264 NEW PLANTS llECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO GARDENS. 



5. Aerides suavissimum, 



A. suavisshmmt, ; raceme oblongo horizontali (12-floro),bractei3 

 nanis ovatis scariosis, sepalis petalisque ovalibus obtusis 

 patentissimis, labello cornuto ascendente colurange adpresso 

 trilobo, laciniis lateralibus oblongis denticulatis intermedia 

 lineari bifida sublongiore. 



Native country, Straits of Malacca, 



Introduced by Messrs. Loddiges, uith whom it flowered in 

 June, 1849. In general appearance it is similar to A. odoratum / 

 in fragrance more balsamic and delicious. The sepals and petals 

 are white, with a lilac tip ; the lip is pale nankin colour, with a 

 lilac streak along the centre of the middle lobe. It differs from 

 A. odoratum in the middle lobe of its lip being eniarginate and 

 much longer than the laterals, which are distinctly notched ; 

 and from A. quinqiievulnera in its not being at all serrated as 

 well as in its greater length. 



6. Cleisostoma lanatuni. 



C. lanatuni ; foliis latis obtuse bilobis, racemo denso ramoso 

 foliis multo longiore, bracteis ovatis concavis reflexis, vachi 

 et ovario lanatis, sepalis carinatis, labelli didynii scroti- 

 formis glaberrimi lobis lateralibus erectis acutis intermedio 

 ovato concavo apice bisetoso, caudicula cuneata bifida 

 elongate. 



Native country, the Continent of India. 



Introduced by George Wailes, Esq., of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 with whom it flowered in July, 1849. It has distichous broad 

 blunt leaves, and a dense branclied woolly raceme much longer 

 than the leaves. The flowers are very small, like those of some 

 Bolbophylls, and pale yellow with purple stripes. It has no 

 beauty, but is an interesting species to botanists, 



7. Vv'"arrea Wailesiana, 



W. Wailesiana; scapo unifloro ? sub flore bractea duplici acuta 

 cucullata aucto, ovario subpubescente, sepalis petalisque 

 ovatis acutis patentissimis, labello subrotundo Icevi, appen- 

 dice 5-radiato libero. 



Native country, Brazil, in the neighbourhood of the river 

 Parahyha, 



