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Aérides—continued. 
A. platychilum (flat-lipped). 7. lin. across; sepals and petals 
of a light buff colour; lip yellow and purple, flat, with a reflexed 
spur; scape Sin. long. 7. 6in. long, more than lin. broad. 
Habitat unknown. 1893. This is closely allied to A. falcatum 
Houlletianum, 
A. quinquevulnerum Schadenbergiana (Schadenberg’s). 
A variety of more compact habit, having slforter and broader 
leaves than the type. 1886. A portion of the inflorescence of 
the typical species is shown in Fig. 32. 
A. radicosum (root- 
c' ing). jl. Zin. across; 
, sepals and petals light 
Se spotted 
‘ with deep purple, the 
lateral sepals largest ; 
: lip three-lobed, the 
7 mid-lobe deep rose- 
, urple; spur horn- 
Tike compressed ; pe- 
dicels pale rose-pur- 
ple; peduncles race- 
mose,rarely branched. 
i. Tin. to 10in. long, 
jin. to ljin. broad. 
Southern India. Syn. 
s A, rubrum (of gar. 
/ dens). 
’ A. Reichenbachii 
(R. X. O. ii., t. sau 
synonymous wit S 
Scart (P. F. G. 
ii., t. 66). 
A.R.cochinchinense 
(Cochin China). /Jjl., 
inflorescence denser than in the type; yellow of the lip much 
} deeper. Cochin China. A grand variety. 
A. Roebelenii (Roebelen’s). jl. very fragrant, the size of those 
~ of A. quinguevulnerum ; sepals and petals greenish-white, tipped 
with ite: petals often minutely toothed ; lip rosy, with yellow, 
oblong side lobes lacerated on the upper edge, as is also the much 
longer, oblong, curved middle lobe; spur short, conical ; racemes 
Fic. 32. PORTION OF RACEME OF 
AERIDES QUINQUEVULNERUM. 
; erect, lit. long, about twenty-five-flowered. Philippine Islands, 
1884, Probably a variety of A. quinquevulnerum. 
: A. Rohanianum (Prince Camille de Rohan’s). A synonym of 
A, suavissimum. 
A. rubrum (red) of 
gardens. A popular 
name for A. vadi- 
cosum, 
A. Sanderianum 
(Sander’s). A 
variety of A. Law- 
rencee, 
A. Savageanum 
(Savage's). 7. less 
than lin. across; 
sepals and petals 
white stained with 
crimson- purple in 
the lower half, the 
upper half crimson- 
purple; lip deep 
crimson-purple, 
with erect side 
lobes, a small, in- 
curved middle lobe, 
and a greenish 
straight spur; ra- 
cemes as long asthe 
leaves. 2. 7in. to 
Qin. long, lin. to 
lin. broad. Ovigin 
unknown. (R. ii, 
t. 81.) 
A. Schreederi 
(Baron Schreeder’s). 
A form of A. macu- 
losum. 
A. suavissimum 
aurantiacum 
(orange). A much 
handsomer plant 
than the type, more 
robust in growth, 
and having a deep, 
tich, orange-yellow 
lip. Borneo, 1866, 
A. s. Ballantin- 
ianum (Ballan- 
4 ' tine’s), 4. variable ; 
: Fic. 53. PORTION OF RACEME OF AERIDES dorsal sepal and 
VIRENS ELLISII. petals somewhat 
; toothed ; lateral 
; Vol. V. 
/ 
. A. Veitchii (Veitch’s). 
Aérides—continued. 
sepals white, with a purple eye-blotch at the top; lip white, 
with orange or self-coloured side lobes, or marked with purple 
streaks and transverse bars. A tine variety. 
A. s. B. aureum (golden). 7. large, sweetly-scented ; sepals 
and petals white, tinged with pink or pale purple; lip having 
a few tiny dots of brown. 1895. A handsome variety. 
A. s. maculatum (spotted). jj. delightfully fragrant; sepals 
and petals white, profusely spotted with pink, as is also the 
lip. 
A. Thibautianum (Thibaut’s). 7., sepals and petals rose- 
coloured; lip bright amethyst; raceme very long, with thie 
flowers rather openly set upon it. Java. Allied to A. quinque- 
vulnerum. 
a ee is the correct name of A. cylindricum (B. M. 
