Tas. 6173. 
VANDA LIMBATA. 
Native of Java. 
Nat. Ord. Orcuipem.—Tribe VaNDEzx. 
Genus Vanna, Lindl. ; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Vanda). 
Vanpa limbata ; caule suberecto elato robusto, foliis distichis 6~10-pollicari- 
bus patenti-recurvis linearibus apice obtuse 2-lobis carinatis crasse et 
dure coriaceis, pedunculo elongato, racemo multifloro, floribus 2-poll. 
diametr., petalis sepalisque consimilibus spathulatis intus cinnamomeis 
disco tesselato aureo-limbatis extus albis v. pallide lilacinis, labello dorso 
in calear breve conicum obtusum producto, lobis lateralibus parvis 
rotundatis intermedio sepalis equilongo quadrato infra apicem obscure 
apiculatam paulo constricto lateribus deflexis pallide lilacino disco 
obscure 5—7-sulcato, ungue brevi callo instrueto, columna brevi 
cucullata. 
V. limbata, Blume, Rumphia, vol. iv. p.49 sub V. furva; Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 
Vanda, p. 6; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann., vol. yi. p. 867. 
A near ally of V. insignis, as an inspection of our Plate 
5759 will show, but abundantly distinct in the ieaves, form 
of the lip and coloration of the margins of the sepals and 
petals. It is almost identical with the Javanese /. furva of 
Blume, which is poorly figured in that author's fine work, the 
“Rumphia,” and which he distinguishes from /. limbata by 
a very slight character in the lip which I do not perceive; 
his figure of V. furva represents a smaller plant, with a nar- 
rower lip, and no golden edges to the sepals and petals. All 
are closely related to the old V. Rovburghii of Bengal, 
indifferently figured in this work (Tab. 2245), and which 
stands in much the same relation to its above-mentioned 
allies that Cypripedium Argus and the other Indian species 
alluded to under the Plate of that plant in this number 
(Tab. 6175) do to C. venustum. In both these cases the type 
of the group, in so far as this is represented by the first de- 
scribed of its species, is continental Indian, and inhabits the 
extreme western verge of the area occupied by the group; — 
and is inferior in size, in luxuriance of foliage, and especially 
in the brilliant colouring of the flowers to its eastern allies. 
JULY Ist, 1875, 
