VANDA. 



ORCniDES 865 



a lorgc lox-gTOwing' plnnt, fivo or six foet liigh, wiili mucli lliinncr nnd longor leaves. 

 From ihe rcal Vanda furva it difTers iii tlie colour and form of tlie lip, in ihe atle- 

 nualed spur, in the obscnce of a callus at ihe cntrance of llie iottcr, and in the lotal 

 absence of the tesselation found in V, furva, as well as in V. Roxburghii. 



3. VANDA FCRVA Lindl. Orch. p. 215. Blume Rumphia IV. 18. t. 192. fig. 1 and 1. 197. 

 L. F. sub 6: 



V. foliis canalicylalis rigidis apice obliqne reliisis, racemis erectis 

 folio brevioribus laxis 3— 5-floris, sepalis oblongo-obovalis, petalis un- 

 guiculatis obovalis falcatis aequilatis, labello patulo panduriformi gla- 

 bro (?) apice rolundato emarginato plano lineis 5 elcvatis, denle valido 

 ante calcar obconicum obtusum auriculis obtusis ascendentibus. 

 Angraemm furvwn Runiph. Herb. Anib., VL t. 46. fig. 1. 

 Wild in ihe Moluccas and in Bima— Blume. 



The figurc in Blume's Rumphia, copied from an original in Professor Reinwardt's 

 collection named Aerides bicolor, logether with the dctails added by the former 

 author seem to indicaie ihat ihis is really a species distinct both from V. fuscoviridis 

 and concolor, both which I have formerly supposed might be identified with it. The 

 (lowers are the size of V. Roxburghii, and grow in a few-llowered racenie much 

 shorter ihan the leavcs. The sepals and petals are of the same size , of a rich cin- 

 namon colour distinctly lessellated; the petals are the same size as ihe sepals , but 

 unguiculate and slrongly f;\lcale. The lip is rose colourcd, apparenlly smooth, nearly 

 oblong, with a shallow contraction below the round two-lobed point; at ils base 

 stands a stout looih; its laleral lobes seem very short and blunt; the spur seems to 

 be conical wiihout attenuation. According to Blume it is called Angrek Kitsjil glop 

 by the Malays. 



4. VANDA LNSIGNIS Blume Rumphia IV. p. 49, t. 192, fig. 2, and t. 197, b. Paxton's 

 Flowcr Garden, t. 42, with a woodcut. 



V. „foliis rigidis cnnaliculatis apicc inaequali abscissis vel deniatis, 

 rncemis erectis folia adacquanlibus laxis 5 — 7-floris, phyllis perigonii 

 obovalo-oblongis rectinsculis , labelli lobis latcralibus asccndentibus ob- 

 tusis intermedio arreclo apice dilalato roUnidato undulato ad basin sub- 

 liastatani e tuberculo obtuso cum lineis 2 elevatis, calcare obconico ob- 

 luso." — Blume. 



Wild on the mouniains of Timor— Blume, 



According lo Blume's figure this would seem to be a vcry linndsome spccies. Tlie 

 flowers are two and a half inches iu diameter; green outsido, brownish inside. The 

 lip is pink, white at the base, wiih a singular gnufTered surface if we are to trust his 

 figure 192, but flat as in olher Vandos judging Irom his figure 197. The name is fre- 

 queni in collcctions, but I liave nevcr sccti tlic plant alive, unless it was a specimen 

 flowercd by iMr. Knowles of Manchcsier , in which ilie lip was furnished wiih larger 

 side lobes llian in Blume's figure 197, bul oiherwise idcntical, cspecially in ihe con- 

 cave not convex siate ol llie lip, nnd the iwo elevated lines which run along its 

 middle. The sepals and petals werc dull yellow-blotched with brown. Thc lip was 

 white, with a faint sliadc of violel in the middle, nnd rich deep crimson slreaks at 

 Ihe base. The flowers had a sliglit nnd agreeable fragranco. even when cut and kept 

 in a sitling-room. See Paxton's Flower Gardcn, Nr. 311. 



5. VANDA IILNDSII Lindl. in liook. Journ. Bot. 1844. 11. 237. L. F. Nr. 8: 



V. foliis arcuatis canaliculalis (pedalibus) apicc obbque emarginatis 

 etcxcisis, ratemo horizonlali Jaxo 10-noio loliorum longitudine, pedi- 

 ccllis florihus 3-plo longioiibus, scpalis pelalisque obovatis unguiculatis 

 iobato-cri^pis, labclli cormi brcvi obtiiso lobo intcrmedio convexo cu- 



VI. 109 



