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VANDA cristata. 

 Crested Vanda. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidace^ § Vande.4;. 

 FJNDA. Supra vol. 6./0I. 506. 



V. cristata ; foliis canaliculatis recurvis apice truncatis oblique excisis triden- 

 tatis, racemo »recto trifloro foliis breviore, sepalis oblongis obtusis for- 

 nicatis, petalis angustioribus iucurvis, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus 

 aciitis intermedio vittato oblongo convexo apice saccato insequaliter tri- 

 corni, cornu brevi conico. 



V. cristata. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7328. Gew, ^ Sp. Orcli. no. 9. Se.rtum 

 Orchidaceum, f. .3. infronte. 



Surculus crassitie digiti minimi, fere subsimplex, inferiori parte e-inittens 

 ad latera Jibras teretes crassas carnosas cortici arhorum more Vandee Rox- 

 burghii adhcerentibus ; huiccpie cceterhm planta habitu foliis et surculo simil- 

 lima. Folia rigida, disticha, patentia, basi alternatim imbricantia, nitida, 

 canaliculafa subtus carinata> maryinibus acutissimis glaberrimis, apice truncata 

 et oblique 3-dentata, 5-6 pollicaria -\-pollicem lata. Racemi axillares, solitarii, 

 (plures 3-4 ex eddem planta, axillis alternis) vix folia superantes paucifori. 

 Pedunculi carnosi 2-3-pollicareSy teretes, indivisi ; basi bracteis vaginantibus 

 truncatis aliquot. Flos magnus, carnosus, viridiforus, labello maximo piurpureo. 

 Peranthii foliola crassa, lanceolata, ^;«<eH/«a, obtusiuscula, ^ pollicaria, sub 

 distincta; later alia exterior a, infra insertionein labelli basi columnce brevis- 

 sime productce adnata, omnia patentia, demum antica erecta ccetera depressa ,- 

 interiora sublinearia. Labellum crassissimum, basi saccatum et productum 

 in cornu acutiusculum basi columnce incrassatce adnatum. Faux iitrinque lo- 

 bulo ovato obtuso recto. Lamina oblonga, porrecta, apice subtus cornu conico 

 solido brevi svprd cristas, margine transversali elongatd, in processus 3. v. 4 cy- 

 lindricas abeunte irregulares ; supra verrucoso-lineata. Columiia brevissima, 

 crassa, conica. Anthera ternwialis, subtus bilocularis, loculis distinctis remotis. 

 Massse duos, glohosce, postice bilobce, umbilico ajncis columncB adfxce ope mem- 

 branulcR solubilis, filo valde elastico connexce. Ovarium longmn, 6 angidare, 



angidis carinatisprominentibvs. Obs. Flos exquisitce pulchritudinis. Labelli 



co7isistentia crassissima ; color atropurpureus, prcecipue intus, ut etiam holo- 

 sericeus. Wallich MSS. 



An epiphyte, with the habit of Vanda Roxburghii, found 

 in 1818 on trees in Nepal, by Dr. WalHch, flowering in the 

 month of April. He describes it in a manuscript memo- 



