mm. broad. Petals linear, acute or obtuse, slightly falcate, 
about 5-nerved, 2—2.5 cm. long and 2-3 mm. broad. Lip 
obovate, entire or the apical portion slightly cut, about 
20 mm. long and 12 mm. broad, adnate to the column for 
only about 2-8 mm. at the base and forming a short sac: 
a flattened carinate callus (attached to the lip only medi- 
anly) extending from the base to the apex; the upper 
surface of the lip more or less covered with fleshy papil- 
lae. Column somewhat dimorphic, slender, slightly arcu- 
ate:—form a—with a flattened, fleshy, dorsal process 
beginning about 2 mm. from the apex of the column and 
extending over the apex with the anther attached termi- 
nally :—form b—with a terete dorsal filament beginning 
about 8 mm. from the apex of the column and reaching 
to, or nearly to, its apex, with the anther terminal; anther 
and stigma of the genus. 
Vanilla anomata has much the aspect of a Galeola and, 
in sorting the bundle in which it was contained, it was 
tentatively labelled Galeola. A careful examination, how- 
ever, indicates that it is best referred to Vanilla. Among 
the species of Vanilla, it does not seem to have any near 
allies. It is possible that the species is one which is some- 
what intermediate between the species of Vanilla 'and 
those of Galeola. 
The slightly dimorphic condition of the column, de- 
scribed above, is not known to occur in any other species 
of Vanilla (or in Galeola for that matter) known to us. A 
number of flowers were dissected and about an equal 
number of each column-form was found. It seems, so far 
as we are able to determine, that flowers having either 
form of column are functionally perfect. A few very 
young fruits are to be found on our specimens. 
Fir: Viti Levu, Naitisiri Province, vicinity of Nasinu, 9 miles 
from Suva. Epiphyte. At 150 meters altitude. October 29, 1927. 
Gillespie 3630 (Type in Herb. Ames Nos. 46907 & 46908). 
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