638 ORCHIDEjE. 



61. VANILLA, Sw. 



Lip adnate to the colnmn, convolute : perigone jointed at the hase, spreading-erect. 

 Column naked : " pollinaria 2." — Stem, high- climbing by aerial roots; leaves jointed at 

 the base ; flowers large, in axillary racemes ; capsule pulpy within. 



191. V. planifolia, Andr. Stem cylindrical ; leaves fleshy, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, contracted at the base, 8-15-nerved ; bracts foliaceous ; perigoue green : divisions 

 lanceolate-oblong ; lip " callous below the serrulate, repand summit, and crested with minute, 

 recurved scales at the middle j capsule elongated, subcylindrieal." — Bot. Repos. t. 538 : 

 flowers green, with a white lip. Berg Offic. Gew. t. 23. a, b : powers wholly green. 

 Catesb. Carol. Append, t. 7 : flowers white within, but his figure leaves some doubts. V. 

 sativa, Schiede {sec. Kl. and Bg.).— Leaves 5"-7" long, l"-2" broad; flowers about 2, 

 " capsule 6" long."— Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Mexico; New Granada!; Brazil!]. 



192. V. anaromatica, Gr. Stem angular ; leaves chartaceous (in drying), broadly 

 ovate, with a bluntish point, contracted at the base, 30-34-nerved with quadrate areoles; 

 bracts foliaceous, elliptical ; flowers " greenish and white ;" capsule elongated, subcylin- 

 drieal.— Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 188.— Epidendrum Vanilla, L. (excl. syn. Catesb.). V. aro- 

 matica, Sw. (non Lindl.) : Gardner's specimens, i. e. V. aromatica, Lindl. (V. guianensis, 

 Splitg. sec. Kl.), do not belong to our species, which, though its flower is now unknown, 

 may with some confidence be referred to Plumier's figure. — Leaves 6"-8" long, 3 -6% 

 broad; bracts 6"'-12'", capsule 8" long, the latter "devoid of aroma" (Plum.).— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., in woods ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Cr., Pd. ; [New Granada !]. 



193. V. claviculata, Sw. Stem cylindrical ; " leaves short, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, half-clasping :" bracts membranaceous, inferior oblong-linear, superior much smaller, 

 ovate; perigone white: divisions lanceolate-oblong; lip deltoid above the middle, crispate- 

 repand, bearded within along the midrib ; " capsule linear-oblong." — Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 

 1799. 2. t. 1./. 1. a. : the flower. Desc. Fl. 5. t. 362.— I exclude V. claviculata, Lindl. 

 PI. Wright. 672, which has an augular stem, ovate-lanceolate, 8-1 0-nerved leaves, smaller, 

 " reddish flowers, linear capsules, and apparently the lip glabrous within." Leaves 

 " l"-l£"long," inferior bracts 1", uppermost 2'", flowers nearly 2" long.— Hab. Jamaica., 

 March, in dry woods ; [Haiti], 



Tkibe V. NBOTTIEJ1. — Pollinaria powdery-granular. Anther cohering by its base 

 with the column, persistent. — Stem usually terrestrial. 



62. PONTHIEVA, R. Br. 



Lip posterior, adnate to the column together with the 2 interior perigonial divisions. 

 Column beaked : anther dorsal, stipitate, oblong-linear : pollinaria " 2, bilobed." — R« ct 

 fascicled ; scape glandular above, chiefly at the racemose flowers ; leaves rosulate. 



194. P. glandulosa, R. Br. (L., R.). Leaves lanceolate- elliptical, pointed, shortly 

 petioled ; perigonial divisions exterior ovate-oblong, lateral flat, 2 interior half-cordate- 

 deltoid, slightly cohering below the summit with the ventral one ; lip abruptly dilated ^ ove 

 the claw, roundish with a terminal, linear appendage, complicate below it. — Rich. Cub. t. 

 87 : a form with tapering-subsessile, lanceolate-oblong leaves [P. lancifolia, Rich.) — P- r0 *" 

 trata, Lindl. in PL Hdrtweg.— l'-H' high; leaves 3"-5", raceme 3"-6", perigone 4 

 long, the latter green, or greenish-brown. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in moist places ; Do- 

 minica !, Imr. ; [Cuba! j Carolina ! to Ecuador !]. 



195. P. petiolata, Lindl. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, or oblong-elliptical, pointed, long- 

 petioled ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, lateral revolute at the margin, 

 interior incurved-oblong, shortly half-cordate at the base, cohering above with the centra- 

 one, and forming with it a broadly ovate, blunt, minutely 3-denticulate blade. — Bot. Rtff- *• 

 760.— 1V-2' high ; leaves 3"-6", raceme 3"-6", perigone 5"' long, the latter " whitish- ana 

 red-variegated."— Hab. Dominica!, Imr., S.Vincent {Lindl.) ; [Cuba!]. 



63. CRANICHIS, Su>. 



Lip posterior, concave, membranaceous-, perigonial divisions distinct. Column low, 



