. 
( 3416 ) 
VanpA Roxpureni; var. unicolor. Dr. 
RoxsurGu’s Vanpa; whole-coloured var. 
Class and Order. : 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum, patens, petalis sepalisque sub- 
equalibus. Labellum saccatum, v. obconico-calearatum, 
cum basi columne continuum, subtrilobum: lobo medio 
carnoso. Columna crassa, libera, abbreviata, rostello ob- 
tuso. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, obliqué biloba, 
caudicula lineari, glandulé subrotunda.—Herbe epiphyte, 
caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea. Spice oppositifolia. 
Flores speciosi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vanpa* Roxburghi; foliis apice obliqué tridentatis, racemis 
erectis foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo- 
obovatis undulatis obtusis, labelli lobo medio ovato 
emarginato. Lindl. 
(«.) tessellata ; sepalis petalisque tessellatis. 
Vanpa Roxburghi. Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 506. Sims in Bot. 
Mag. 2245. 
Cymsipium tesselloides. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ined. 
Vanna. Sir W. Jones in Asiat. Res. v. 4. p. 302. 
(8.) unicolor ; sepalis petalisque unicoloribus. (‘Tas. nostr. 
3416). 
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_This singular-looking Orchideous plant, kindly commu- 
nicated from the rich collection of Lord Frrzwitttam at 
— Vanda is the Hindoo name, according to Sir W1LL1aM Jones, of this, 
© orginal species, 
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