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VANDA teretifolia. 
Cylindric-leaved Vanda. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDER. Jussieu gen. 64. Brown prod. 1. 309. Div. IV. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demüm cereaceæ. 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. 
VANDA. Supra vol. 6. fol. 506. 
V. teretifolia, perianthii (corolla) laciniis interioribus brevioribus. Lindley 
collect. 6. tab. 6. 
Epidendrum teretifolium. Link enum. hort. berol. 2. 372? 
Rami stricti, teretes, foliosi, radices pallidas tortuosas promentes. Folia 
teretia, biuncialia, internodiis 2-A-plo longiora, cum caule et vaginá articu- 
lata. Spica simplex, horizontalis, foliorum longitudine (vel plurimim lon- 
gior) 5- (v. laxius multi-) flora. Flores majusculi, ante anthesin cuneati, 
resupinati: lacinie oblonge, reflexæ, lurido-lutee, obtuse, dorso et tribus 
nervis intüs sanguineis; 2 interioribus brevioribus. Labellum album, ovatum, 
dependens, laciniis longius, cum processu villoso column elastic? articulatum, 
basi in calcare obtuso, sanguineo-lineato productum, versüs apicem utrinque 
unidentatum, dentibus erectis apice coloratis. Calcar dimidid inferiore 2: 
loculare, membraná transversá foraminibus duobus pertusá, pro receptione 
baseos corporis carnosi compressi triangularis, margine et apice bicorni pilo- 
sis, dorso interioris calcaris afixi. Columna laciniis multo brevior, lurido- 
lutea, parte anteriore villosá, planá, apice utrinque unidenticulatá, lineá 
pilosa ab utráque dente decurrente; anticé circa faucem stigmatis membrana 
quadratá erectá cartilagined. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, persistens, 
antice elongata, 2-locularis, loculis discretis. Masse pollinis 2, cerea, dure, 
integre ( postice lobato-circumscisse, Nob.), postice obscure foveate, pedicello 
affixæ apice falcato compresso; basi in membraná cartilagined trilaterali di. 
latato, que, ejus lateribus membranis faucis stigmatis applicatis, fit quoad 
stigma horizontalis. Stigma infundibulare, purpureum, viscidum: glandulä 
massarum. pollinis pedicello medio proximá. Ovarium (germen) perianthio 
( corollá ) longius, contortum (rectum Nob.). Lindley loc. cit. 
Figured and described by Mr. Lindley in the publica- 
tion we have quoted. 
Native of China, and but lately introduced into our 
gardens, where it grows readily and blossoms in perfection. 
The annexed figure is from a sample we were favoured 
with by Sir Abraham Hume, from his hothouse at Worm- 
leybury. 
The flower is curious in the structure, as well as or- 
namental. The foliage is very different from that of the 
two species already published in our Register. The roots 
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