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spathulatum, Linn. Sp. PI. 1348. Limodorum spathulatum, Willd. Sp. 

 PL iv. 125. ^Brides maculatum, Smith in Bees Cyclop. Suppl.Rheede 

 Hort. Mai. xii. t. 3. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from Malabar to Travancore and CEYLON. 



Stem 2 ft. Leaves 2-4 by -1^ in., shortly obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle 

 12-18 in., robust, few-fld. and at the tip only; bracts large, ovate, acute; pedicel 

 and ovary 1-1^ in. ; side lobes of lip broadly obovate, midlobe obscurely 3-fid ; spur 

 conical. Capsule 1^2- in., clavately fusiform. 



ft Flower* 2 in. diam. and upwards (smaller in V. Bensoni}. 



6. V. coerulea, Griff, ex Lindl. in Hot. Reg. 1847, under t. 30 ; Fol. 

 Orchid. 8; peduncle elongate many-fld., flowers 3-4 in. diam. pale blue, 

 lateral sepals obovate, petals clawed broadly obovate, lip much shorter 

 than the sepals dark blue linear-oblong, side lobes small rounded, midlobe 

 with 2 thickened ridges ending in a bigibbous tip. Paxt. Fl. G-ard. t. 36 ; 

 Jar 'd. Fleurist. t. 102 : FL des Serres. t. 609 ; Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid, i. 8, 

 t, 5 ; Pescatorea, i. t. 29 ; III. Hort. vii. t. 246 ; Warner Sel. Orchid, t. 18 ; 

 Jennings Orchid, t. 34 ; Reichenbachia, ii. 19, t. 57 ; Lindenia, iv. t. 160 

 V- coerulescens, Journ. Hort. Soc. vi., Proa. vii. with Jig. Yanda, Griff- 

 Itin. Notes, 88, No. 1284. /l*&?** *u-t/ *~* (+*&t 



KHASIA and JYNTEA MTS., ou oaks, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Stem 3-6 in., very stout. Leaves 3-10 by | 1 in., keeled, 2-lobed or tip obliquely 

 truncate and toothed. Peduncle with lax-fid. 6-20-fld. raceme 1-2 ft., perianth 

 segments somewhat waved and obscurely tessellate ; lip not one-third the length of 

 the sepals ; spur conical obtuse. Capsule 3 in., fusiform, long pedicelled. 



7. V. Denisoniana, Benson fy Retchb. /. in Gard. Ghron. 1869, 

 528 ; 1885, 105, f. 21 ; peduncle very short, flowers 2 in. diam., white, 

 sepals and petals waved and twisted, lateral sepals largest broadly obovate 

 falcate deflexed, petals clawed spathulate, lip longer than the sepals, side 

 lobes large subquadrate, midlobe panduriform with two orbicular diverging 

 and recurved terminal lobes. Sot. Mag. t. 5811 ; III. Hort. N. S. t. 105 ; 

 Lindenia, t. 21 ; Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 248. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. ARRACAN, Benson. 



Stem short. Leaves 6-10 in,, deeply unequally 2-lobed. Peduncle stout, with 

 the raceme 6-10 in. ; pedicels with ovary 2 in. ; midlobe of lip with rounded sides, 

 and a very acute terminal sinus; disk with 5 thick obtuse ridges; side lobes con- 

 cave, with orange streaks ; spur short, villous within. Capsule 3-5 in., clavately 

 fusiform. 



8. V . Bensoni, Batein. in Sot. Mag. t. 5611 ; leaves narrow, peduncle 

 tall inclined many-fld., ilowers 1^-2 in. diam., sepals and petals dull yellow- 

 green spotted with red-brown, lateral sepals broadly obovate, petals spathu- 

 lately obovate, lip nearly as long as the sepals blue, side lobes triangular- 

 ovate, much smaller than the panduriform midlobe which has 2 broad 

 recurved terminal lobes. Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 138; Gard. Ghron. 

 1867, 180 ; Flore des Serres, t. 2329. 



PEGU ; near Rangoon, Benson. TENASSEKIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem short. Leaves 4-6 in. obliquely truncate and toothed. Peduncle with the 

 raceme 18 in. ; midlobe of lip with 3 obtuse ridges ; spur conical obtuse. Very 

 near V. Denisoniana, but Ilowers much smaller, quite different in colour, not so 

 waved, midlobe of lip more contracted, the terminal lobes uucinate. A form with 

 brown flowers figured by Parish and called tristis may be this or V. briinnea (see end 

 of genus). 



9. V. Parishii, Veitch Sf Reichb. in Gard. Ghron. 1867, 180, with fig. ; 



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