leaves. Both leaves and flower-stalks are marked with 
crimson spots. 
18. Vanda lamellata Lindl, in Bot. Reg, misc, 1838, no. 125. 
V. foliis distichis coriaceis oblique et acute bidentatis, 
spica multiflora, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis 
undulatis inferioribus subincurvis majoribus, labellp 
basi mammoso, limbo obcuneato retuso auriculato 
bilamellato pone apicera bituberculato. 
Found wild in the Philiippines : * 
Flowers in long loose racemes, pale yellow, streaked with 
dull pale red. Not very handsome. 
19. Vanda peduncularis Z^W/. Gen. <i: &p, Orch,^j^. 216, no. 6. 
V. foliis loratis apice alte et oblique bilobis, pedunculo 
longissimo fihforrai subramoso apice paucifloro corym- 
boso, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis duplo minoribus, 
labello oblongo retuso villoso basi bilamellato. 
Grows on trees in Ceylon, (Not in cultivation,) 
Peduncle very long, slender, branched, purple. Flowers 
the size of Ophrys ajpifera, not unlike them. Sepals 
and petals pale green, streaked with purple. Lip 
shaggy, purple, bordered with green. 
20. Vanda cristata LindL Gen, & Bp, no. 9 ; Sertum Orchi- 
daceum^ f. 3. in fronte ; Bot. Beg, t 48. 
V. fohis canalieulatlfl reeurvis apice truncatis oblique excisis 
tridentatis, racemo erecto trifloro foliis breviore, sepalis 
oblongis obtusis fornicatis, petalis angustioribus incurvis, 
labelH lobis lateralibus brevibus acutis intermedio 
vittato oblongo convexo apice saccato insequaliter 
tricorni, cornu brevi conico. 
Not uncommon in Nepal. 
Flowers large, green, with a large broad lip, regularly 
striped with rich purple on a bufif ground, and divided 
at the end into 2 narrow acute diverging lobes. 
Sect, B. — Lip contracted at the end, undivided, curved 
iqmards or downwards. 
21. Vanda Griffithii (Vandse Sp. Griffith, Itinerary Notes, 
p. 132, no. 846.) 
V. facie foliisque V. cristatie, floribus minoribus, labello 
lacini 
intermedin linguiformi 
bieallosA. 
Found in Bootan, on the Monass River banks, on trees, at 
an elevation of 2300 ket — Griffith. (Not in 
cultivation.) 
In appearance this resembles a small specimen of F. cristata. 
Flowers yeUowiah-brown inside, and somewhat 
tessellated. Lip lilac, with deep yellow stains near the 
base. Capsule said to be nearly a span long, with six 
wings. 
colour is indescribably 
22. Vanda Batemanni Lindl. in B. B., 1846, t, 59 ; alias 
Fieldia Ussochiloides Gaudich. 
V. radicibus crassissimis, foliis distichis coriaceis oblique 
eraarginatis obtusis racemo lateral! multifloro breviori- 
bus, bracteis coriaceis cucullatis squamseformibus, 
floribus maximis planis coriaceis, alabastris globosis, 
sepalis obovato-cuneiformibus obtusis, labello triangulari 
basi saccato lobis ascendentibus acutis apice carnoso 
sulcato uncinato dente elevato in medio et crista brevi 
transversa juxta basin. 
Found wild in the Moluccas, Philippines Sec, growing on 
trees near the coast. 
A very large ei'ect plant, with remarkably thick aerial 
roots, sword-shaped curved two-ranked hard leaves 
averaging two feet in length, and a still longer spike of 
some score of flowers, each full two inches and a half 
across, flat, leathery, and long endui-ing. But it is not 
alone for their size that these flowers are so especially 
worthy of notice. Their 
beautiful. If you look them in the face, they are the 
richest golden yellow, spotted all over with crimson ; 
but when seen from behind, they are wholly a vivid 
purple, fading away at the edges into the violet of 
Cereus speciodssimus. 
Vanda gigantea Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7326 ; alias 
V. Lindleyana Griffith MSS. 
V. foliis late loratis apice obtusissimis emarginatis sub- 
sequahbus, racemis foliis duplo brevioribus, sepalis 
petalisque oblougo-obovatis obtusis, labello ineurvo 
canaliculato basi cordato apice dolabriformi obtuso : 
callo conico in medio. 
A native of Moulmevn, and other parts of the Burmese 
empire. (Not in cidtivation.) 
Leaves very long and broad, tough and fleshy. Flowers 
of the size of F. Roxburghii, resupinate ; deep yellow 
with cinnamon brown blotches. Mr. Griffith found 
it in flower at Mergui, March 1, 1835. 
24. Vanda Lowei Lindl. in Card, Chrcm. 1847, p. 239. 
V. (foliis coriaceis rigidis distichis) ; racemo longissimo 
pendulo flexuoso scabro-piloso, floribus maximis dis- 
tantibus coriaceis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acumi- 
natis valde undulatis extus scabris, labello parvo ovato 
glabro cucuUato acutissimo supra medium cornu refracto 
setaque sub apice aucto. 
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places. 
Borneo 
barred 
spots of the richest cinnamon, three inches in diameter, 
disposed in pendulous racemes 10—12 feet Ions. 
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