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CASSELL'S Jr^urULAE GARDENING. 



obovate, 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. Larpentce, by which name it is even now best 

 known in gardens. June. East Indies. 



A. Fielding a. —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 obliquely 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 mijch branched; flowers dense, 

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

 oblong, obtuse ; lip fiat, ovate, and tapering to a 

 point. June and July. Upper Assam. 



A. Lindleyamm. — This is frequently called a 

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

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

 ducing a large branched pannicle 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 tubercles between them ; spur short, in- 

 curved. May and June. Neilgherry Mountains. 



A. Zobbii. — 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, 

 slightly spotted with violet, white towards the base ; 

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

 of white along the centre ; spur curved and some- 

 what compressed. May and June. Moulmein. 



A. maculosum. — A somewhat stifiP and compact 

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

 eight to ten inches long, and dark green ; racemes 

 drooping, generally slightly 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. stiavisshnum, but still differing from it in 

 many essential points ; leaves arcuate, strap -shaped, 

 obliquely emarginate at 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, slightly bifid, white 

 dotted with rosy-purple ; spur incurved, yellow, 

 dotted with red. June and July. Indian Aichi- 

 pelago. 



A. odoratum. — 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 ntimerous 

 varieties of this species, of which A. odo)'atum maj'us, 

 A. odoratum longiracemosum, and A. odoratum picrpu' 

 rascens are the most distinct and best. The normal 

 plant has flaccid, oblique leaves, which are obtuse 

 and mucronate at the apex, 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 ; 

 lip 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. qtunquevulnerum. — A splendid species, but of 

 very slow growth and stiff habit; the leaves are 

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

 smaU 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 

 cucuUate, 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. quinquevulnerum, 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 ; lip fiat, 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. superbum. — A much stronger 



