466 MR. R. ALLEN ROLFE ON THE GENUS VANILLA. 
Panama, Seemann, 1159! Columbia, Lower Mountains of 
Santa Martha, Purdie! Tolima, bei La Plata, 800-1500 m. 
alt.; Lehmann, 2263! Venezuela, at La Guayra, Trinidad, 
Bradford, 5285! Hart! British Guiana, Corentyne River, 
wm Thurn. Surinam, Merian. Cayenne, Aublet.—Cultivated 
in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and possibly other localities. 
Folia 6-11 poll. longa, 14-44 poll. lata. Racemi 14-2 poll. 
longi. Bracteg 5-7 lin. longe, 3-4 lin. late. Sepala et petala 
3-33 poll. longa. Labellum 24-3 poll. longum. Capsula 
4-7 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata. 
This species is much more widely diffused than Vanilla plani- 
folia, and its fruit has long been known as an article of com- 
merce, being now usually sold under the name of West Indian 
Vanillons. It is the Grosse Vanille of Aublet, the Baynilla de 
acguales of Humboldt, and the Baynilla Pompona of Schiede. 
The pods are much thicker and more fleshy than those of 
V. planifolia, and more difficult to dry. They also fetch a much 
lower price in the market, but the fresh fruits are largely used 
in the same way as those of V. planifolia. 
28. VaniLLA Garpyeri, Rolfe, in Kew Bull. (1895) p. 177; 
caulibus crassiusculis; foliis subsessilibus oblongis obtusis cras- 
siusculis ; racemis crassiusculis brevibus, bracteis ovatis obtusis 
rigidis patentibus ; sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis subobtu- 
sis; labello oblongo subintegro obtuso submembranaceo, nervo 
vix incrassato ; disco subpubescente cristato ; columna clavata. 
Vanilla planifolia, Gardn. in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot., i. (1842) 
p- 942 (non Andr.) ; Travels in Brazil, ed. IL. p. 225. 
Hab. Brazil, in dry rocky, bushy places, common, as on the 
Morra do Flamengo, near Rio, Gardner, 245! In moist places 
in the district of Parnagua, prov. Piauhy, Gardner, 2733! 
Natividade, prov. Goyaz, Gardner, 3449! Pernambuco, at 
Iguarassa, Ridley, Lea and Ramage! Burchell, 894 from near 
Rio, and 9829 from San José da Laranjeira, Para, may repre- 
sent barren branches of the same; the latter is marked as 
 Bahunitha. Fructus teres, 4—5 poll.” 
Folia 3-5 poll. longa, 1}-1} poll. lata. Racemi 14-3 poll. 
longi. Bracter 3-5 lin. longe. Pedicelli $-14 poll. longi. 
Sepala et petala 22 poll. longa. Labellum 24 poll. longum. 
Columna 1} poll. longa. Capsula ignota. 
A species allied to Vanilla Pompona, Schiede, but with 
leaves about half the size, longer racemes with smaller, not 
