36 ORCHIDS. 
of which many distinct and beautiful varieties are in cul- 
tivation, is one of the most ornamental of the genus. It 
thrives under ordinary treatment. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, 1., t. 21. 
A. maculosum.—This is a somewhat slow-growing plant, 
of a rather stiff, dwarf habit, and bearing large, handsome 
flowers. The leaves are thick and fleshy, rounded at the 
apex, 8in. or gin. long, and dark green. The pendulous 
racemes are somewhat lax and branching. The flowers 
are large, with obtuse, pale rose-coloured sepals and petals, 
freely spotted with purple. The lip is flat, bluntly ovate, 
and of a deep rosy purple. The flowers, which are deli- 
ciously fragrant, are produced in June and July, and last 
about four weeks in perfection. Introduced from Bombay 
in 1844. 
Botanical Register, xxxi., t. 58. 
Var. Schrederi is a much stronger grower, and larger in 
all its parts than the type. The flowers are white, tinged 
with rose-magenta. 
A. mitratum.—A distinct and pretty flowered kind, re- 
markable on account of the narrow, almost rush-like, droop- 
ing foliage, the numerous thick roots, which spring from 
the base of the very short stem, and the dense, erect 
racemes of flowers, in which the sepals and petals are 
white, and the broad, obtuse lip is rose-purple. This species 
thrives best when grown on a raft or very shallow teak 
basket, with a small quantity of sphagnum about the base 
of the stem. It likes plenty of atmospheric moisture, and a 
position near the glass in a stove. Introduced from 
Moulmein. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5728. 
A. nobile.— This is a very handsome, free-flowering 
plant, by many confounded with A. suavissimum. It may, 
