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MR. R. ALLEN ROLFE ON THE GENUS VANILLA. 461. | 
Folia 33 poll. longa, 1} poll. lata. Capsule 4 poll. long. 
Only known by the original description, according to which 
the sepals and petals are whitish-green, the lip lined with lilac 
in the tube and with pale reddish hairs, and the column white 
with some orange spots at the base. 
21. Vaninta Moonn, Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (1861) p. 312; 
habitu V. planifoliw ; foliis et racemis brevioribus; bracteis 
ovatis subacutis; sepalis petalisque lanceolato-oblongis sub- 
obtusis ; labello subintegro paullo undulato, apice reflexo; disci 
hervis superne corrugatis papillosis; cristé hirsuta reflexa ; 
capsulis lineari-oblongis. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vi. p. 90. 
Hab. Ceylon, Negumbo and Kornegalle, Thwaites, 3204! 
Galle, Champion! Without locality, Gardner! Mrs. Walker! 
Folia 33-5 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata. Racemi 14-2 poll. 
longi. Bractee 1} poll. longs. Pedicelli 3-1 poll. longi. 
Sepala et petala 1} poll. longa. Labellum 1 poll. longum. 
Capsula 4 poll. longa, 7-9 lin. lata. 
Not unlike a reduced edition of V. planifolia, but smaller in 
all its parts, and the fruits much shorter and stouter. There 
is no record as to whether its possesses any aromatic properties. 
A drawing by Mrs. Walker shows the sepals and petals dusky 
yellow and the lip light yellow with brown papille in front. 
A specimen in Wight’s Herbarium labelled ‘“ Hab. — ? 
Peninsula? ” looks somewhat different, but is too imperfect for 
certain determination. 
22. V. Sprucet, Rolfe; caule gracili flexuosis; foliis 
petiolatis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis sub- 
obtusis; racemis axillaribus brevibus paucifloris; bracteis 
oblongis subobtusis; sepalis petalisque lineari - lanceolatis 
acutis, basi angustis; labello columne longe adnato basi 
anguste tubuloso, apice paullo ampliato integro subobtuso 
undulato ; disco ruguloso meaio cristato, crista oblonga, foliolis 
ramentaceis denticulatis composita; columna elongato-clayata. 
Hab. Columbia, in shady woods near the Uaupés River, on 
the Upper Amazon, Spruce, 2727! 
Folia 443 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata; petiolus 5-6 lin. latus. 
Racemus i poll. longus. Bractes 2-4 lin. longe. Sepala et 
petala 2{-25 poll. longa, 23-3 lin. lata. Labellum 2} poll. 
longum. Columna 1? poll. longa. Capsula ignota. 
Remarkable for its broadly lanceolate leaves and long, narrow 
