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portion of the spur ; it flowers in September and October. — ■ 

 British India. 



A. expansum, Rchh. /. — A grand plant, allied to A. 

 falcatum, but the leaves are broader, and of a light green 

 colour. The flowers are produced in elongated racemes, and 

 have the sepals and petals creamy Avhite marked with purple, 

 the well-expanded lip having amethyst blotches on the lateral 

 lobes and on the sides of the middle lobe, the broad anterior 

 portion of which is deep purple and the spur greenish ; it 

 flowers in June and July. — India. 



Syn. — A. falcatum expansum, 



A. expansum Leonige, Bchh. /., is a fine variety of the pre- 

 ceding, and was first flowered by H. J. Eoss, Esq., Castagnola, 

 Lastra k Signa, Italy. The flowers are not so closely set on 

 the spike as in J. falcatum, nor is the foliage so densely set. 

 — India. 



A. falcatum, Lindley. — A fine free-growing plant, with a 

 good deal of the habit of A. crispum. The leathery leaves are 

 obtuse and obliquely mucronate at the apex, attaining ten 

 inches in length, and of a dark green colour with a bluish 

 metallic tint on the upper surface. The flowers grow in 

 dense pendulous racemes, of a creamy white with a crimson 

 spot at the apex of the sepals and petals, and the lip, which is 

 three-parted, with the lateral lobes obtusely falcate, and the 

 middle obovate lobe convex and ciliated, is deep rose in the 

 middle, the edges white barred with rose. It is a distinct 

 and striking species, and was first flowered in 1847 by Mr. 

 Eyles, when gardener to Sir Gr. Larpent, of Koehampton, and 

 was shown at Cbiswick in June of that year, when it received 

 the first prize as a new plant ; hence the name of A. Laypeiitm 

 under which it is sometimes known. — India. 



'FiG.—Xenia Orchid., i. t. 92. 

 Syn. — A. Larpentm, Hort. 



A. Fieldingii, Lindley. — A magnificent free-flowering 

 species of bold and striking character, of which there are 

 many distinct varieties, both in regard to growth and 

 flowers. It is one of the finest Orchids in cultivation, and 

 is popularly known as the Fox-brush Aerides on account of 

 its long dense raceme of flowers. The plant grows from two 

 to three feet high, with broad fleshy obliquely two-lobed 

 leaves, eight or ten inches long, and in some of the varieties 



