456 98 MR. Rk. ALLEN ROLFE ON THE GENUS VANILLA. 
Pedice}li 14-1# poll. longi. Sepala et petala 8-9 lin. longa. 
Labellum 7-8 lin. longum. Columna 6-7 lin. longa, Capsula 
ignota. 
Readily distinguished from the preceding by its very short 
broad leaves, and different floral structure. 
15. Vaninta Grirrirui, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, ii. (1854) 
p- 88; foliis elliptico-oblongis vel rarius lanceolato-oblongis 
cuspidatis; racemis brevibus subcorymbosis, bracteis ovatis 
vel ovato-oblongis subacutis; sepalis petalisque elliptico- 
oblongis obtusis; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis 
obtusis, lobo intermedio transverse oblongo vel suborbiculari 
emarginato lateribus plicatis hirsutis, crista globosa villosissima ; 
columna brevi; capsulis lineari-oblongis. Rolfe, in Orch. Rev., 
ii. (1895) p. 69. 
Vanilla sp., Griff., Notul., iii. p. 247, Ic. Pl. Asiat., t. 281. 
V. albida, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vi. p. 91, in part (not of 
Blume). V. tolypephora, Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. ii. 
(Bot.) iii. (1893) p. 376. 
Hab. India. Malacca, Griffith! Maingay! Penang, Wallich! 
Curtis, 1167! Perak, Scortechini ! Wray! King’s Collector ! 
Singapore, Lobb! At Changi, Ridley, 3924! Pulau Ubin and 
Selangor, Ridley. 
Planta 40-60 ped. alta. Folia 3-7} poll. longa, 14-3} poll. 
lata. Racemi 1}-2} poll. longi. Bractew 24-5 lin. longe. 
Pedicelli {-1} poll. longi. Sepala et petala 10-15 lin. longa. 
Labellum {-] poll. longum. Columna $ poll. longa. Capsula 
23-3 poll. longa. 
This is said to be the common species all over the Malay 
Peninsula, the stems growing 40 to 60 feet long, the flowers 
waxy white or cream colour, with the lip pinkish inside, and 
the fruit yellow when ripe, sweet and eatable, like a small 
banana. The crest resembles a ball of wool. 
A specimen collected at Bankinsing, in the Island of Formosa, 
by Dr. A. Henry (n. 479), has the inflorescence and bracts 
remarkably like Curtis n. 1179 from Penang, but the leaves 
are smaller, and whether it represents a distinct species or 
otherwise cannot, in the absence of the flowers, be determined. 
16. V. GranpiroLia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) vi. 
(1862) p. 138; foliis petiolatis late ellipticis vel suborbicu- 
laribus breviter et abrupte acuminatis obtusis; bracteis ovato- 
