AERIDES LAWRENCLA. 
[PLATE 270. | 
Native of Tropical Asia. 
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' Epiphytal. Stems erect, free growing, branched, and rooting. Leaves distichous, 
te, carmate, distinctly bilobed at the apex, tightly clasping the stem at the 
ten inches or more in length and nearly two inches in width, coriaceous in 
fre, and rich deep green in colour. Peduncle axillary, drooping, terminating 
a dense many-flowered raceme, upwards of a foot long. Flowers large and 
want, greenish when young, becoming creamy white with age and ornamented 
ith purple; wpper sepal unequally cuneate, oblong, obtuse, lateral sepals similar 
but much broader, greenish, passing to waxy white, and ultimately creamy yellow, 
sed at the tips with rich purple; petals cuneate, obtuse, same colour as the 
:; lip cucullate, bearing two longitudinal stripes on the disc, side lobes erect, 
tchet-shaped, much enlarged, creamy yellow, mid-lacinia fringed, rich purple ; 
‘incurved, considerably longer than A. odoratum, green. 
fe _ AERIDES Lawrenci&, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, X.8., XX., p- 460 ; 
Williams, Orchid-Grower's Manual, 6 ed., p. 108. 
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‘There is no doubt that the plant before us is the most splendid of all the 
that have been bloomed in this country, although there have of late been 
very beautiful new species introduced, which, when well grown, are objects 
action, independent of their sweet-scented blooms. This noble Aérides, which 
as purchased by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Burford Lodge, Dorking, for 
Ans of two hundred and thirty-five guineas, and has been named in honour of 
: Lawrence, we may safely assert is the most magnificent species that has yet been 
ne ced, ‘Its large raceme of flowers and its colour being simply lovely. The 
of, ‘growth resembles that of A. guinguevulnerum, but the flowers are distinct 
‘5 and resemble more those of A. odoratum. purpurascens, although they are 
"larger and more grand than in that variety. The flowers are more the size of 
‘rispum, ut more densely set on t 
he spike, which gives it a erand and massive 
This plant flowered for the first time in this country in September, 
. been introduced about a year previously, and it still remains rare. 
oe different varieties of A. Lawrencie in flower, but the one we _ here 
:... ps ge has come to our notice, and thoroughly representative 
ss M if spike | = sented ~~ on plate was sent to us from the grand 
a eur le Comte de Germiny, Chiteau de Gouville, par Fontaine-le- 
ne Py where there exists a wonderful collection of Orchids, as well as other 
