52 OKLViii. tmcttiDilA (j. D. Hooker.) [Vandd. 



leaves broad obtusely 2-lobed, peduncle short stout erect, bracts large, 

 flowers 2 in. diam., fleshy spotted inauve-brown or purple, lateral sepals 

 broadly ovate-oblong and orbicular petals apiculate, lip half as long as the 

 sepals, side lobes rounded, midlobe small cuneately flabelliform. Reic/ib. 

 f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 138; in Gard. Chron. 1870,890; Warner Orchid. Alb. 

 t. 15, and 61 (var.). 



TENASSERIM ; at Mouhnein, Parish. 



Stem very short, stout. Leaves few, 8-10 by 2-3 in. Peduncle very short ; 

 raceme 6-8 in., drooping, 6-8-fld. ; bracts acuminate ; flowers variable in colour. 

 The short stems and broad flat leaves are not those of Vanda proper, and more 

 resemble Stauropsis or Arachnanthe. In var. Marriottiana, Heichb. f. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1880, 743 ; 1881, 726, the sepals and petals are mauve, the side lobes of the 

 lip white with mauve stripes and 2 yellow blotches below the column, and the mid- 

 lobe is carmine. In var. pttrpurea., IS . E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1883, 307, the sepals 

 and petals are mauve -purple with white bases, and the lip bright mauve. 



10. V. bicolor, Griff. Notul.ul 354; It. Notes, 132, No. 546; Ic. 

 Plant. Asiat. t. 330 ; leaves praemorse, peduncle short erect 46-fld., 

 flowers 2 in. diam. brownish-purple obscurely tessellate, waved, lateral 

 sepals v obovate deflexed, dDrsal small, lip nearly as long as the sepals, purple 

 side lobes large orbicular, midlobe small panduriform, tip contracted 2-lobed. 

 Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 867 ; Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 1875, 620. 



EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Sikkim (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.) ; Bhotan, 

 alt. 2000 ft. Griffith. ASSAM (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.}. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 6-10 in., sometimes unequally rather obtusely 2-lobed. 

 Scape very stout ; bracts ovate, acute ; dorsal sepal much the smallest, dilated 

 in the middle; petals clawed, spathulate ; side lobes of lip margined with yellow. 

 Capsule almost a span long. Near V. Roxburghii, but at once distinguishable by 

 the large orbicular side lobes of the lip. A little-known species. 



11. V. Roxburg-hii, Br. in Sot. Reg. t. 506; leaves prsemorse, 

 raceme suberect, flowers 1^-2 in. diam. tesselated with brown, sepals and 

 petals subequal clawed obovate waved, lip nearly as long as the sepals, 

 side lobes small acute, midlobe panduriform violet tip dilated truncate 

 2-lobed. Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 215 ; Fol. Orchid. 3 ; Wight Ic. t. 916 ; 

 Fl. des Serres, ii. t. 11 ; Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 42, f. 2 ; Reichb. FL Exot. 1. 121 ; 

 III. Sort, t 185 (var.). V. tes&elloides, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 864. 

 Cymbidium tesselloides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 463. C. tesseliatum, Swartz in 

 Nov. Act. Upsal. vi.75; Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 102; Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. c. C. 

 Alagnata, Herb. Ham. Epidendrum tesseliatum. Roxb. Cor. PI. i. :>4, 

 t. 42. ^Brides tesseliatum, Wight in Wall. Cat. 7318 ; Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. 

 Orchid. 240. Vanda, Jones in Asiat. Res. iv. 302. 



BENGAL, BEHAK and westwards to GUZERAT and the CONCAN, and southwards 

 to TRAVANCORE, TENASSERIM and CEYLON. 



Stem 1-2 ft., climbing. Leaves 6-8 in., narrow, complicate. Peduncle 6-8 in., 

 6-10-fld. ; sepals and petals yellowish -green or blueish except from the elatlfrate- 

 browu nerves, margins white ; lip half as long as the sepals or more, di^k of midlobe 

 convex with fleshy ridges and white margins and mesial lines j spur conical. 

 Reichenbach in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 9, describes a var. Wightiana, with purple lip, 

 the side lobes with more or less developed anterior teeth. The colouring in the Fl. 

 des Serres, ii. t. 11, is unlike that of any form known to me. Roxburgh distin- 

 guishes his C. tesseliatum from his C. tesselloides, by the former having the lip 

 with the sides incurved into a tube, and the blade tapering entire acute; whilst in 

 the latter the lip is channelled above, concave underneath, and the tip of 2 obtuse 

 lobes. The latter (the typical V. Roxburghii) is the only form known to Indian 



