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A. SUAVISSIMUM MACULATUM, Williams.— A very handsome form of the 

 preceding, and, like it, deliciously fragrant ; the sepals and petals are -white, 

 profusely spotted with pink, as also is the lip. It bloomed very freely in the 

 collection of the late Thomas Dawson, Esq., of Meadow Bank. 



A. TESTACEUM, — See Aeeides Wightianum. 



A. THIBAUTIANUIVI, RcJih. f. — ^A handsome free-growing species, with some- 

 what the appearance of A. quinqiievulnerum ; it produces, however, a, very 

 different inflorescence, the floral raceme being very long, with the flowers 

 rather openly set upon it ; the sepals and petals are of a beautiful rose colour, 

 and. the lip bright amethyst. It is som.etimes called A. Huttoni. — Java. 



Syn. — Aeridcs Huttoni ; Saccolabium Hnttoni. 



A. VANDARUM, Rclib. f. — A rare and distinct slender-growing plant, in 

 habit resembling Vanda teres, but the leaves, which are straight and cylindrical, 

 are much more slender than those of that species ; the flowers, which are pro- 

 duced in pairs from the side of the stem opposite the leaves, are larger than 

 those of A. crispum, pure white, with a slight tinge of pink on the inner surface 

 of the column. This plant has been cultivated in our gardens for several years 

 under the erroneous name of A. cylindricum. — India: Covmhatore. 



Fig. — J3ot. Mag., t. i982 ; Orchid Album, iii. t. 116 ; 6ai-d. Cliron., x.s., xxiv., 1885, 

 p. 629, fie. 143 ; id., xxv., 1886, p. 405, fig. 81 ; VeitcKs Man. Orch. PL, vii., p. 80 ; 

 Journ. Hort., xxvi., 1893, p. 293, fig. 56. 



Stn.' — A. cylindricum. Hook, non Wight. 



A. VEITCHII, Sort. — A beautiful species of the A. affine group. The leaves 

 are about eight inches long, of a. dark green colour, and covered with small 

 spots resembling those of the A. Lobbii. The flowers are in long drooping 

 branched racemes, and are set on the rachis like so many little pearly spotted 

 shells, the colour being white, beautifully dotted with soft rosy pink ; it blooms 

 during June and July, and lasts about three weeks in good condition. — India. 



A. VIRENS, Lindley. — A handsome and desirable fragrant-blossomed species, 

 of free growth. The leaves are obliquely rounded at the apex, of a bright light- 

 green colour, eight inches long. The flowers are borne on long drooping 

 racemes, and are of a light peach colour, spotted with purple, the lip being 

 spotted with crimson; it blooms in April, May, and June, the flowers remaining 

 long in perfection. — Java. 



¥lG.— Sot. Beg., 1844, t. 41 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot., xiv., 197 ; OrcUd Allum, iv., t. 160 ; 

 Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, vii., opposite p. 81. 



A. VIRENS DAYANUM, Sort, is a remarkably fine variety, with very long 

 flowered racemes, which bloom about the same time as.those of A. v'lrens itself. — 

 India. 



A. VIRENS ELLISII, Williams, resembles A. falcatum in habit and appearance, 

 but does not present the metallic blue tint on its leaves, being of a somewhat 

 pale green ; the leaves are about six inches long and one and a half broad. The 

 racemes are eighteen to twenty inches long, bearing upwards of three dozen 

 large flowers, the sepals and petals of which are white, suffused with rose and 

 tipped with amethyst, the lower sepals being very round and broad ; the lip is 

 large, its side lobes white, beautifully freckled towards the base with short lines 



