Order I. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
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12955 Leaves distichous obtuse compressed 
12956 Lip spurred undivided : spur short, Leaves radical ovate lanceolate 
12957 Lip not spurred : ribs of the disk branched ; middle lobe broader tlian long, lateral narrower upwards 
12958 Lip not spurred : ribs of the disk simple ; middle lobe somewhat cuneiform, lateral broader at end 
12959 Lip not spurred beardless, Pollen-masses 4, 2-lobed, Stem leafy, Flowers racemose 
12960 Lip not spurred with a callus in the inside near the base. Stem leafy, Flowers capitate 
12961 Leaves linear-lanceolate plaited. Sepals connivent. Scape higher than leaves 
12962 Lvs. lane, fleshy 5-nerved, Sep. ov. lane, acum : midd. lobe of lip acum. Ovary and outer sep. ferruginous 
12963 Bulbobl.-ov. Lvs. distich, lane, smooth, Fls. loosely spik. Lip obi. 3-lobed, Three exterior sep. unit, at base 
12964 Stem long 1-leaved, Leaf lanceolate. Peduncles twin 1-flowered, Root creeping 
12955 Stem 1-flowered, Lip ciliated 
12966 Stem panicled. Spur straight hanging down scarcely so long as ovary. Leaves bifid and unequal at end 
12967 Leaves subulate. Lip spurred 2-celled, Raceme shorter than leaves 
12968 Leaves lane, flat somewhat recurved. Spike simple horizontal. Lip and anther rostrate 
12969 Caulescent, Leaves remotely distichous broad linear channelled obtuse. Spikes opp. the leaves 
12970 Sepals oblong obovate wavy. Leaves obliquely 3-toothed at end 
12971 Lip without a spur. Sepals linear-lanceolate nearly equal. Leaves cylindrical 
12972 Spur ascending conical subulate. Middle lobe of lip shorter than lateral ones. Leaves blunt 
12973 Stem branched rooting, Leaves lanceolate, Sepals revolute dilated at the end. Lip bifid in front 
12974 The only species 
12975 Leaves lanceolate lined flat. Scape panicled. Sepals shorter than the lip 
12976 Scape very slender 3 times as long as the lanceol. 3-nerved leaves. Spur clavate, Midd. lobe of lip obsolete 
12977 Leaves lanceolate nerved. Spur ascending. Lip membranous complete 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
has been given by Mr. Lindley, from (TkiI, flesh, and avB-cs, a flower, in allusion to the texture of the sepals 
and labellum. 
1916. Vanda. The Hindoo name of the original species. Noble caulescent plants adhering to old decayed 
arms of trees or fallen wood, by means of their tendril-like fleshy tortuous roots. The flowers of all the 
species are large and shewy. Their treatment is the same as the next. 
1917. Aerides. Derived from aiir, the air ; in allusion to the peculiar property the species possess of existing 
many months suspended in that element. This genus and the two last are those to which the name of Air-plant 
is most properly applied, very few others being capable of enduring for any considerable period such a removal 
from their natural places of growth. The true species of this genus are beyond all comparison the most 
delightful productions of the vegetable world. Their flowers are arrayed in long spikes or racemes of delicate 
colors and delicious fragrance. Hung up in a room in their native country, a little before flowering, they con- 
tinue to unfold their blossoms in gradual succession for many weeks. In this country they are rarely seen in 
flower. The only genuine species, the A. odoratum, should be planted in rotten wood with a little peat, or a 
few decayed leaves, or any light black vegetable mould, and kept in the hottest and dampest place of the stove. 
If put in baskets among moss and kept very damp, the plants will succeed for a short time, but they soon 
languish, and put on a yellow appearance, the certain indication of unhealthiness. 
1918. Renanthera. A name contrived by Loureiro, to express the kidney-form or reniform shape of the 
pollen-mas.ses. This plant is not imcommon in good collections, where it has sometimes acquired the height of 
six or eight feet ; but it has never yet produced its flowers. These appear, in the native country of the plant, 
in large loose panicles, and are individually of considerable size and of a rich crimson color, a little mottled 
with yellow. 
1919. lonopsis. So called by Mr. Kunth, from lovy a violet, and o-^ig, resemblance. I. utricularioides is a 
pretty little epiphyte, with purplish falcate leaves. It succeeds ill under any management which has hitherto 
been applied to it. 
1920. Eulophia. From iuXo(po?, well crested, with reference to the surface of the middle lobe of the lip. The 
two species in the gardens are terrestrial tender stove plants, with bulbous roots, plaited leaves, and flowers, in 
E. exaltata, green and inconspicuous, in E. guineensis, whitish pink, and very handsome. They should be 
treated like Cymbidiura. 
