ARETHUSEA. 435 
Epidendrum claviculatum. Swartz. prodr. 120. 
Cerei affinis, &c. Sloane p. 160. t. 224. f. 3. 4. 
Hab. in Zntillis, in sylvis interioribus locis montosis calcareis siccissimis, 
Swartz. 
Flowers large white. The plant is called in Jamaica Greenwith among 
the negroes. A decoction of the whole plant is thought by them of great 
value in siphilitic cases. In Hispaniola the expressed juice is employed as 
a vulnerary, and the plant is named Liane à blessure. The taste is bitter, 
the smell that of Orchidacez but very powerful, Swartz. 
3. VaNiLLA planifolia. Bot. Repos. t. 538. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. V. 220. 
Bauer's illustr. Genera, tt. 10 et 11. Blume Rumphia, 1. 197. t. 68. 
Morren in Ann. of Nat. History, 3. 1. 
V. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis planis obsolete striatis, sepalis petalisque ob- 
longis erectis obtusiusculis, labelli laminà emarginatà crenatà crisp 
utrinque recurvà medio lamellis brevibus transversis cuneatis dentatis 
retrorsüm imbricatis cristatà sub apice verrucosáà, columná antice pilosa, 
fructu cylindraceo longissimo odoratissimo. 
: Myrobroma fragrans. Salisb. parad. t. 82. 
Vanilla viridiflora. Blume, bijdr. 422. 
Hab. in India occidentali, Aiton ; unde Angliæ apportata in orientalis insulis 
migravit. (hab. s. et v. v. c.) 
This is the species from which Professor Morren has succeeded in ob- 
taining excellent fruit in the Botanical Garden at Leyden. And it is 
highly probable that it is the source of at least some part of the Vanilla of 
commerce. The botanist just quoted regards Schiede's V. sylvestris as 
being probably a synonym of V. planifolia, but there is no sufficient evi- 
dence to shew that this is so. (See Morren in Annals of Natural History, 
vol. 3. p. 1. for a detailed account of the culture &c. of Vanilla.) 
4. VaNiLLA albida. Blume Bijdr. 499. c. analysi. Rumphia 1. 197. t. 67. 
V: foliis petiolatis lanceolatis crassis planis obsolet? nervosis, spicis 
3-9 floris, labelli limbo ovato rotundato antice et in fauce disco barbato 
instructo, columnA glabra, fructibus triquetris falcatis inodoris. 
Hab. in sylvis intactis uvidis et montanis Jave ; juxta fluvium Tjapus, 
circà montes Salak, in montosis Parang, cet. semper fere florens, 
Blume. 
Fruit about 3 inches long, shining, pale green, with brown spots. Sepals 
and petals greenish. Labellum milk white. 
5. VaxiLLA grandiflora. 
V. foliis ......, spicà brevi multiflorà, bracteis latis rotundatis striatis, 
sepalis petalisque elongatis rectis planis oblongis obtusiusculis basi 
angustatis, labelli retusi apiculati crispi limbo basi lamellis brevibus 
transversis cuneatis dentatis retrorsüm imbricatis cristato sub apice 
glabro venis pauld elevatis, columnà anticé pilosa. 
Hab. in Guayand Gallicá, Martin. (hab. s. sp. comm. amic. N. B. Ward.) 
Although I have seen nothing more of this plant than a cluster of dried 
flowers, there can be no doubt of its distinctness from all those, the flowers 
of which I have examined. It is nearest V. planifolia from which its 
