AERIDES

(Lat.), n. n.?r'i*d-ez(e?s), Gen., aerid’eos, aer’idis, From dp, air, because living for a long time when suspended in air. Fr.,aéride. Sp.,aérid a. A genus of orchids indigehous to the tropics, established by Swartz. |B, 19, 71.J—A. tænlale. A species found upon trees in Scythia having long flat roots in shape like a (paren B, 19.]—A. te ella tum. Syn.: Vanda tes sell at a diges], Vanda Roxburghii, Cymbidium te elloides [Roxburgh]. A species indigenous to the East Indies, said to be ‘ul as a remedy in various disorders. [B, 71; L, 63.]