1809 
* VANDA téres. 
Taper-leaved Vanda. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcmmacea, $ VANDEE. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) j 
VANDA.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 506. 
V. teres; folis teretibus, racemis ascendentibus subbifloris folis segualibus, 
sepalis oblongis obtusis: supremo erecto lateralibus semitortis labello suppo- 
sitis, petalis majoribus suborbiculatis undulatis, labello basi conico ; laciniis 
lateralibus ascendentibus subtruncatis intermediá pubescente apice dilatatá 
truncatá emarginatá. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. p. 217. 
This superb epiphyte was originally discovered upon 
trees in Sylhet by Dr. Wallich, and it has more recently 
been met with by Mr. William Griffith abundantly near 
Medown in the Burmese Empire, also growing on trees in 
the woods. 
When Dr. Wallich came to England, this species formed 
one of the numerous living plants brought home under his 
care, and blossomed during the voyage; the very flowers 
which were then produced we are so fortunate as to possess 
in spirits, through the kindness of their liberal discoverer ; 
they measure nearly four inches and a half from the tip of 
one petal to that of the other, but only two were formed 
upon the spike. The specimens from Mr. Griffith are not 
* Vandá is the Sanscrit name of the original species of this genus. 
