48 



— V 



VANDA cristata 



Crested Vanda. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^e § Vande^e. 

 VANDA. Supra vol. 6./0I. 506. 



istata ; foliis canaliculatis recurvis apice truncatis oblique excisis triden- 

 tatis, racemo erecto trifloro foliis breviore, sepalis oblongis obtusis for- 

 nicatis^ petalis angustioribus incurvis, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus 

 acutis intermeclio vittato oblongo convexo apice saccato inaequaliter tn- 



corni, cornu brevi conico. 

 V. cristata. LindL in Wall, c 



f. 3. in f route 



* 



Sertum 



Surculus crassitie digiti minimi, fere subsimplex, inferiori parte emittens 



fib 



habitu foli 



lima. Folia rigida, disticha, patentia, bast alternatim xmbncantia, mtida, 

 canaliculata subtus carinata marginibus acutissimis glabemmis, apice truncata 

 et oblique 3-dentata, 5-6 pollicaria \-pollicem lata. Racemi axillares, solitam, 

 (plures 3-4 ex eddem plantd, axillis alternis) vix folia superantes paucifion. 

 Pedunculi carnosi 2-3-pollicares , teretes, indivisi ; bad bracteis vagmantibus 

 truncatis aliquot. Flos magnus, carnoms, viridiforus, label maxima purpureo 

 Peranthii foliola crassa, lanceolata, patentia, obtustuscula, £ lf lte °??>™ 

 distincta ; lateralia exteriora, infra insertionem labelli basi «£""*«•£ 

 sime product* adnata, omnia patentia, demum anhca erecta ccetera^ depessa t 

 interiora sublinearia. Labellum erysimum, basi saccatum fjg*«? 

 in cornu acutiusculum basi columna incrassat<B adnatum. Faux ut ™J uel ° 

 bulo ovato obtuso recto. Lamina oblonga, porrecta, apice ^tusjornu conico 

 solido brevi svpra cristd s. margine transversah elongatd, fajll MmM t *. »; « g 

 lindricas abeunte irregulares ; supra verrucoso-hneata ^T^JLIZZ' 

 crassa, conica. Anthem terminalis, subtks biloculaw, loculis ^t^jre^ 

 Mass* due, globose, postice bilobce, umbilico apicis columns *4fi*W"«* 

 branul* solubilis, filovalde elasticoconnex* . ^^^^^TlZm 

 angulis carinatis prominentibus. 

 consistentia crassissima ; color atropurpureus 



senceus 



Wallich 



An epiphyte, with the habit of Vanda Roxburghii, found 



.„,*«_ _ w ^ Nepal, by Dr. Wallich, flowering in the 

 month of April. He describes 



manuscript memo 





