AERIDES. 33 
as it grows and flowers freely if planted in a teak basket, 
and suspended near the roof-glass in a warm house. A 
native of India. 
A. falcatum.—Well known in gardens, and a most dis- 
tinct and beautiful species. In habit it resembles A. crispum. 
The leaves are nearly 1ft. long, and their colour is a 
peculiar blue-green. The racemes are pendulous and many- 
flowered ; the sepals and petals are white, blotched at the 
apex with crimson; the lip is white at the sides, with a 
rosy crimson centre, ciliated on the front lobe; the spur 
is short, and parallel with the lip. It grows well under 
ordinary treatment, and flowers freely in May and June. 
It was introduced from India in 1846. Syn. A. Larpentiz. 
Mena, 1.,°t. 92. 
A. Fieldingii—This handsome species is popularly known 
as the Fox-brush Orchid, on account of its long, curved 
racemes, which are densely furnished with flowers. It grows 
to a height of about 2ft., and the leaves are 8in. to roin. 
Fig. 5. Portion of Raceme of Aerides Fieldingii 
(2 nat. size). 
long, broad, thick, and fleshy, and obliquely two-lobed at the 
apex, of a dark green colour, except at the base, which 
is brownish black in the portion which clasps the stem. 
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