982). 
A variety of A. multiflorum. 
A. virens Dayanum (Day’s). A fine variety, with very long 
racemes. India. 
A. v. Ellisii. <A portion of the inflorescence of this grand 
variety is shown in Fig. 33. 
A. v. andiflorum (large-flowered). . white, spotted with 
pink, larger and more gracefully disposed than in the type. 
April and May. India. 
A. v. euperuny (superb). jl. brighter, and spikes longer, than 
those of the type. India. 
A. Warneri (Warner's). A variety of A. crispum. 
A. Wightianum (Wight’s). A synonym of Vanda parviflora. 
A. Williamsii (W. S. 0. ser. i., t. 21) is a form of A. Fieldingii 
(B. H. 1876, t. 18-19; W. O. A vii., t 309). 
A. Wilsonianum (Wilson's). j., sepals and petals pure white ; 
lip lemon-yellow. A distinct, dwarf species, in appearance much 
resembling A, odoratwm. 
ZERUA (from Erowa, the Arabic name). Orp. 
Amarantacee. A genus embracing about ten species of 
stove herbs or under-shrubs, inhabiting the warmer 
regions of Africa and Asia. Flowers white or brownish, 
small or minute, in solitary or paniculate spikes. Leaves 
alternate, opposite, or somewhat whorled. Two of the 
species have been introduced, but they are probably lost 
to cultivation. 
ZERUGINOSE. 
verdigris. 
ZESCHYNANTHUS. About forty species are in- 
cluded in this genus; they are found in the East Indies, 
the Malayan Archipelago, and Hastern tropical Asia, 
extending as far as China. To those described on p. 33, 
Vol. I., the following should be added : 
Z&. bracteata (bracteate). jl., calyx lobes red, gin. long; corolla 
scarlet, 1jin. long, nearly glabrous outside, the lower lip with 
reflexed lobes; peduncles lin. long, one- to seven-flowered ; 
bracts scarlet, lin. long. April. 2. elliptic, acuminate, fleshy, 
4in. long, cuneate or rounded at base, ranches terete. Tem- 
erate Himalayas, 1839, Plant epiphytic. Syn. 4. Paztoni 
J. H. S: iv:, p. 79). 
4&. grandiflora Po nace (parasitic). l., calyx and corolla 
rather large, and leaves narrower, than in the type, the calyx 
lobes slightly longer than the tube. (B. iv., t. 167, under name 
of a parasitica ; B. R. 1841, t. 49, under name of 4. grandi- 
Jlora). 
48. Hildebrandii (Hildebrand’s). 1. orange-scarlet, few, from 
the moper leaf-axils, the segments margined with deep red, lin. 
long, glandular, pubescent, the tube curved. J. rather crowded, 
opposite and alternate, lin. Jong, somewhat fleshy, ovate, 
narrowed to a very short petiole. Stem creeping ; branches 2in. 
to 4in. high. Birma, 1894. (B. M. 7365.) 
48. Horsfieldii (Horsfield’s). jl. pale scarlet; calyx segments 
linear-lanceolate. August. 7. ovate-lanceolate, somewhat 
acuminate. h. 2ft. Java, 1842. Plant glabrous. (R. G. 297.) 
4. maculata (spotted). This is hardly distinguishable from 
43. ramosissima except by the small calyx. (B. R. 1841, t. 28.) 
4. marmoratus (marbled). 7. axillary; corolla with a curved, 
green tube, and an oblique limb of roundish, ciliated segments 
blotched with chocolate-brown. J. oblong-lanceolate, obovate- 
lanceolate, or ovate, acuminate, scarcely toothed, obscurely 
veined, reddish-purple below, 34in. long. Origin unknown, 1882, 
ZS. obconica (obconical). f. blood-red, in pairs on a very 
short peduncle; calyx broadly campanulate, nearly lin. across, 
with a recurved margin; corolla short, often having yellow 
lobes banded with red. July. 7. 2in. to 2sin. long, l4in. broad, 
orbicular-ovate, obtuse or slightly acute, fleshy; petioles jin. 
long. Stem slender, elongated. Malayan Peninsula and 
Islands, 1825, (B. M. 7336.) 
4&. parasitica (parasitic). 
Light bluish-green—the colour of 
A form of 4. grandiflora. 
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