24 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Aérides—continued. 
incurved spur; raceme axillary, 5in. to 6in. long, shortly 
edunculate. May. J. distichous, nearly 1ft. long, lin. to lyin. 
road, linear, coriaceous, deeply bifid at apex. Andaman 
Islands, 1882.’ (B. M. 6728.) 
A. expansum (expanded). 
\|_ —~ A synonym of A. crassi- 
P TFolium. 
A. falcatum com- 
pactum (compact) A 
variety differing from the 
type principally in its | 
shorter inflorescence, 
shorter and broader leaves 
and thicker and stronger 
stems. 
A. f. Houlletianum. The 
correct name of A. Houl- 
letianum. (R. X. O- iii., t. 
204.) 
A. f. Leoniz (Mrs. Leonie 
Allan Goss’). /jl., side 
laciniz blunt, retuse, even 
dolabriform. 1882. (W. 
Fic, 30. FLOWERS OF AERIDES OQ, A. vii, t. 328, under 
FIELDINGIL. name of <A. expansum 
Leonie.) 
A. Fieldingii alba (white). #. snow-white, closely disposed 
on the spikes. 1888. A lovely variety. (L. 1896, t. 558.) Flowers 
of the typical plant are shown in Fig. 50. 
A. flavidum (yellowish). A synonym of A. suavissimum. 
A. formosum (beautiful). jl. white, spotted, disposed in 
graceful, pendent spikes; lip trifid, beautifully coloured with 
amethyst. 1882. A handsome plant, supposed to have been 
bred between A falcatum and A. odoratum, 
Fic. 31. PORTION OF RACEME OF AERIDES LAWRENCE, 
A. Godefroyanum (Godefroy’s). A variety of A. multijlorum. 
A. Hughii (Hugh owe jl. well formed, about ten to a spike; 
sepals pale rose with darker shading; ‘card pale rose, with 
ech spots; lip bright rose and purple. J. about 6in. long. 
A. Huttoni (Hutton’s). A name used in gardens for both 
A, Thibautianum and Saccolabium Huttoni. 
A. Iansoni (I’Anson’s). Probably a natural hybrid between 
A. expansum and A. odoratum. Birma, 1890. 
A. illustre (lustrous). A form of A. maculosum. 
Aérides—continued. 
A. Lawrencez (Lady Lawrence's).* /l. nearly as large as those 
of A. erispum ; sepals and petals white, chanpang to yellowish- 
tipped rosy-purple ; lip having its side lobes high, oblong-dola- 
briform, its central lobe tipped rosy-purple, two purple lines 
running back to the mouth of the spur, which is conical, acute, 
entire; racemes 2ft. long, bearing eee of thirty flowers. 
Tropical Asia, 1882. See Fig. 31. (Gn. 1889, t. 702; W. O. A. vi. 270.) 
A. L. Amesianum (Ames’s). fl. of a rich, pale orange-yellow, 
insper than in the type, borne on stalks over 2ft. in length ; sepals 
and petals tipped with purple; racemes very long. Malay 
Archipelago. (R. X. O. iil, p. 252.) 
A. L. Sanderianum (Sander’s).* jl. 1sin. across; sepals and 
etals creamy-white, tipped magenta, recurved at the margin ; 
Up large, the upper half of the side lobes yellow, frilled at the 
edges, the middle lobe obovate, folded, magenta; spur greenish- 
yellow at the end; racemes long. /. broad, short, retusely 
bilobed. Eastern tropical Asia, 1884. 
A. Leeanum (W. Lee’s). jl. sweet-scented, less than lin. long; 
eer and petals rose-purple, white at base; lip small, three- 
lobed, deep pasate, with a green-tipped spur; racemes short 
and dense. Winter. J. Tin. to Qin. long, l4in. broad. Origin 
unknown. Allied to A. qguinguevulneruin. 
