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ORCHIDS 



/I e rides. 



and their colour is a peculiar blue-green. I'he racemes are pendu- 

 lous and many-flowered ; the sepals and petals are white, 

 blotched at the apex with crimson ; the lip is white at the 

 sides, with a rosy-crimson centre, ciliated on the 

 front lobe ; the spur is short, and parallel with the 

 lip. It grows well under ordinary treatment, and 

 flowers freely in May and June. Introduced from 

 India in 1S46. The spe- 

 cimens in cultivation are 

 diflScult to distinguish from 

 A. expansuin. (X., i., t. 92.) 

 A. Fieldingii (Z/«^/.). — 

 This handsome species is 

 popularly known as the 

 Fox-brush Orchid, on ac- 

 count of its long, curved 

 racemes, which are densely 

 furnished with flowers. It 

 grows to a height of about 

 2ft., and the leaves are Sin. 

 to loin, long, broad, thick, 

 and fleshy, and obliquely 

 two-lobed at the apex, of a 

 dark green colour, except at 

 the base, which is brownish- 

 black in the portion that 

 clasps the stem. The ra- 

 ceme is about Trrft. long, 

 and sometimes branched ; 

 the numerous flowers are 

 large and white, beautifully 

 mottled with bright rose, the 

 labellum being wholly rose, 

 It is one of the finest of 

 East Indian Orchids, and 

 should be included in all 

 collections. It blossoms 

 during June and July, last- 

 ing for several weeks in full 

 beauty. A native of Assam, 

 Sikkim, iKic. 



Var. albi/in differs from 

 the type in having entirely 

 white flowers. 



Fig. 



12. Portion of Raceme of 

 Aerides Lawrence^e 



(mucli reduced). 



A. Huttoni {Hot-/.). — See Saccolabium Huttoni. 



