VANDA. 



ORCHIDES. 867 



7. VANDA lilCOLOR Griffilh nolul. p. 354. ic. t. 330. L. F. siib 11: 



V. foliis loralis coriaceis inedio seniitorlis apice valde ol)liquis sub- 

 tridcnlalis, racernis erectis rii^idis paiicinoris brevioribus, pedunculis an- 

 iiulatis, sepalis petalisque obovalis repandis falcatis tessellalis anlicis 

 duplo majoriL»us, hibello lingnaeformi emarginalp basi minule bicalloso 

 auriiulis ialioiilius coluninac margini connatis , calcare brevi conico 

 obiuso. 



Wild in Dooian, oii trees on ilie banlcs of the .Moiiass Rivcr, at liie elevation of 

 2300 feet-Grifllih. 



Flowcrs lcss ihan two inch o sacross, whit ecxlernaily. ycllowis!) brown inside, wilh 

 obscnre livid tesscllalions. Ovary very long, while. Lip lilac, with large white 

 nurjcie.*!, giving ihe base a broad cordale appearance, dolled wiih liiac and tinged 

 with yeiiow. Capsule vcry largc, ciub-shaped, si.\-winged, almost a span long. Tlio 

 length of llie anleiior st-pals brings the species into ihe ncighbourhood of V. lanieilaia. 



S. VANDA FUSCOVIRIDIS Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1848. p. 351, with a cut rcpeatcd in 

 Paxtons Fl. Gard. under tab- 42 p. 20. no. 4, L. F. sub 12: 



V ; raceriio paucifloro brevi, sepalis oblongis planis oblusis, 



petalis unguiculalis oblusis falcalis subundulatis lalioribus, labello basi 

 tomentoso ecalloso 5-sidcato bilobo niedio utrinque exciso auriculis 

 ereclis ohtusis nanis, calcnre cylindraceo labelli dmidii longitudine. 

 Wild in (Java?). 



The flowers are about as large as V. furva , dull brown , wiih a little greenish 

 yellow al ihe edge, and a pure greenisii yoUow lip ; they liave a slighlly fisliy sinell. 

 The species seems lo be distiiict fioin all ihe oihers ; V. furva, lo which it approaches 

 nearest, bas no undiilalion of thc sepal.s, nor it wouid seem any tomemum on tho 

 iip. which bears, al its base, a greot toolh which is missing, I beiicve, in lliis species. 



9. VA.NDA LIMBATA Blume Rumphia IV. p. 49. L. F. sub 13 : 



V. ..labelli lobo medio arrecto panduriformi margine inferno revo- 

 luto apice lolundatospalhnialo inlegenimo." 



Wild in Java— iSlunie. 



According to Bliime ihc roots of lliis are very long. Tlic leaves somewbat curved 

 .seven to elevcn inchcs long, ticarly an inch broad, obliquely retuse, channelled , and 

 coriaceous. Bacfmcs crect, lax. The flowers much spreading, about one and a half 

 ificb in djymctcr, ochre-yellow outside. clouded wiiii brown iiiside; thc two inner 

 inore narrowed at ihe base ihaii ihe olhers. Tiie li]) Hiuch spreading, lilac, expanded 

 at Ihe base of llie somewlint pandurifoim middle lobc , wiih five slighlly clcvaled 

 lines ; spur couipressed, obconical. willi a llat transverse rounded callus. 



10. VANDA IIELVOLA Blume Rumphia IV. 49. L. F. sub 14: 



V. ,,foliis ligidis subundulalis basi carinatis apice oblique letusis, 

 raceniis erectiusculis folio bicvioribus laxe sublrifloris, pliyllis perigonii 

 obloniio-spalhulatis lateialibiis 2 exteiioribus sub iabello conniventilms, 

 labelli {-accati Jobis laleialibus conniventibiis obtusis intcrinedio palulo 

 tiiani^uiaii." — Blumc. 



VVild in mountnin woods on llie Wcst ofJava, flowering in March niul .\|iril— Blunie. 

 Muiiie siatos ibis to bc a mo.st magnificcnl species, forming a sort of Iransilion 

 between Vaiida, Rcnanilicra , aiid Cleisosloma. Flowcrs the sizc of V. snaveolens 

 (my iricolor), wine-red. sliading Inio pale purple, witli ihe lalerol iolics of ihe lip 

 short and a brigliter purplc. Columu mucli dilaUiled ak ihe base; thc litllc sac of 

 Ihe liji has a pair of small callosiiies on tlie side opposiic ihe oolumn; ihc middlc 

 lobe is triangular-hostate, tumid iiiside, and a litile furrowed, concavc bencath. 



Gardencrs Chronicle 1855. 316: seni by Pass, gardcner at the Fence neor Maccles- 

 fleld. ijhorter in lcavcs, dwarfer in habit ihan V. iricolor. Wc havc nol seiin moie 



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