50 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Vanda. 



rose-cold. ; sepals and petals undulate ; lip hairy towards the base ; side lobes broad, 

 incurved, yellow within, crimson spotted ; midlobemuch larger, flabellately reniform ' 

 purple or rose-cold., sac 1 in. long j column hairy in front. Capsule lin., clavate.- 



2. V. Hookeriana, Reichb. f. in Bonpland. 1856, 324 ; in Gard. 

 Chron. 1882, ii. 488 ; midlobe of lip very large reniformly flabellate 

 3-lobed, sac very short. III. Hortic. 1883, t. 484 ; Orchidoph. 1886, t. 158 ; 

 Reichenbachia, ii. t. 74. Warner Orchid.: Alb. t. 73, 1882. 



PERAK, Scortechini-, in swamps, Wray. SINGAPORE, Ridley (in litt.). 



Habit of V. teres, but leaves shorter, 23 in. ; scape longer ; flowers 35, 2 in. 

 diam. ; lateral sepals oblong or obovate-oblong, cream-cold ; petals broader, lilac or 

 carnation; lip towards the base and column hairy; side lobes purple; midlobe as 

 large as the rest of the flowers, white or lilac, base 2-glandular ; sac conical, obtuse. 

 Capsule 4 in. 



** Leaves flat or chanelled and keeled. Scape usually many-fid, 

 t Flowers %-I\ in. diam. (See also F". Bensoni.) 



3. V. parviflora, Lindl. in JBot. Reg. xxx. Misc. 45 ; peduncle and 

 raceme strict erect, flowers |- in. diam., sepals oblong and spathulate 

 petals yellow, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 

 with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with fleshy blue ridges, spur 

 slender conical half as long as the lip. Wight Ic. t. 1669; Reichb. f. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1877, 166. prides Wightianum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7320 ; 

 Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 238; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 40; Sot. Mag. t. 5138 ; 

 Wight Ic. v. p. 8 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 205. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, Atakmunda river, alt. 3-4000 ft., Edffeworth. 

 NEPAL, Wallich. ASSAM, Mann. BURMA, Berkely. WESTERN PENINSULA ; from 

 the Concan to Travancore. CEXLON, Walker, &c. 



Stem 4-6 in. Leaves 4-8 by -f in., unequally obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle and 

 rachis stout ; pedicel with ovary 1-1| in. ; side lobes of lip small, ovate. Capsule 

 1-li in., long pedicelled, clavate. 



Var. testacea ; sepals and petals brown. V. testacea, Eeichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 1877, 166. brides testaceum, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 238 j Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 

 t. 142; Walp. Ann. v. 897. Ceylon. 



Var. albijiora ; sepals and petals white, lip white, ridges speckled with red, spur 

 broader obtuse. Moulmein (Ic. Parish). 



4. V. coerulescens, Griff. Notul. iii. 352 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 331 ; 

 raceme drooping, flowers 1-1^ in. diam., sepals obovate and spathulate, 

 petals pale blue, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 

 with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with fleshy dark blue ridges, 

 spur slender conical half as long as the lip. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 9 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 868; Sot. Mag. t. 5834 and 6328; Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 48 ; 

 Floral Mag. N. S. t. 256; Orchidoph. 1863, t. 637; Reichb. f. in Gard. 

 .Chron. 18$; 498 ; IKK). 529, f. 97. 



UPPER BURMA, Griffith.' .PEGU; on hills near Prome, alt. 1500 ft., Benson. 



Stem 6 in. Leaves 6-10 by J. in., much broader in cultivation, acutely 2-fid or 

 3-fid. Peduncle with racemes 1 ft. or less ; pedicel with ovary 1-li in.; flowers 

 variable in colour, from blue to nearly white (vurs. Boxallii, E. f. and Louriana, 

 E. f.) ; spur and column blue. 



5. V- spathulata ? Spreng,. $y s t. Veg. iii. 719; leaves short, peduncle 

 very tall, raceme terminal few-fld., flowers 1 in. diam. golden yellow, 

 sepals and petals spathulately oblong flat, lip clawed as long as the sepals, 

 side lobes very small, midlobf 3 suborbicular. Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 

 216 j Fol. Orchid. 9 ; Wight j[ c . t. '915 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 869. Epidendrum 



