Vanda.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 51 
spathulatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1348. Limodorum spathulatum, Willd. Sp. 
PI. iv. 125. rides maculatum, Smith in Rees Cyclop. Suppl.—Rheede 
Hort. Mal. xii. t. 3. 
WESTERN PENINSULA ; from Malabar to Travancore and CEYLON. 
Stem 2 ft. Leaves 2-4 by 4-14 in, shortly obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle 
12-18 in., robust, few-fld. and at the tip only; bracts large, ovate, acute; pedicel 
and ovary 1-12 in. ; side lobes of lip broadly obovate, midlobe obscurely 3-fid ; spur 
conical. Capsule 13-21 in., clavately fusiform. 
Tt Flowers 2 in. diam. and upwards (smaller in V. Bensont). 
6. V. coerulea, Griff. ex Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, under t. 30 ; Fol. 
Orchid. 8; peduncle elongate many-fld., flowers 3-4 in. diam. pale blue, 
lateral sepals obovate, petals clawed broadly obovate, lip muc shorter 
than the sepals dark blue linear-oblong, side lobes small rounded, midlobe 
with 2 thickened ridges ending in a bigibbous tip. Pat. Fl. Gard. t. 36 ; 
Jard. Fleurist. X. 102: Fl. des Serres. t. 609; Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. i. 8, 
t. 0; Pescatorea, i. t. 29; Ill. Hort. vii. t. 246; Warner Sel. Orchid. 1.18; 
Jennings Orchid. t. 34; Reichenbachia, ii. 19, $. 57; Lindenia, iv. t. 160 
.ccrulescens, Journ. Hort. Soc. vi., Proc. vii. with fig. Vanda, Grif. 
Itin. Notes, 88, No. 1984. 
KHASIA and JyNTEA Mrs., on oaks, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, Ze, . . 
Stem 3-6 in., very stout. Leaves 3-10 by 2-1 in., keeled, 2-lobed or tip obliquely 
truncate and toothed. Peduncle with lax-fld. 6—20-fld. raceme 1-2 ft., perianth 
Segments somewhat waved and obscurely tessellate ; lip not one-third the length o 
the sepals ; spur conical obtuse. Capsule 3 in., fusiform, long pedicelled. 
7. V. Denisoniana, Benson § Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 
528; 1885, 105, f. 21; peduncle very short, flowers 2 in. diam., white, 
Sepals and petals waved and twisted, lateral sepals largest broadly obovate 
falcate deflexed, petals clawed spathulate, lip longer than the sepals, side 
lobes large subquadrate, midlobe panduriform with two orbicular diverging 
and recurved terminal lobes. Bot. Mag. t. 5811; Ill. Hort. N. S. t. 105; 
indenia, t. 21; Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 243. 
TENAssERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. ARRACAN, Benson. ith 
Stem short. Leaves 6-10 in., deeply unequally 2-lobed. Peduncle stout, wi 
* raceme 6-10 in, ; pedicels with ovary 2 in. ; midlobe of lip with rounded sides, 
and a Very acute terminal sinus; disk with 5 thick obtuse ridges; side lobes con- 
cave, with orange streaks ; spur short, villous within. Capsule 3-5 in., clavately 
fusiform, d 
t: 8. v. Bensoni, Batem. in Bot. Mag. t. 5611; leaves narrow, peduncle 
all inclined many-fld., lowers 14-2 in. diam., sepals and petals dull yellow- 
green Spotted with red-brown, lateral sepals broadly obovate, petals sp athu- 
va y obovate, lip nearly as long as the sepals blne, side lobes triangular: 
vate, much smaller than the panduriform midlobe which has 2 broa 
; near Rangoon, Benson. TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Parish. — 
mE short, Leaves 4-6 in. obliquely truncate and toothed. Peduncle with the 
Dear p 18 In. midlobe of lip with 3 obtuse ridges; spur conical obtuse, sot A 
wared . Denisoniana, but flowers much smaller, quite different in colour, ith 
ed, midlobe of lip more contracted, the terminal lobes uncinate.—4A form wi 
ro . eru : 
of Pe) figured by Parish and called £ristis may be this or V. brunnea (see end 
9. v. Parishii, Veitch |% Reichb. in Gard. Chron. 1867, 180, with fig. ; 
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