872 ORCIIIDES. AfiAMPi: 



1472/3. AC.%MPE Liudl. 

 Fol. I. Apiil 1853. Fasc. IV. 



Sepala carnosa, fragilia, explanala, omnia basi aequalia, lateralibus 

 calcari labelli leviter adnalis, dorsali paulo majore vel remoliore. Pe- 

 tala sepalis conformia, semper recla. Labellum carnosum, fragile, sac- 

 catum, vel calcaralum, columnae apodae adnatum, indivisum, auriculatum; 

 saepius infra saccum linea elevata seu lamella pilisque auctum. Co- 

 lumna crassa, nana, apoda, angulis anticis saepius in mucronem pro- 

 ductis; clinandrio verticali. Sligma transversum, subrotundum, rostello 

 brevi obscuro, emarginato. Pollinia cereacea', geminata; caudicula subii- 

 lala polliniis longiore; glandula parva subrolunda. Anthera ovata, bi- 

 locularis, valvulis semiliberis. — Herbae epiphytae Aaiae tropicae. Folia 

 coriacea , disticha, apice obliqua. Flores dense racemosi carnosi, fra- 

 giles, lulei, maculati. Pedunculi breves, rigidi, laterales, bracteis latis 

 brcvibus diu persistentibus. 



Ahliough lliese plants have hcen hilherto placed in the genus Vanda , yet iheir 

 small hriule flowers, in which ihere is no Hexihilily. their lip ndnnle to ihe cdges of 

 ihe colum. the slender candicle, and very small gland offord convenienl nieans of se- 

 parating them from the true Vandas, to which they hcar lillle rcsemhlance. As now 

 limiied, Acampe forms a very natural groupe. 



1. ACAMPIC MULTIFLORA L. F. 1.: 



A. foliis loratis apice obliquis emarginatis , pcdunculis ramosis 

 erectis subcorymbosis foliis brevioribus, labello ovato ncutiusculo, cal- 

 care vacuo. 



Vanda muUiflora Lindl. CoUecl. Hot. t. 38. 



Wild in China — Recves; common in ihe ravincs of Horfg Kong, flowering in 

 Scptcmbcr, or earlier — Champion. 



A spccies of no heauty, wilh coarse fleshy leaves and small ycllow flowers dotted 

 wilh sanguinc. I scem to have formerly confounded wiih it specimens of A. longi- 

 folia, which dilTers among other ihings in having a hairy raised line inside ibe sac 

 of the lip. 



2. ACAMPE LONGIFOLIA L. F. 2: 



A. foliis longis loratis apice obliqnis oblusissimis, raccmis hori- 

 zontalibus foliis Iriplo brevioribus, labello carnoso plano subrotuiulo- 

 ovnlo transverse rugoso basi concavo pubcscente crista cainosa por 

 axin. 



Vanda longifolia L. 0. 215. Journ. liorl. Soc. VH, 



Wild in Tavoy— Wallich. 



.\ flne-looking plant , wiili dark green disiichous leailiery wavy lcaves as much as 

 a fool and a half loug two iiichcs wide. obliquely rounded at the end. Flowers iii- 

 sigiiificant, swcet-scciiled, much like tliose of Acampe mulliflora in form and colour, 

 cxcc|it ihatthey are paler, in a corymb at the eiid o( a short stifl" ascendiiig peduncle not 

 one quartpr the lengih of the leaves ; very flcshy, and banded with red upon a dul 

 yellow ground; the lip is wbite. Inside tlie [louch of ihe lip are numerous yellow- 

 ish liairs, concealing an ercct fleshy plaic, which slightly divides ihe hollow of the 

 lip iiito iwo halvcs. 



