AERANTHUS 



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^ESCHYNANTHUS 



AERA'NTHUS. (From aer, air, and anthos, a flower, 

 referring to the way in which the plant grows. Nat. ord. 

 Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. zo-Gynandria, i-Monan- 

 dria.) 



Stove orchids. Division of root ; on wood, or in a 

 basket. 



A. brachy'centron (Act. Hort., Petrop, 1890, xi. 303). 

 ,, curnowia'nus. Madagascar. 1883. 

 ,. grandidieria'nus (O., 1888, 200). 

 ,, grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). See AERANTHES. 

 ., Leo'nis (G. C., 1885, xxiii. 726 ; xxiv. 80, f. 17-18). 



See ANGR/ECUM HUMBLOTII. 

 ophiople'ctron (G. C., 1888, iv. 91). 

 trichople'ctron (G. C., 1888, iii. 264). Madagascar. 

 AERA TION. Exposing soil to the air. This is 

 referred to under soils, but it may be remarked here that 

 it is a most important factor in the cultivation of all 

 vegetable products both in the ground and in pots. 



AE RIDES. (From aer, the air ; in reference to the 

 power these have of living on the air. Nat. ord. Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn. zo-Gynandria, i-Monandria.) 



Stove orchids. These all require a summer temp, of 

 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 65. Grow best in baskets 

 filled with sphagnum or white bog-moss. 

 A. affi'ne. Rosy. India. Syn. A. roseum. See A. 



MULTIFLORUM. 



augustia'num (G. C., 1890, vii. 9). Philippine Islands. 

 ,, ballantinia'num (G. C., 1885, xxiv. 198). See A. 



SUAVISSIMUM. 



bfrnhardia'num (G. C., 1886, xxiv. 650). Borneo. 

 ,. Broo'kei (Sir A. Brooke's). Purple and white ; 



fragrant. Bombay. See A. CRISPUM. 

 Burbi'dgei sple'ndens. Rich purple, ochre. 1885. 

 crassifo'lium (G. C., 1877, vii. 590). Purplish. 



Burma. 



,, cri'spum (B. M., t. 4427). S. Ind. 

 , lindleya'num. i. White, pink. E. Ind. 

 Warne'ri. 



cyli'ndricum (B. M., t. 4982). See A. VANDARUM. 

 dasyca'rpum. Brownish, rosy. India (?). 1865. 

 ,, diffo'rme. See ORNITHOCHILUS FUSCUS. 

 Duque'snei (J. H. F., 1906, 777). White, dotted with 



rose. 

 Emeri'cii (G. C., 1883. xviii. 586). Pale lilac. May. 



Andaman Islands. 1882. 

 ., expa'nsum. White, light rose. 1882. Syn. A. fal- 



catum, yar. expansum. 

 Leo'nice. Spur green. 

 falca'tum. White, pale violet. Tenasserim. 1862. 



Syns. A. Larpentce and Mendelii. 

 compa'ctum (G. C., 1888, iii. 744). 

 Farme'ri. i. White, yellow. June. E. Ind. 

 Fieldi'ngii. Purple, white. India. 1855. 

 a'lbum (L., xii., t. 538). 1896. 

 ,, Willia'msii. White, rose. India. 

 formo'sum (Fl. and P., 1882, 105). 

 godefroya'num (G. C., 1886, xxv. 814). Cochin- 

 China. 



gutta'tum. See RHYNCHOSTYLIS RETUSA. 

 houlletid 'num. Yellow, purple, lip white and 



amethyst. E. Trop. Asia. 

 Huito'ni. See SACCOLABIUM. 

 illu'stre (G. C , 1882, xviii. 71). 

 lanso'ni (G. C., 1890, viii. 66). Burma. 

 japo'nicum. j. Yellowish, white, purple. June. 



Japan. 1862. Greenhouse. 



Lawrdncea (G. C., 1884, xx. 460). Philippines. 

 amesia'na (G. C., 1891, x. 393). 1891. 

 ,, sanderia'num. 



,, lawrencia'num. White, carmine. Trop. Asia. 1882. 

 ledouxia'num (G. C., 1898, xxiv. 134). 

 ,, Ifea'num. Trop. Asia. 

 le'pidum. White. India. 1883. 

 ,, lindleya'num. See A. CRISPUM. 

 macula' turn formo'sum (L., i., t. n). Whitish, rose. 



June. 

 ., maculo'sum. ij. Purple spotted. May. Bombay. 



1840. 



,. illu'stre. White. India. 1882. 

 ., Schrcede'ri. 

 margina'tum (G. C., 1885, xxiii. 533). Yellow, 



blotched purple, brown. 1885. 

 Micholi'tzii (O. R., 1904, 181). Annam. 



