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however, be distinguished from that species by its more 
robust habit of growth, its longer and more branched raceme, 
and by the three lobes of the lip being nearly equal in 
length, the middle lobe being tongue-shaped, and slightly 
bifid at the apex. The leaves are strap-shaped, notched 
at the apex, light green, slightly spotted with brown. The 
racemes are 2ft. or 3ft. long, much-branched, many-flowered, 
and pendulous; the flowers are very fragrant; the sepals and 
petals are white, tipped and spotted with bright rose; the 
lip is three-lobed, the side lobes being creamy-yellow and 
the middle lobe white, dotted with rose-purple. The spur 
is long and yellowish. The flowers develop from June to 
August. A native of India. 
Warner’s Select Orchids, 1., t. 11. 
A. odoratum. — This is a free grower, and although, 
perhaps, the commonest Aérides in cultivation, it may 
take rank amongst the most beautiful. The leaves are 
strap-shaped, recurved, and dark green. The racemes are 
longer than the leaves, many-flowered, and pendulous. The 
flowers are very fragrant, the sepals and petals creamy 
white, tipped with pink, and the lip three-lobed, the 
middle lobe being ovate and inflexed, the spur conical and 
incurved, and of the same colour as the sepals. It blooms 
in May, June, and July. The original A. odoratum was 
among the first of the tropical Orchids introduced to this 
country, having been sent to Kew Gardens, from China, 
by Sir Joseph Banks, in 1800. It is a native of various 
parts of India, and also of China and Cochin China,.and is 
often cultivated in those countries for house decoration on 
account of the beauty and fragrance of its blossoms. 
Plate; Botanical Magazine, t. 4139. 
There are several varieties of this species ; of these, mazus, 
cornutum, and purpurascens, are the best. 
