain, known also by ilie naine of F.ihon or Fahuni leaves, are 

 imjiorted Iroin Mauriiius. fhey are obtained by Angr. f. It is much sought afier by lUn 



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