A. lepidum (charming). jl. white, as large as those of A. afine ; 
sepals and petals tipped with purple; lip having the projected 
anterior part purple ; spur cylindrical, curved ; racemes ascending, 
many-flowered. 7. lorate, obtusely bilobed. India. A pretty 
species. 
A. Lindleyanum (Lindley’s). A variety of A. crispum. 
A. Lobbii is now regarded as a form of A. multijlorum. 
A. L. Ainsworthii (Ainsworth’s). jl. brighter-coloured thar: 
in the type; spikes about 2ft. long. Moulmein. A fine variety. 
A. maculosum formosum (beautiful). //l. large and numerous ; 
sepals and petals white, marked with numerous rose-purple spots ; 
lip white at base, marked on the crests and auricles with rose- 
poe ene ies large, elliptic front lobe entirely rose-purple. 
. ne form. 
A. m. illustre (lustrous). A robust form, having large flowers 
blotched with purple and tipped with amethyst, and fewer and 
shorter leaves. 
A. margaritaceum (pearly). ji. pure white, produced in spikes. 
Summer. 7. spotted. India. A pretty species, something in the 
way of A. maculosum. 
A. marginatum (margined). jl. densely packed on the rachis ; 
papale and petals pale yellow, the anterior border purple; side 
lobes of lip ere deep orange, the central one oblong- 
ligulate, toothleted, yellow, changyy to sepia-brown ; spur light 
green, conical; racemes drooping. /. rather broad; lorate, bilobed 
or emarginate, keeled on the under-side. Philippine Islands, 
1885. Probably a variety of A. quinquevulnerum. 
A. MeMorlandi (McMorland’s). jl. white, spotted with peach- 
colour, freely produced in long, branched racemes. June and 
July, J. bright green, nearly lft. long. India. A fine but rare 
species. 
A. multiflorum (many-flowered). The correct name of A. ajine 
(B. M. 4049; W.S. O. i. 21). A. Lobbit I. H. 1868, t. 569) and 
A, roseum (P. F. G. ii., t. 60; R. G. viii., t. 267) are regarded by 
Hooker as synonyms or forms of this species. 
A. m. Godefroyanum (Godefroy’s). /. light rosy-white, 
streaked and spotted with amethyst on the sepals and petals, 
comparable with those of A. maculosum; lip triangular, with 
a retrorse, hooked, solid tooth, and a very small, angular spur, 
the disk rich amethyst. Cochin China, 1886. 
A. m. Veitchii (Veitch’s).* 71. white, dotted with soft rose-pink ; 
racemes long, rogein , branched. June and July. J. 8in. long, 
dark green, spotted. <b. H. 1881, 8-9.) 
A. nobile (W. S. O. ser.i., t. 11; R. G., t. 641) is identical with 
A, suavissimum. 
A. odoratum birmanicum (Birma). jj. 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 lacinie apicular. 1887. 
A. o. Demidoffi (Demidoff’s). ji. white, large, forming a rich 
spike ; tips of the sepals, petals, and lip marked with purple; 
spur spotted with purple, and tipped with green. 1885. (L., t. 14.) 
A. Ortgiesianum (Ortgies’). ., sepals and petals blotched and 
warted with purple ; side segments of the lip purple, the middle 
one white, blunt, bilobed, not serrated, the spur green, all 
dotted and barred red. 1885. This looks like a small 
A, quinquevulnerum. 
A. pachyphyllum (thick-leaved). jl. resembling those of 
A. Thibautianum, few in a short raceme ; sepals and petals light 
crimson-lake, nearly as large as in that species, oblong-ligulate ; 
lacinie of the lip small, painted with more or less warm purple ; 
spur prominent, and, as well as the column, white. /. very 
fleshy, short. Birma, 1880. 
Ac panioutesan (panicled). A synonym of Sarcanthus pani 
atus. 
A. Picotianum (Picot’s) A synonym of A. falcatum 
Houlletianum, 
