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panicle 1-2 ft. long, with few-flowered branches : scape tall. 

 retidish, dowuy : fls. purple. Trop. Amer. — jE. Schiededna, 

 S<-'hIe<-ht. (.^.mjicraeantha. BrongnJ. Lvs. large, rigid, strongly 

 armed : pjiuiele 3-piuuate, pubescent ; fls. pale yellow. Mex. 

 Gt. lSd4:\lo.—J^. zebrina is Billbergia zebrina. L H B 



.S;GLE (from^^gle, oneof theHesperides). Ruf(ic€ce, 

 trilx.' Aurantiffw. Small, strongly spiuose trees, with al- 

 ternate, trifoUolate leaves. Distinguished from the nearly 

 related genus Citrus (particularly C. trifoliata) by 

 the hard, gourd-like rind of its fruit and its viscous, 

 woolly seeds. 



M&rmelos, Correa. Elephant Apple. Maredoo. Ben- 

 gal Quince. Bhel Fruit. Small tree: fr. large, 2-4 in. 

 in diam.. round or pear-shaped. Trop. Asia. — Cult. 

 in S. Fhi. and Calif., and in hothouses. The wood is 

 vahn'fl for its strength, and the sweet, aromatic pulp is 

 ust'il medicinally in India for diarrhoea and dysentery, 

 and also as a k-monade and conserve. — - —, 



H. J. Webber. 



aiGOPODIUM (aix, goat, and podion, a little foot; 

 pn>bably from the shape of the leaflets). UmheUifera'. 

 Goutweed. Coarse. Iiiirdy herbaceous perennial, with 

 creeping rootstocks. l>ittTn:ite lvs., sharply toothed, 

 ovate leaflets, and white tls. in umbels. 



Podogriria, Linn., var. variegittzm, is a variegated 

 ftirm of this European weed, which makes attractive 

 mats of white-margined foliage. Common in yards. 



AERANTHUS. Consult Angrceciim. 



AERIDESl Greek, a ir-p^a»^). Ore ?iid(iccfp, tribe Vdndefp. 



Epiphytes: stems erect, roundish: lvs. distichous, strap- 

 shaped and spreading, coriaceous, deeply channeled at 

 the base, obtuse: peduncles from the axils of the lvs.; 

 fls. in loose or dense racemes; petals narrower than the 

 sepals. A genus of remarkably beautiful plants, which 

 develop well under cultivation. Species confined to the 

 tropics of the Old World. The genus Aerides, though 

 not in general cultivation, has many sterling qualities 

 to recommend it. Some of the species produce dense 

 racemes of great beauty, which emit a pleasing fra- 

 grance, and for decorative purposes have few if any 

 rivals in the Orchid family. The genus offers no excep- 

 tional difficulties to the horticulturist. Oakes Ames 



All the species of Aerides are of easy culture in the 

 warmest greenhouse — one that has a minimum tempera- 

 ture of 6o° F. in winter being best. They should be kept 

 constantly niuist. w-H sliuded, and warm, with fresh live 

 sphagnum round tlit- routs at tlie base of the stems. A . 

 odoratuni is i)erha[)s tiin best known. Other favorites 

 are A. LaivnncitF and -1. I'tildingii ; the latter often 

 has racemes 18 inches or more long, of a beautiful rose 

 *'**^^^- Cult, by E. O. Orpet. 



Following are in the American trade: A.affine,Ko. 11; 

 Amesianum. 9 ; Augustianum, 8 ; Ballantineanum, 4 ; 

 Bermanicum, 1 ; crassifolium, 15 ; crispum. 14 ; cylin- 

 drirtini, 18 ; Dayanum, '2 ; Ellisii, 2; expansum, 10; fal- 

 catum, 10; Fieldingii, 13; Godefroyanum, 11; Honlleti- 

 anuyn, 10; Japonicum, 16; Larpentm, 10; Lawrencife, 9; 

 Leeanum, 6; Leonsei, 10; Lindleyanum, 14 ; Lobbii, 11 ; 

 maculosura, 12; majus, 1 ; maximum= ?; niitratum, 19; 

 multiflorum, 11; odoratum, 1; pallidum^?; pnrpu- 

 rascens, 1 ; quinquevulnerum, 5; radicosum, 17; Meichen- 

 backii, 4 ; Roebeleuii, 5 ; Rohanianum, 4 ; roseum, 11 ; 

 Sanderianum, 9 ; Savageanum, 3 ; suavissimum, 4 ; 

 Thibautianura, 7; vandarum, 18; virens, 2; Warneri, 14. 



a. Odoratum section: middle lobe of labeJluni 

 narrow -oblong. 

