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A. macidosum ; it produces spikes of pure white flowers 

 dui'ing summer. 



A. Mendelii. — This is a very handsome, distinct, and rare 

 species. I beheve the only plant in Europe is the one existing 

 in the collection of S. Mendel, Esq., of Manly Hall, Manchester, 

 a gi'eat lover of plants and a munificent patron of horticultui'e. 

 The plant has a stem about the thickness of that of A. virens ; 

 the leaves, which are about seven and a half inches long, and 

 one and a half in breadth, are smooth, shining, and of a 

 light green colour, and have the habit of clasping the stem 

 at the base like those of A. quinquevulnerum. The flowers 

 are produced upon drooping spikes, and resemble those, of 

 A. Larpentce in size and shape, but are entirely distinct in 

 colour, being pure white tipped with rose. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



A. mitratum. — A very peculiar plant, with long whip-like 

 terete, dark gi^een leaves ; the flowers are borne in dense erect 

 spikes ; sepals and petals pure waxy-white ; lip rosy purple. 

 An elegant and rare species from Moulmein. 



A. nohile. — A magnificent free-flowering species from India, 

 in the way of A. suavissimum, but with the flowers larger and 

 of a better colour, and the growth much stronger. I have seen 

 spikes of this from two to three feet long, and branched ; colour 

 of flowers creamy white, spotted and shaded with rose. Blooms 

 in June, July, and August, and keeps in perfection tkree or 

 four weeks. 



A. odoratum. — A good old free-growing specieS, and one 

 of the most abundant flowering of this genus, having pale 

 green foliage, blooming in June or July, and remaining 

 two or three weeks in good condition. The blossoms are 

 white, stained with pink, and have a delightful perfume. I 

 have seen specimens five feet high and four feet in diameter, 

 which produced thirty or forty spikes of bloom every year ; it 



