AKRANTHUS AERIDES.. , 7() 



A. LEHMANNl, Rolfe.— This is described by Mr. Kolfc iii the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, 1891, N.S., Vol. x., p. 34. It appears to be more rigid in habit than 

 A. aurantiaca and has shorter and stouter leaves, which are arcuate, linear, 

 acute, coriaceous, dark green, marbled "with grey blotches; sepals and petals 

 bright cinnabar-orange, lip white. It flowers in summer. Introduced by 

 Mr. r. C. Lehmann.— IJn'lierf States of Colombia. 



AERANTHUS, Lindley. 



(^Tribii Vaudeae, suhtrihe Sarcantheae.) 



. A very small genus > allied to Anc/raeciim, and fo^inded by Lindley. 



There are but two species iu cultivation at the present time, coming 



from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. 



Culture. — These plants require the same culture as that recommended 

 for Anrjraecum. 



A, GRANDIFLORUS, Lindley.- — A very rare and interesting species, haying 

 distichous, ligulate leaves of a bright green; flowers solitary; sepals and petals 

 canaliculate, acuminate white, tipped with- yellow; lip cordate-lanceolate, white, 

 yellowish at the apex. Blooms in July. — Madagascar. 



, Fie. — Lindenia, iv. t. 109. 



A. LEONIS, Rchb. f. — This meritorious plant was discovered by. Mpns. 

 Leon Humblot. The plant is dwarf, and has peculiar sword-like falcate leaves, 

 very stout in texture, about a span long, closely set on the stem,, and not 

 cleft except at the point of junction therewith. The flowers remind one 

 of a gigantic Angraecum artkulatum, and arc pure white as in that species, 

 the lip being broad, concave and rounded. The racemes consist of as many 

 as seven flowers, the long spurs of which are funnel-shaped at the base, fili- 

 form towards the apex, and appear to be always twisted upwards. Blooms in 

 July. — Comoro Islands. 



Fig. — Gard. Cliron. n.s., xxiv. 80, figs. 17, 18 ; Orchid Album, v.t. 21.S ; Lindenia i. 

 t. 37 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PI., vii. p. 13i ; Juurn. Hurt., xxiv., 1892, p. 409, f. 71. 



Syn. — Angraecum Zeonis. 



A. SESQUIPEDALIS.— See Angraecum sesquiped.vle. 



AE RIDES, Loureiro. 

 {Tribe Vandoae, subtribe Sarcantheae.), 

 . ; A genus of noble evergreen epiphytal Orchids, remarkable for their 

 distichously-arranged elegantly-curving leathery leaves, and their longr, 

 gEaceful, sometimes loosely-branched racemes of deliciously-scented 

 ctelicutely-coloured flowers. They resemble the Saccolabiums in many 

 respects, especially in habit, but differ in havin_g a long stalk to the 



