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THE BLUE VANDA. 
iving shrunk in drying, they may be estim 
The lip is, as is usual among Vandas, small : it is barely three-quarters of an inch long, narrow, wi 
spur 
surface is broken by three deep parallel 
triangular and acuminated." 
It was thus that one of us spoke of the present plant three years ago. The accompanying plate 
witness of its arrival, and of the extraordinary beauty that belongs to it. The 
colour 
texture 
sions are at least equal to what was stated in the above paragraph. In short the species is a 
trerous 
Its exact residence is now known. Mr. Griffith tells us that it occurs near the Eiver 
Borpanee on trees of Gordonia, in the Pine and Oak forests of that region.* It is, however, 
not a little remarkable that his Journal contains no allusion to it ; but we find that the district 
produces Bauhinias, Eandia, Phyllanthus Emblica, and Sugar canes, all indications of a tropical 
The woods are described as delightful, reminding one of England. The elevation of the 
region. 
ure 
course), Kydia, Camellia 
ighbouring 
be) and Cuscuta. 
The honour of having introduced this glorious plant belongs to Messrs. Veitch who received it 
Thomas Lobb. The accompanying figure does scanty justice to 
it : for although it represents faithfully the beautiful tender blue of the flowers, it by no means equals 
Mr 
cmitude 
We have a dried snecim 
time 
corrected. 
We transcribe his note upon the plant, as published in his Itinerary, the blunders of the editor and transcriber being 
*-* « Caule altmsculo interdum 2-pedal. ; foliis distichis lorifonnibus, canaliculars, apice profunde et insequaliter 
emargmatis, quam maxime coriaceis. Racemis axillaribus folia longe excedent., flexuosis, supra bracteis adpressis livido 
maculat. ; bract, florum membranaceis reflexis fuscescent.; floribus resupinatis maximis, diametro 24 uncial., pulcherrimis 
coerulescentibus saturatiore colore tessellatis ; labelli lobis lateral., albis, columnaque ' 
obovat.; sepalis undulatisuti petala ; petalis sepaloque postico paulo minoribns • UKaII; 
medio emarginato, apice bicalloso tricarinato, calcare brevi recto. 
• . • «... _ _ 
Perianth, patentiss. lacin 
pnrp. Columna albida, nana, basi ad 
junctionem labell. macula lutea. Anth. simplex. Pollinia 2 complanat. postice fissa ; caudicuia lata ; glandula maxima 
tngona. 
