668 ORCdlDES. vanda. 



tlian a couple of llowers , which by no means jiislifie ihc rcputaiion . which ihe spc- 

 cies lias hitherio enjoycd. Dr. Bhime calls it a magniflcent species wiih wjne red 

 flowcrs shading inlo pale |>urple and a brighter purple li|>. ^Vhal wlie have seen wcre 

 of a dirly slraw colour , linged wilh a brownish violet over the uppcr half of sepals 

 and pclals , while ihe iriangular lip, altbough icss yellow, was scen litde brigliier or 

 deeper in colour, ihan ihe olber parts. 



11. VANDA STANGEANA Rchb. fil. in v. Sclil. nol. Zlg. 1858. p. 351. 



Obs. Vatida Suliugi Dl. Lindl. Fol. .\r. 15. cf, Renantbcram, p. 8T5. 



12. VANDA TERES Lindl. in Wali. Cat., no. 73'^4. Cot. Reg. t. 1809. Bot. Mag. t. 4114. 

 Grifflth noiul. 252. L. F. sub Nr. 16: 



V. scandens, foliis terelibtis, racemis ascendentibus subbifloris fo- 

 liis aequalibiis, sepalis oblongis obtusis; siipremo erecto laleiab*bus se- 

 mitorlis labello suppositis, pelaiis majoribiis suborbiculatis undulalis, 

 labello ma.ximo cucullalo pubescenle apice dilatalo rotundato emarginato 

 auriculis subrotundis maximis incurvis, calcare magno infundibulari. 



Wild iu hot damp jungles in Sylbet, Burmali, iMartaban, scrambling up the bark of 

 trecs — Griffiih. 



Flowers very large; sepals white ; petals sanguine, wiih a white border. Lip san- 

 guine , strongly veined , yellow on ihe upper surface below ihe point, and speckled 

 wiih crimson. A mosl beautiful species. GrifQlh says tliat ihe sepals and petals ad- 

 herc al the base , and he queslions its being a Yanda al all. No doubt in ibc trian- 

 gular glnnd and cuncate caudiclc it difrers from otber spccies. — Rev. liort. Paris 1856. 

 p. 421. t. 22. 



13. YANDA nOOKERlANA Rcbb. fll. in Bonpl. 1856. p. 324. 



§. 3. Lamellaria. 



14. VANDA HOERULEA Griffith Mss. Lindl. in Dot. Rog. 1847., sub t. 30. i\r. l284. Grif- 

 fllb. ilin. not. p. 88. Paxtons Fl. Gard. t. 36. L. F. sub 18: 



V. foliis coriaceis apice aequalibus Iruncalis sinu concavo lobis la- 

 teralibus acutis, spicis densis erectis mullitloris, bracteis oblongis con- 

 cavis obtiisissimis mcmbranaceis, sepalis petalisque basi tortis azureis 

 merabranaceis oblongis obtusissimis planis subunguiculatis , labello co- 

 riaceo lineari-oblongo apice divergenti-bilobo obtuso per aiin trilamel- 

 lalo auriculis tiiangularibus acuminatis, calcare curvo obtuso intus 

 laevi. 



Wild in Khasia, at thc lieigbl cf 3 — 4000 feet — J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson 

 near tbc R. Dorpanee at an elcvation of 2500 feet, on trecs of Gordonia, in Pinc and 

 Oak forests— Griffiih. 



Leaves flve incbcs long by ncarly onewide; equally two-lobed, and sharp-poinled, 

 so ihal the cnd looks as if a picce had been struck olV by a circular punch. Thc 

 bright bluc (lowirs grow in upright spikes. Each Howor is noarly four inches in dia- 

 metcr. The lip is.barely tbrcc quarters of an inch long. narrow with a short spur 

 and a two-lohed point. Its surface is brokcn by thrcc deep parallel jierpcndicular 

 plaies, and ibc auricles of ihe base are iriangular and acuminatcd. 



Rchb. Xen. L tab. 5. — Lindl. Journal II. S. 1851. YIl. YIII. Lcm. Gard. F). I. 

 102. Pescai. 32. 



15. YANDA COERULESCENS Grilfilh Kotulae p. 352; Ic. t. 331. L. F. sub 19: 



V. caule elongato, foliis anguslis loratis bilobis, pedunculis nudis 

 die^lanter vaginalis ereclis miillinoris foliis et caulc multo longioribus, 



