50 CXLVIII. oROHIDEX, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Vanda. 
rose-cold.; sepals and petals undulate; lip hairy towards the base; side lobes broad, 
incurved, yellow within, crimson spotted ; midlobe much larger, flabellately reniform 
purple or rose-cold., sac 1 in. long ; column hairy in front. Capsule lin., clavate. 
2. V. Hookeriana, Reichb. f. in Bonpland. 1856, 324; in Gard. 
Chron. 1882, ii. 488; midlobe of lip very large reniformly flabellate 
3-lobed, sac very short. ZIU. Hortic. 1883, t. 484; Orchidoph. 1886, t. 158; 
Reichenbachia, i. t. 74. Warner Orchid.’ Alb. t. 73, 1882. 
Perak, Scortechini; in swamps, Wray. SINGAPORE, Ridley (in litt.). . 
Habit of V. teres, but leaves shorter, 2-3 in. ; scape longer; flowers 3-5, 2 in. 
diam. ; lateral sepals oblong or obovate-oblong, cream-cold ; petals broader, lilac or 
carnation ; lip towards the base and column hairy; side lobes purple; midlobe as 
large as the rest of the flowers, white or lilac, base 2-glandular; sac conical, obtuse. 
Capsule 4 in. 
** Leaves flat or chanelled and keeled. Scape usually many-fld. 
T Flowers 4-134 in. diam. (See also V. Bensoni.) 
3. V. parviflora, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxx. Misc. 45; peduncle and 
raceme strict erect, flowers j-$ in. diam., sepals oblong and spathulate 
petals yellow, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 
with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with fleshy blue ridges, spur 
slender conical half as long as the lip. Wight Ic. t. 1669; Reichb. f. in 
Gard. Chron. 1877, 166. Ærides Wightianum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7320; 
Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 238; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 40; Bot. Mag. t. 5188; 
Wight Ic. v. p. 8; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 265. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Atakmunda river, alt. 3—4000 ft., Edgeworth. 
NEPAL, Wallich. Assam, Mann. Burma, Berkely, WESTERN PENINSULA ; from 
the Concan to Travancore. CxxrLow, Walker, &c. 
Stem 4-6 in. Leaves 4-8 by 4-3 in., unequally obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle and 
rachis stout; pedicel with ovary 1-1} in.; side lobes of lip small, ovate. Capsule 
1-1} in., long pedicelled, clavate. 
Var. testacea ` sepals and petals brown. V. testacea, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 
1877, 166. rides testaceum, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 288; Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 
t. 142; Walp. Ann. v. 897.—Ceylon. 
Var. albiflora; sepals and petals white, lip white, ridges speckled with red, spu! 
broader obtuse.— Moulmein (Ze. Parish). dui "ie Bes Speckled wita , 
4. V. corulescens, Grif. Notul. iii. 352; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 331; 
raceme drooping, flowers l-l% in. diam., sepals obovate and spathulate, 
petals pale blue, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 
with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with fleshy dark blue ridges 
spur slender conical half as long as the lip. Lindl. Fol. Orchid.9 ; Walp: 
ann Wed Pot Mag. t es and 6328; Warner Orchid. Alb. t. wi 
oral Mag. N. S. t. 256; rchidoph. 1 7: j } ^ 
Chron. 1869, 408 ; 1870, 529, f. 97. ph. 1363, t. 637; Reichb. f, in Gar 
UPPER BURMA, Griffith. Prov; on hills near Prome, alt. 1500 ft., Benson. 
Stem Gin, Leaves 6-10 by $in., much broader in cultivation acutely 2-fid or 
3-fid. Pedunele with racemes 1 ft. or less; pedicel with ovary 1-14 in.; flowers 
variable in colour, from blue to nearly white (v: s> dont 
R.f.) ; spur and column blue. y (vars. Borallii, R. f. and Louriano 
5. V. spathulata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 719 ; leaves short, peduncle 
very tall, raceme terminal few-fld., flowers 1} in. diam. golden yellow; 
sepals and petals spathulately oblong flat, lip clawed as long as the sepals, 
side lobes very small, midlobe suborbicular. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
216; Fol. Orchid.9; Wight Ie. t. 915; Walp. Ann. vi. 869. Epidendrum 
