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ojjovate, fringed at the edge ; spur short and straight. 

 This species first flowered in England in the collec- 

 tion of Lady Larpent, and was named provisionally 

 A. Larpenta, by which name it is even now best 

 known in gardens. June. East Indies. 



A. Fieldingii. — ^A robust, bold-growing, and hand- 

 some species, bearing long and densely-flowered 

 racemes, which has suggested the name of "the 

 Fox-brush Aerides." Leaves leathery, drooping, 

 broadly lorate, and obliqudly two-lobed at the apex, 

 some eight to ten inches long, and deep green ; 

 racemes one to three feet in length, in some instances 

 simple, in others much branched; flowers dense, 

 large, and rich bright-rose colour ; sepals and petals 

 oblong, obtuse ; lip flat,' ovate, and tapering to a 

 point. June and July. Upper Assam. 



A. Lindleyanmn. — This is frequently called a 

 variety of A. crispnm, but it differs somewhat in the 

 form of the flower. It is a bold-growing plant, pro- 

 ducing a large branched panniole of bloom ; leaves 

 very stout, oblique, and obtusely two-lobed at apex ; 

 flowers very large ; sepals and petals white, obtuse ; 

 lip ovate, acute, serrated in front, plicate, with acute 

 fleshy auricles at the base, and a pair of large fleshy 

 incurved tubercle's between them ; spur short, in- 

 curved. May and June. Neilgherry Mountains. 



A. Lobhii. — A beautiful free-flowering species; 

 leaves distichous, ligulate, obliquely bi-lobed at the 

 apex, broad, thick, and fleshy, about one foot long 

 and light green; raceme cylindrical, dense, pen- 

 dant, longer than the leaves, and much branched ; 

 sepals nearly equal, with a rounded or somewhat 

 spathulate apex ; petals narrower, spathulate, in- 

 curved, and, as well as the sepals, bright rose, 

 shghtly spotted with violet, white towards the base ; 

 Ep bright rose, tinged with deep violet, with a streak 

 of white filong the centre ; spur curved and some- 

 what compressed. May and June. Moulmein. 



A. maculosum. — A somewhat stiff and compact 

 plant ; the leaves are oblique and obtuse at the apex, 

 eight to ten inches long, and dark green ; racemes 

 drooping, generally shghtly branched; flowers 

 large; sepals and petals obtuse, pale rose, much 

 spotted with bright purple ; lip ovate, obtuse, flat, 

 and undivided, with a sharp tooth on each side at 

 the base, and an undivided tubercle between them ; 

 the colour is deep rich rosy-purple, lighter at the 

 edges. June and July. Bombay. 



A. nobile — A rare and handsome kind, nearly re- 

 lated to A. suavissimum, but still differing from it in 

 many essential points; leaves arcuate, strap-shaped, 

 obliquely emarginate ^.t the apex, with a small tooth 

 between the lobes, bright green above, paler be- 

 neath; flowers very fragrant ; racemes two to three 

 feet in length, and branched, many-flowered, and 

 pendant; sepals and petals oblong, obtuse, spread- 



ing, white; stained with rose at the base, becoming 

 paler towards the tips; lip three-lobed, the front 

 pressed against the column ; side lobes large, some- 

 what oblong, dentate at the tips, and creamy-yeUow : 

 middle lobe tongue-shaped, shghtly bifid, white 

 dotted with rosy-purple; spur incurved, yellow, 

 dotted with red. June and July. Indian Ai-chi- 

 pelago. 



A. odoratwm. — This species is sometimes found 

 under the name of A. cornutum, and though now a 

 common plant in collections, it is one of the most 

 beautiful and fragrant. There are numerous 

 varieties of this species, of which A. odoratum majus, 

 A- odoratum longiracemotwm, and A. odoratum purpu- 

 rascens are the most distinct and best. The normal 

 plant has flaccid, oblique leaves, which are obtuse 

 and mucronate at the ajiex, coriaceous in texture, and 

 dark green; racemes pendulous, dense, many- 

 flowered, usually longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 waxy and very fragrant ; sepals and petals fleshy, 

 somewhat ovate, creamy- white, tipped with pink;. 

 Up cucullate, funnel-shaped ; lateral lobes erect, 

 cuneate; middle lobe ovate, acute, and inflexed, 

 same colour as the sepals ; spur conical, incurved. 

 May to July. East Indies. Widely distributed. 



A. quimqnevulnerum. — A splendid species, but of 

 very slow growth and stiff habit; the leaves are 

 strap-shaped, obliquely notched at the apex, with a 

 small point between the lobes, tightly clasping the 

 stem at the base, about twelve inches long, and 

 bright shining green ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves, pendulous, many-flowered ; flowers large, 

 dense, yielding a delicious fragrance; sepals and 

 petals nearly equal, rounded, white, speckled with 

 crimson and stained with purple at the tips ; lip 

 cucullate, funnel-shaped ; lateral lobes erect, middle 

 lobe oblong, incurved, and denticulate, same colour 

 as the sepals ; spur conical, incurved, green. July 

 and August. Philippine Islands. 



A. quinquevulnermn, var. Farmerii. — This is an 

 extremely rare variety, differing from the type in 

 having pure white flowers. July and August. 

 Philippine Islands. 



A. roseum is a beautiful but slow - growing 

 species. It does not root freely, and thrives best 

 when grown upon a block of wood and suspended; 

 leaves coriaceous, channelled, and recurved, ten to 

 twelve inches long, and bluntly two-lobed at the 

 apex; racemes pendulous, dense, twelve to fifteen 

 inches long; sepals and petals acute, the latter 

 longer and narrowed at the base, pale rose, with 

 darker spots ; Up flat, rhomboid, acuminate, entire, 

 deep rose, freckled with spots of a darker hue ; spur 

 short, conical, and incurved. June and July. Moul- 

 mein, Sylhet, and Assam. 

 , A. roseum, var. siiperbum.-~A. much stronger 