A. mitra'tum. White, lip violet. April. Moulineiu. 



1864. 

 multifto'rum. i. White, rose. India. 1837. Syns. 



A. affine (B. M., t. 4049), Lobbii trigonum, and 



Veitchii. 



odontochi'lum. 2. Sylhet. 1837. 

 odora'tum. i. White. August. E. Ind. 1800. 



Syn. A. cornutum. 

 birma'nicum. Purple. 

 Demido'ffi (L., i., t. 14). White, rose. 

 purpura' scens (G. C., 1881, xvi. 596). 

 ortgiesia'num (G. C., 1885, xxiii. 501). White, purple. 



1885. 

 pachyphy'llum (G. C., 1880, xiv. 231). Crimson-lake. 



Burma. 1880. 



panicula'tum (B. R., t. 220). See SARCANTHUS. 

 Pico'ti (Orch., 1890, f. 288). Cochin-China. 

 picotia'num (G. C., 1888, iv. 378). See A. HOULLETIA- 



NUM. 



platychi'lum (K. B., 1893, 64). 



,, quinquevu'lnerum. \. Pink. June. Philippines. 1838. 

 ii purpura'tum (G. C., 1881, xvi. 230). 

 ,, ,, schadenbergia'num (Gfl., 1886, 606). 

 ,, radico'sum (rooting). S. India. 

 Reichenba'chii co' chin-chine' nse (G. C., 1881, xiv. 620). 



Cochin-China. See A. SUAVISSIMUM. 

 Roebele'nii (G. C., 1884, xxi. 310). Philippines. 

 rohania'num (G. C., 1884, xxi. 206). See A. SUAVISSI- 

 MUM. 

 sanderia'num. White, purple, yellow. E. Trop. 



Africa (?). 1884. See A. LAWRENCES. 

 savagea'num (Veitch Man., vii. 78). Philippines. 

 Schrcede'ri. ij. White, pink. E. Ind. See A. 



MACULOSUM. 



,, suavi' ssimum. White, lilac. June. Malacca. Syns. 



A. ballantinianum, nobile, Reichenbachii, and 



rohanianum. 



bla'ndum (Gfl., 1891, 576). 

 iessella'tum. See VANDA ROXBURGHI. 

 testa'ceum. See VANDA PARVIFLORA. 

 ,, thibautia'num. White, amethyst. Polynesia. 1866. 

 vanda'rum. White, yellow. India. 1867. Syn. A. 



cylindricum. 

 Vei'tchi (B. H., 1881, 123, t. 8-9). See A. 



MULTIFLORUM. 



,, vi'rens. Whitish-purple. April. Java. 1843. 



EUi'sii (W. O. A., ii., t. 298). White, tinged with 



rose. Java. 



Sande'rce (G. C., 1906, xl. 36). Pure white. 

 ,, wightia'num. See VANDA PARVIFLORA. 

 There are also several garden hybrids. 

 33'RVA (derivation not known). Amarantaceae. 

 Tender herbs or shrubs, allied to Achyranthes. Lanate 

 plants of Tropical Asia and Africa, with perfect or im- 

 perfect flowers, the perianth segments short and hyaline ; 

 stamens 5 or 4, sterile filaments intervening ; flowers 

 very small, usually in clusters, white with a red shade. 

 M. java'nica (Javanese). 2. White. E. Ind. 1768. 

 ,, lana'ta (woolly). See A. TOMENTOSA. 

 Monso'nia (Monsonia). 2. White. August. E. Ind. 



1776. 



,, sanguinole' nta (A. sanguinea, Hort). Leaves ij to 

 2^ inches long, opposite or alternate. Cultivated 

 for its dark red leaves. Java. 

 ,, tomento'sa. i. White. E. Ind. 1691. 

 52SCHYNA'NTHUS. (From aischuno, to be ashamed, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord. Gesnerworts [Gesneraceae]. 

 Linn. i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia.) 



Stove evergreens, some of which are very showy, pro- 

 pagated from cuttings in spring, under ordinary treat- 

 ment of stove plants. 

 M. a'lbida (whitish), i. Java. 1849. 

 ,, atropurpu'rea. See A. PURPURASCENS. 

 ,, atrosangui' 'nea (dark-bloody). Dark red. July. 

 ,, Auckla'ndiae (Lady Auckland's). Scarlet. Borneo. 



1847. 



boschia'na (Bosch's). See A. LAMPONGA. 

 ,, braciea'ta. Scarlet. April. E. Ind. 1839. 

 ,, cordifo'lia. Red. Borneo. 

 ,, Fee'i. Mexico. Scandent. 

 fu'lgens. Crimson, yellow. October. E. Ind. 

 grandifto'ra. (large-flowered). 5. Scarlet. August. 



E. Ind. 1837. 

 Hildebra'ndii (B. M., t. 7365). Burma, 



