S70 ORCIIIDES. 



VANDA. 



fornicatis , petalis anguslioriljus incurvls , labello oblongo convexo sul- 

 calo npice saccalo inaeqaliter tricorni, auriculis ovotis, calcare conico 

 vaciio. 



(U.) Flowers nnicli pnler. Lip wiihoiit ihe apical liorns. 



Wiid in Nepnl-VVnllich: Uootan-Griflnh ; B. Sikldm-Catlicnrt. 



Fiowers green; lip regularly slriped wiih ricli pnrple nn a bufT grotmd, and di- 

 vided M ihe enil into two or ihree nanow acuie dixerging uneqMal ioltes. This is 

 Ihe plcint meniioned in Griffilh's Iiinerary Nole-^ p. 203. Nr. ltS8, as aii Aerides 

 growing on irees al Chuka, remark.Thle for .«ir;elling of Corkroarhes. 



The var. \i. is only known lo me hy one of Mr. Caihcart's druwings. It hrings V. 

 cristnta stili ncarer lo V. alpina. 



20. VAKDA GRIFFITHII Lindl.in Pa.\l. FIow. Gard. under l. 42. L. F. snb 24: 



V. foiiis cannlicnlatis reciirvis [iciile iiiai-qnalilf r triden'alis. racemis 

 crectis S-lloris foliis brevioribus, SHpnlJs bne m i-nbloii.iris leciirvnnlibus, 

 petalis acuminalis, labello ovalo elongato sulcalo mulico basi concavo 

 vacuo. 



Wild in Bootan— Griffllh. 



Ver; like cristaia ; hut perfectly disiiin^r in the terminntion of the lenves. which 

 are sharply and iniequally ihree-lolipd, nou irnncate nml prnemor<e; nnd in ilie form 

 of the lip. The flowers are mnch smnller. A wrong refeience in my hcrb irium led 

 me lo refer this to 546 of Griftiih's Booinn plants, whiih ihe publicalion of his Icones 

 shows to belong to V. bicolor. 



21. VANDA ALPLNA Lindl. Fol. sub 25: 



V. foliis canaliculalis recurvis oblique (nunc acut<') bilobis mucro- 

 nulo saepius inteijccto, racemis subse-sibbus ereclis 2 — 3 Homs, se- 

 palis oblongis sub apice incrassatis, pelalis panlo njiionbus, labello 

 oblongo concavo nudo sub apice gibboso emarginato, auiicuiis cum la- 

 mina confluentibus. 



Luisia alpina Lindl. in B. U. IS3S, .Misc. 101. 



Wihl in Khasia, at the heighl of 5-f.OOJ feet— J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson ; near 

 Nungklow- Gihson. 



Thc hahit is iliat of V. cristala ; thc flowprs approach so nenrly lo thnse of Luisia. 

 ihat it is a qiiestion to which genus ii Ixlongs; the pollen nppnrnlns is niore ihnt of 

 Vanda. Flowers small. pale green. I.ip yellowi.sh , slreaked wiih dull purple. Uasal 

 hollow deep purple. 



1472. FHBLiVIA Gamlich. 



Vny. 421. t. 36. 



1. FIKLDIA LISSOCHILOIDES Caudich. 1. c. IIuc : Vamla Dalemaiwi Lindl. Boi. Bcg. 

 1846. t. 59. L. F. : Vunda 1 : 



V. foliis planis coriaceis obliqnc emaiginali.-^ obtiisis racemo iale- 

 rali mullifloro brevioiibus, bracleis coriaci^. alahastii>5 globosi-^, sepalis 

 pctalisque falcatis obovalo-cuneiformibiis obliisis. labello Iriaugulari ba«i 

 saccato lobis ascendcnlibus acutis apice carnoso sulcalo uncinato derile 

 f;lovato in medio el crista brevi irausversa jiixla basin. 



Angraccum (luintum Humph. Flerh. .Amb. VI. 102. 

 V. Ussochiloides L. 0. 216. Blnme Humphia IV. 49. 

 FiPldia lissoehiloidcs Gaudich Vov. 421. t. 36. 



