374 ORCHIDACEAE 
oblong to id -oblong or oval, 44.5 mm. long, er 'Ose or ipe no 
spur mm. long, iy un downward: “caps fully 10 mm. long. [Gymn 
dema fiava Lindl]—(FROG-ARROW. ORANGE REIN-ORCHID. )— Moist piclands 
, Ten 
and acid bog Coastal Plain and rarely adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex. 
and N. J. 
3. G. clavellata r. Rydb. Stem 1-5 dm. tall, rather uin above: 
leaves scale-like except 1 or 2 near the middle of e stem or below it; blades 
oblong or RR UM E 5-12 em. long: perianth whi tish or seen lateral 
sepals ovate to oval, 2-3.5 mm. pc petals 3—4 mm. long, £ sinuately 3-lobed: 
lip slightly dilated "upward, s . long: capsule 7-8 mm. long. [Gymna- 
ema Med gale ( Willd.) Hook.]— C FROG- eet Pa RBIN-ORCHTD eo 
grounds and swamps, various provinces, Fla. , Minn., and New 
11. VANILLA Sw. Vines with rope-like stems and aerial roots. Leaves 
remote, iiis much reduced. Flowers in axillary clusters. Perianth mainly 
pale, but showy. Lateral sepals narrow, slightly broadened upward. Petals 
ee coe than the sepals. Lip cornuco ike, involute and adnate to 
the long eolumn, the free dilated tip fringed or erisped. Capsule LE 
About 20 species, mostly of tropical regions an mms m IDS 
Leaves with blades, not da dunt capsule elongate. 
Lip fringed, 40-50 mm. long: sepals and petals less than 60 
mm. 
p 
V. Vanilla. 
Lip crisped, 10-80 mm. long: sepals and petals over 70 mm. 
lo 
ong. V. phaeantha. 
Leaves obsolete, or scale-like, and recurved at the tip: capsule 
snort. 
Lip abruptly pointed at the apex: leaves mere narrow scales . 
near the tips of the branches. 3. V. Eggersii. 
Lip notched at the apex: leaves obsolete. 4. V. articulata. 
V. Vanilla (L.) Britton. Leaf-blades 
us to elliptic, 10-18 em. long: lateral 
m petals linear or nea 
SO 5—9 . long, the edge fringed 
[F. planifolia Andr.]—( VANILLA-VINE.) 
Hammocks, n. Fla. 
The eured eapsule is the i vanilla-bean' 
of commerce. Usually merely a waif. 
V. phaeantha Reiehenb. Leaf-blades 
narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 9 
15 cm. long: lateral Paes nearly linear, 
slightly narrowed to the base and the 
apex, 65-80 mm. ines petals rather 
narrower than the a: sepals: lip 70-80 mm. ong, the edge crenulate.— 
(LEAFY-VANILLA.)—Low hammocks, S pen. Fla.—(W. I.) 
V. Eggersii Rolfe. Leaves remote, scale-like, linear to lanceolate, 5—7 
bas: pide sepals spatulate, 33-36 mm. long: petals narrowly spatulate: us 
30-36 m the 
long, edge crisped: capsule 5-7 cm. long, slender-clavate.— 
( 10055 -VANILLA.)— mocks, Everglade Keys and Cape Sable ie) Fla. 
—(W. I.)—In pese. which are permanently dry or usually dry 
4. V. arti pid Northrop: Stem and gus very stout: leaves obsolete: 
lateral sepals narrowly oblong, 28-33 m ong: petals oblong-spatulate: lip 
2 mm. nd he edge im. -eri ER n ule 7-9 em. long, stout-clavate. 
—(WoRM-VINE.)—Hammock islands, S Everglades and swamps, Cape Sable re- 
gion, Fla.—(W. TIn} hammocks subject to overflow part of the year. 
