t be doubted. JS, Lpwii was introduced from New 



The sepals and petals are of a creamy buff 

 shade, the latter with numerous minute lno wn spots on the disc. The 

 lip is ivory-white, the upper half of the hypochil with bands of dull 

 maroon, formed of numerous suffused spots with some scattered dots 

 between them. The column is pale gn 

 The flowers exhale a powerful, almost Nai 



48. Aerides platychilu: 

 scapis descendentibus i 



o\atis snliobtusis, sepalo postico elliptico-oblongo 

 majoribu- triangulo-ovatis oblusis ad pedem colunma' adnatis, potalis 

 ollipfico-obiomrb olifiois laliello piano trilobo iobis lateialihus oblon^is 

 obtusis internieilio latissime ovato-oblou«:n apice biwiter bilobo. 'loci 

 nervis paullo incrassatis, calcare valide reflexo conico obtuso, colunma 



Hab. Not recorded. 



Folia 6 poll. longa. \\ poll. lata. Scapi i 

 longae. Pedicelli 1 poll, longi. Sepal urn pos 

 2\ lin. latum; lateralia 5 lin. longa, basi 4V I in. 

 longa, 21 lin. lata. Labellum 9 lin. longum, 8 1 



This distinct and pretty Aerides flowered with Mr. F. W. Moore, 



(ilasnevin Botanie Harden" Dublin, in April 1 .892. when it was sent to 

 Kew fur determination. Nothing is known of its native country. It 

 is allied to A. ItonlleliauuM, li>hb. I'., bavin- similar colours and a very 

 sharply reflexed spur, but the lip is flat, not plicate, and the side lobes 

 arc; free for less than half their length, not divided nearly to the base 

 and spreading. The sepals and petals are light buff, with a faint purple 

 stain near the tips. The lip is flat or slightly convex, pale yellow i-h 



with the middle and apex bright purple, and a few similar spots on the 

 sides. The spur is buff-pink, it is an interesting addition to the genus. 



49. Saccplabitun mooreanum, Rolfc ; foliis lineari-oblongi- api.-e 

 brevissime bilobis, scapis descendentibus, racemis densifloris brevibus, 



' .- . 



" te ellipticis 

 ) trilobo lobis lateralibus semiorbicularibus erectis 

 intermedio triangulo-ovato obtuso concavo, calcare clavato elongato, 

 colunma brevi fronte in appendicem decurvum bicuspidatum producta. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Folia 4-6 poll, longa, \\ poll. lata. Scapi 5-8 poll, longi. Racemi 

 1-2 poll, longi. Bracteee 1-2 lin. longae. Pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi. 

 Sepala et petala 2 lin. longa. Label li limbus lj-H lin. longus ; calcar 

 2-3 lin. longum. 



A small-flower. -d Samdabit/m. introduced from New Guinea (together 

 With Dnidrobbim Phala nnpsis) by Me-is. F Sander \ Co., of St. 

 Albans, and now represented in several collections. 1 1 flowered with 

 Mr. F. W. Moore, (ilusnev in Botanic Garden. Dublin, in October hist, 



November, and shortly afterwards with ( .1. Luea-, K-u,.. YVarnham 

 Court, Horsham, from all of whom ^pecim. i - wciv roc i\.-d tor determina- 

 tion. It is allied to S. Mimns. Kcho. f., and two or three other 

 Polynesian species, which have a pr . . lage in front 



of the column, looking down, as it were, into the spur, as in the genua 



