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with bright amethyst lip. Also known as Saccolabium 

 Huttoni. 



B. Aerides Veitchianum. India. 



A pretty little species with dark green leaves covered 

 with small spots ; flowers white and pink. 



A. Aerides mrens. Java . . . B. R., 1844, 4 1 - 



Maund, Bot., 14, 187. 



A beautiful species, desirable for its light green foliage ; 

 the flowers are peach color or creamy white spotted with 

 purple, very fragrant. 



Blooms in May and June, lasting a long time in per- 

 fection. 



Aerides mrens Dayanum. East Indies. 



A very fine variety, white and pink flowers on a long 

 spike. 



The varieties purpurascens, grandiflorum, and super- 

 bum, from Java, are all desirable. 



This species is the earliest to bloom ; the flowers are 

 deliciously fragrant and very freely produced. 



Aerides Wightianum. See Aerides testaceum. 



Aerides Williamsii. India .... War. Orch., i, 21.' 



A rare species, with close, long, dark green foliage; 



flowers in immense long drooping spikes, pink and white. 



These plants are all peculiarly beautiful, uniting rich 

 evergreen foliage, graceful habit, and elegant flowers of 

 exquisite fragrance. The stem of the plant is straight or 

 slightly bent, with leaves attached on opposite sides ; the 

 plants have large fleshy roots shooting horizontally from 

 the lower part of the stem. The racemes of flowers are 



