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3. ACAMPr: WIGIITIANA L. F. Nr. 3.: 



A. loliis obliqiie bilobis, rncemis densi,-? se^Jsilibiis nnnis, scpalis pe- 

 (alisqiie obliisissiniis, hibello ovato oblnso llnibriLilo basi bicorni, cal- 

 caie inlus piloso. * 



Vanda Wightiana^ Wighl ic. l. IGTO. 

 V. fasciala Gardner MSS. 



Wild 011 trees in India ; lyamally Iliils aiid Malnhar— Wiglit ; Ceylon — Gardner. 



..Flowers yellowish, daslied wiih dark crimsoo or piirplish spots; lip nearly white, 

 with a rod line at the base of tlie lamiiia.'" — Wight. Two subulaie lionis are re- 

 presented in \Viglu's plaie as si^ring-ing frnm llic base of llie lip; Ihey probably re- 

 Iiresent the luberdes found in A. congcsia. My spocimens are decayed and unexa- 

 minablc as to this point. 



Huc : Vanda Wiyhtiana Lindl. Mss. Herb. Wiglii Ic. V. KJTO. : 



Leavcs slrapshaped uncqiially twolobed at ihe apex ; pedunclos much shorlev 

 tliaii thc leaves, divaricate, sep. pet. subspfthulatc, sep. all oqual, largor tlian ihe petals, 

 lip ihreolobed, lat. lob. short obtuse; middle one suborbicular , saccate ai the base. 

 fruit oblong, conical. Flowers yellowish, dashcd with dark crimson or pur|)Iish spols, 

 lip ncarly white with a red line at thc base of the lamina. Jyamally Ilills. 



My spec. srcn by Lindl. is in fruit. Had l)e sccn flowcrs, he would have rofeired 

 il 10 a diff. genus. Aff. Saccolab. papilloso ? 



4. ACAMPE CONGESTA L. F. sub Nr. 4: 



A. foliis clon,2atis canalicnlatis obiiijne bilobis nnicronc inlerjecto. 

 racemis subsessilibus nanis, labello ihonibeo acntangnlo pa|»ilioso linea 

 media elevata, calcare intus piloso, linea elevata sursiini nuicionata. 



Vanila congesta Lindl. in Bot. Heg-. 1839, Misc. 94. 



Wild in Madras Presidency— Wight -.w.^ ; Ceylon— Loddiges. 



Fiowcrs small, ycllow and hrown. From A. papillosa, to which I iiave formerly 

 refcrred it. owing to some mixture of specimens, it differs in havingvery long leaves. 

 and an acuie-anglod lip , with a distinclly elevatod middle line. At Ihe junclion of 

 the spur and lamina ihere is a stoul tuberclc on each side. 



5. ACAMPE PAPILLOSA Lindl. Fol. Nr. 5 : 



A. caiile elongato ramoso, foliis obtusis oblique einarginatis mncrone 

 inteijecto, racemis sessilibns nanis, labello ovalo oblongo papilloso moiiio 

 elevato calcare inlns piloso auriculis anlicc connuenlibus. 



Saccolabiuni paidllosum L. 0. 222, Bot. Reg. t. .1552, witli its synnnyms. 



Wild on the conlinent of India; Prorne— Wallich ; Malabar; East Dcngal and Chil- 

 tagong— J. D. Hookcr and T. Thomson ; hot valleys of Sikkim— J. D. Ilookor. 



Flowers small. Potals and sepnls yellow banded with red. Lip whiie. It differs 

 from \ congesta in ihc form of the lip , aml ihe na'.urc of the papillosity , which is 

 always crowdcd inio an elevated line in the middle. The Sikkim planl coHected by 

 Dr. Ilookcr, and relorred here. is not in fiower. The lip varies in ils loiigih and 

 in ihe degree pf crispoess; but is very badly reprcsented in ihe Hotanical Hogistor. 



6. ACAMPE CEPIIALOTES Lindl. Fol. .\r. 6 : 



A raccniis capitalis peduncnlo rigido sqiiamato brcvioi ibns, labello 

 ovato subcordalo papilloso crispalo calcaie brevi conico intus villo.so, 

 auriculis carnosis confluentibus. 



Wild in Syihei; on ilic plains — J. D. Ilooker and T. Tliomson. 



,,FIowers yellowish green wiih transvorse bars uf brown purple. Lip posterior, 

 very pole rose, with deeper spois , much fimbriated on ihc diak.'' — J. D. H. and T, 



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