ORCHIDACEiE 



dorsale anguste lanceolatum, acutum, 1.5 cm. longum, 3 mm. 

 latum, breviter unguiculatum. Petala subfalcata, ad basim atten- 

 uata, acuta, acuminata, 1.2 cm. longa, 3.5 mm. lata. Labellum 

 crassum, saccatum, trilobatum, lobi laterales antice trianguli, 

 acuti, postice obtusi columnam attingentes; lobus medius 2.5 

 mm. longus, 1 mm. latus, oblongus ad apicem rotundato-obtusus. 

 Saccus obtusus, cylindricus, antice 1.5 mm. longus, cum lobis 

 lateralibus 3.5 cm. longus. Columna rigida, crassa, 4 mm. alta, 

 minute puberula, ad apicem annulo pilorum instructa. 



This is a near ally of Renanthera angustifolia Hook. f. (Ic. PI. 



2138), but distinguishable from it by means of the differently 



shaped perianth organs. The peduncle is unbranched. The gyno- 



stemium is entire at the summit. The lateral sepals just below 



the tip are provided with a hook-shaped process. 



Luzon, Zambales Province, H. M. Curran Bur. Sci. 3089. Flowered at 

 Manila under cultivation in February, 1908. 



3. Renanthera Storiei Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1880) 2 : 296. 

 Luzon. 



87. VANDA Jones 



This is a large genus widely distributed in the tropics of the east- 

 ern hemisphere. Most of the species are cultivated for the beauty 

 of their flowers. 



1. Vanda lamellata Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1838) Misc. p. 66. 

 Luzon, Mindoro, Comiran, Panay, Sulu Sea. 



Var. Boxallii Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1880) 1:743. 

 Luzon. 



2. Vanda Rceblingiana Rolfe in Kew Bull. (1894) 365. 

 Luzon. 



3. Vanda tricolor Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1847) sub t. 59. 1 refer 



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