( 4114 ) 

 Vanda teres. Quill-leaved Vanda. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium explanatum, patens, petalis sepalisque sub- 

 aequalibus. Labellum saccatum, vel obcouico-calcaratum, 

 cum basi columnar continuum, subtrilobum: lobo medio 

 carnoso. Columna crassa, libera, abbreviate, rostello ob- 

 tuso. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, oblique biloba, 

 caudicula linearis glandula subrotunda. — Herbae epiphytce 

 caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea. Spicaa oppositi/olue. 

 Flores speciosi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Vanda* teres; foliis teretibus obtusis, racemis bi- (pluri-) 

 floris folio longioribus, sepalis petalisque suborbicula- 

 tis parum undulatis patentibus, labello profunde trilo- 

 bo intus pubescente basi calcare conico, lobis laterali- 

 bus incurvis intermedio patenti-reflexo apice dilatato 

 bilobo. 



Vanda teres. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 217. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1809. 



Nothing can exceed the beauty and delicacy of the 

 blossoms of this plant, as they appeared in the Orchidaceous- 

 house of the Royal Botanic Gardens in the early spring of 

 1844, continuing too in great perfection for several weeks. 

 Perhaps it is the most lovely of its tribe, and deficient only 



in 



* The Sanscrit name of this plant, or rather of the original species, is 



*.NDA. 



Vanda 



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