294 ORCHIDEZ. 
Tribe IIT. NEOTTIEA. 
Neottiee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. pp. 463 et 480. 
87. VANILLA. 
Vanilla, Swartz, in Nov. Act. Soc. Sc. Upsala, vi. p. 66, t.5; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. 
p. 590. 
This genus comprises about twenty species, widely dispersed in Tropical Asia, Africa, 
and America. 
1. Vanilla inodora, Schiede in Linnea, iv. p.574; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 
p. 4387. 
Sout Mexico, Misantla (Schiede), Mirador (Iiebmann, 297). Hb. Kew. 
2. Vanilla planifolia, Andrews, Bot. Rep. t. 538; R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2, v. p. 220; Bauer, Ill. Gen. Orch. tt. 10 et 11; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. PI. 
p. 485; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 638; Berg & Schmidt, Offiz. Gewachs. t. 23 a et 6. 
Myrobroma fragrans, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 82. . 
Mexico (ex Grisebach).—West INDIES and CoLomBIA to BRAZIL. 
8. Vanilla pompona, Schiede in Linnea, iv. p.573; Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.- 
Am. p. 47, et in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 214. 
Soura Mexico, Papantla and Colipa (Schiede), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2332) ; 
Nicaragua, Segovia (Grsted); Panama (Seemann)? Hb. Kew. 
4. Vanilla sativa, Schiede in Linnea, iv. p. 573; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 
p. 437. 
Sours Mexico, Papantla, Misantla, and Colipa (Schiede). 
5. Vanilla sylvestris, Schiede in Linnea, iv. p. 573; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
Pl. p. 437. 
SourH Mexico, Papantla, Nantla, and Colipa (Schiede). 
88. SOBRALIA. 
Sobralia, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. p. 120, t. 26; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. 
p- 590. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus, containing about thirty species, extending 
from Mexico to Peru and Guiana, but not, apparently, to the West Indies. 
1. Sobralia bletiz, Rchb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 713, Xenia Orch. i. p. 76, 
t. 30, et Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p-6; Lindl. Fol. Orch. n. 11. 
PaNaMA, around the town of David ( Warscewicz). 
