ARIDES ODORA'TUM. 
SWEET-SCENTED AIR-PLANT. 
EN. ieee oR MONOCOTYLEDONE.. 
Natura] division 
to which 
this Plant belongs, 
NATURAL co ER, ORCHIDACER, 
G ot Artificial divisions OYNANDRIA, 
to which ar ee 
Sackaseaez. this Plant belongs. 
No. 180. 
GENUS. Arives, Lovretro. EERIARTSIOM patens vel claustan. Sebica 
lateralia, basi szepius obliqua cum ungue p ABE 
M cum ungue columne articulatum, saccatum vel calcaratum, tate bum; 
lobis lateralibus nanis; limbo cucullato, aut subulato, aut abbreviato. tumido, 
aut subfornicato. Conomna in ovarium recumbens, brevis, aptera,. ANTHERA 
bilocularis. Poxiinia 2, postice suleata; caudicula lata vel filiformi, glan- 
dula peltata men stinogr da. Hers epiphyte caulescentes. CavuLes subsim- 
lices, radicantes. Foxra disticha, coriacea, aut subcarnosa. FLorE Bs racemosi; 
spicati 
SPECIES. Airives ODORATUM (Lovrerro) foliis ingeslieg undul: 
medio recurvis, apice obtusis obliquis; racemis nutantibus, multifloris, labelli 
eucullati infundibularis lactis lteralibus erectis cuneatis rotundatis, inter- 
. media lineare inflexa, calcare conico i 0 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, AERIDES. PERIANTH spreading or 
closed. LaTERAL SEPALS generally, by their oblique base, connate 
with the elongated unguis of the column. LaBe.tum articulated with 
this part, saccate or spurred, three-lobed, the lateral lobes being small, 
limb cucullate, subulate, short and tumid, or somewhat arched. Cot- 
UMN reclining upon the ovarium, short, without wings. ANTHER 
bilocular. PoLLeN Masses two, furrowed behind, caudicle broad or 
filiform, gland peltate, subrotund. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, HRIDES ODORATUM. STEM Lantbt 
ed, (simple in the specimen described, which is only four inches high 
to the base of the upper leaf) compressed, leafy, sending forth many 
strong, rigid, cylindrical, branched, glabrous roots. LEaves 9 inches 
long, nearly 14 broad, linear, distichous, coriaceous, pendulous in 
their upper half, slightly reflected in their edges, obliquely truncated, 
middle rib strong and sharply prominent behind, lateral ribs incon- 
spicuous. SPIKES axillary, cernuous, many-flowered. Bracrs ovate, 
rigid, persisting. FLOwers extremely handsome, agreeably perfumed, 
white, tipped with pale reddish-lilac, spreading all round the rachis. 
SeEpaLs spreading wide, the two lowest the largest, ovate, reflexed in 
their sides, the upper obovate, scarcely reflected in the sides. PeTaLs 
