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fragrant, and very striking in colour ; they are produced 

 about June and July, and if they are kept dry they will last 

 four weeks in perfection. The species is one of slow growth, 

 which is the reason we so seldom see fine plants. — India : 

 Bomhaii. 



Fm.—Bot. Reg , 18i5, t. 58 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot, sii. 49. 



A. maculosum Schroderi, Williams. — A. magnificent free- 

 growing plant, much stronger than A. maculosum, and more in 

 the way of A. crispum, with dark green foliage, ten inches long. 

 The flowers are very delicate, and deliciously scented, the sepals 

 and petals being almost alike — white, tinged with lilac and 

 spotted with rose, and the lip or labellum of a beautiful rosy 

 magenta colour ; it flowers in June or July, lasting three 

 weeks in perfection. This was first flowered by J. H. Schroder, 

 Esq. It is supposed that there was only one plant imported, 

 and that the stock at present in this country is from that one 

 plant, on which account it is still very rave.— Hills near 

 Bombatj. 



'ElG.—Henfi-ey, Gard. Mag. Bot., ii. 121 ; Pescatorea, t. 33 ; Lem. Jard. 

 FL, t. 54; Gard. Chron., N.S., xiii; 493, fig. 87 (woodcut showing habit). 



A. McMorlandi, Bort. — A magnificent species, compact in 

 growth, and having bright green foliage, about ten inches in 

 length. The blossoms are produced freely in long branching 

 racemes in June and July, and continue three or four weeks 

 in perfection ; they are white spotted with peach-colour. 

 The only plant we have known of this was in the collection of 

 E. McMorland, Esq., in compliment to whom it is named. — 

 India. 



A. margaritaceum, Ilort. — This pretty species has spotted 

 leaves, and in its general appearance somew^hat resembles A. 

 maculosum ; it produces spikes of pure white flowers during 

 summer. — India. 



A, Mendelii, Hort. — This very handsome and distinct 

 species has been named in honour of the late S. Mendel, Esq., 

 a great lover of plants and a munificent patron of horticulture. 

 It has a stem about the thickness of that o? A. vinvis; the 

 leaves, which are about seven and a half inches long, and one 

 and a half in breadth, are smooth, shining, and of a light 

 green colour, and have the habit of clasping the stem at the 

 base, like those of A. quinquevulnerum. The flowers are 

 produced upon drooping spikes, and resemble those of A. 



