=A. c. Warneri= (Warner's).* The leaves are smaller, and more slender than in the species; the sepals and petals are white, with a soft, rich, rose-coloured lip.

=A. cylindricum= (cylindric).* _fl._ white and pink, as large as those of _A. crispum_; sepals and petals crispy. _l._ elongate, subulate, terete, 4in. to 6in. long. East Indies. A very rare and distinct species. SYN. _A. vandarum_.

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=A. dasycarpum= (thick-fruited). _fl._ brownish, rosy. India, 1865.

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=A. dasypogon.= _See_ =Sarcanthus erinaceus=.

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=A. difforme= (deformed). _fl._ green and brown. India, 1865.

=A. Dominiana= (Dominy's).* This is a garden hybrid between _A. Fieldingii_ and _A. affine_, with the colour of the former, but markings and shape of the latter. Very rare.

=A. falcatum= (sickle-leaved).* _fl._ sepals and petals white, dotted with reddish crimson, and tipped with soft rose; lip white at the sides, with a rosy-crimson centre; spur short, parallel with the lip; racemes pendulous, many flowered. _l._ closely set upon the stem, peculiar blue-green, coriaceous, obtuse and mucronate. This species is very closely allied to _A. crassifolium_. SYN. _A. Larpentæ_.

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=A. Fieldingii= (Fielding's).* The Fox-brush Ærides. _fl._ white, numerous, large, beautifully mottled with bright rose colour; the much branched racemes are 2ft. to 3ft. long, and continue blooming three or four weeks. _l._ 8in. to 10in. long, in some plants light green, and in others dark green; long, broad, thick, and fleshy, obliquely two-lobed at the apex. _h._ 3ft. to 4ft. Assam.

=A. Houlletianum= (Houllet's).* _fl._ sepals and petals buff, shading off into cream white at the base, with a purplish eye-spot at their tips; lip white; front part dark purplish, with some lines of the same colour on the sides; on densely crowded spikes. _l._ and growth similar to _A. virens_. Cochin China. SYN. _A. Mendelii_.

=A. japonicum= (Japanese).* _fl._ white, with the lateral sepals slightly barred with brown purple; several on the pendent racemes; lip purple, spotted, marked with a dark violet central ridge. _l._ short, linear-oblong, obtusely bilobed. Stems short, about 4in. high. A pretty cool house species from Japan, 1862.