 1. odoritum. Lour. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, l-lj^in. wide, 

 unequal at apices, deep green : peduncles not branched, 

 pendulous ; fls. numerous, crowded ; racemes cylin- 

 drical, as long as or longer than the lvs.; lateral sepals 

 ovate; petals obovate-lanceolate, white, with a carmine 

 apical spot ; labellum trilobed, midlobe magenta, side 

 lobes white, dotted with magenta; spur recurved, green- 

 ish or white. Cochin Chiua. B.M.41H9. Gn.49, p. 158. 

 Gt. 8:273. B.R. 18:1485. Var. BermAnicum, Reichb. f. 

 Fls. smaller than in the type, the apices of the petals 

 with mauve lines and dashes instead of blotches. Var. 

 purpurftscens, Hort. Produces large racemes, sepals and 



petals tipped with pale amethyst. Var. m&jus, Hort. Fls. 

 larger ; racemes longer. 



2. virens, Liudl. Peduncles 12-15 in. loug, 15-20 fld.; 

 spur dotted with magenta; petals and sepals tipped with 

 magenta. Java. P.M. 14: 197. B.R. ;jO: 41. -This species 

 is very similar to ..-l. odoratum, of which it is considered 

 by some to be a geographical form. Var. Ellisii, Hort. 

 (A. Bllisii, Hort.). Sepals and petals white, suffused 

 with rose, tipped with amethyst-purple. Var. Dayinum, 

 Hort. Racemes very long ; tis. bright, large. 



3. Savage&num, Hort. Sepals white at base, dotted 

 with purple, otlierwise crimson-purple; petals similar, 

 narroiver ; laltellum crimson-purple, with a greenish, 

 straiglit s[iur ; midlobe denticulate on the margin. 



4. suavissimum, Lindl. (A. Reichenbachii, Linden. 

 A. R'dnmidnnin, Huichb. f.). Plant robust, more lax in 

 habit than type: fls. 20-30, l!'^ in. across; petals and se- 

 pals white, suffused with carmine at apices ; labellum 

 trilobed, yellowish dotted and suffused with carmine; 

 apex of spur white. Straits of Malacca. Var. Ballan- 

 tineELnum. Racemes shorter; blooms earlier; sepals and 

 petals tipi)ed with amethyst-purple. 



5. quinquevulnerum, Lindl. Racemes 1 ft. long ; fls. 

 crowded; dorsal sepal and petals equal, lateral sepals 

 orbicular, all tipped with magenta; midlobe of labellum 

 magenta. P.M. 8:241. Var. Roebelenii (A. Bo^belenii, 

 Reichb. f. ). Sepals and petals shading to green at 

 bases, petals denticulate ; lobes of the labellum lacer- 

 ated, midlobe rose-colored. Manila. 



6. Leeanum, Reichb. f. Peduncles much longer than 

 the lvs.: pedicels rose-color ; sepals rose-purple, white 

 at base ; petals similarly colored; labellum small ; mid- 

 lobe deep purple ; spur green tipped. India. 



7. Thibautiinum, Reichb. f. Racemes pendulous, 

 longer than the lvs.; sepals and petals rose-color; la- 

 bellum amethyst-purple ; midlobe narrow, acute. Ma- 

 laya. 



8. AugTistiinum, Rolfe. Petals and sepals shaded 

 with rose ; spur long, straight. Philippine Isls. G.C. 

 111.7:233. 



9. L&wrencise, Reichb. {A. Lawrencidmim, Hort.). 

 Largest species of the section. Fls. 20-30, l?^-2 in. in 

 diam.; sepals and petals flushed with amethyst-purple 

 at the apices ; labellum yellowish ; midlobe amethysi - 

 purple. Philippine Isls. Gn. 35:702. Var. Amesianum, 



40. Aerides. 



a. A. Lawreneise; 6. flower of mxiltLftorum section: 

 c. flower of odorutum section. 



Kranzl. Jlore robust: fls. more intense in color. Var. 

 Sanderi^nuin, Hort. Lvs. narrow : fls. yellowish, with 

 amethyst on face of spur, otherwise like the species. 



AA. J<'alcafum section : lateral lobes of 



labellum falcate. 



10. falcitum, Lindl. & Pax. (A. Larpentir, Hort. A. 



erpiingiim, Reichb. f.). Lvs. loosely arranged, 6-8 in. 



long, IHin. broad : lis. loosely arranged on racemes Ifi. 



