Vanda.~\ CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 53 



botanists, and I suspect that the form of the lip of C. tessellatum is due to withering. 

 Var. unicolor, Bot. Mag. t. 3416 is I suspect the Chinese V. concolor, Blurne. 



Sect. II. ANOTA, Lindl. Raceme dense-fld. Sepals and. petals widely 

 spreading. Lip without side lobes. Strap of pollinia long, slender, 

 straight. 



The two species of this section (the following and V. violacea) have been re- 

 ferred to Saccolabium, Panda, and one of them to Rhynchostylis. In whichever 

 genus placed they are aberrant ; the ridged lip is quite that of Vanda ; but the 

 lip and strap of the pollinia is us in Rhynchostylis ; and the spur is hardly that 

 of Vanda, but rather of Saccolabium. 



12. V. densiflora, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. under t. 42; FoL 

 Orchid. 2 ; leaves truncately excised, lip ctmeate tip shortly obtusely 3-lobed, 

 base with 2 pubescent ridges descending into the spur. Fl. d'es Serres, 

 t. 1765; Iteiclib. f. in Gard. Chron. 1866, 1194. Saccolabium giganteum, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7306 ; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 221 ; Sot. Mag. t. 5635. 

 Reichenbachic t. 22 ; Jennings Orchid, t. 8 ; Lindernia, f. 683 : Orchidovl. 

 1888, t. 163. 



PEGU ; at Prome, Wallich. RANGOON, Benson. 



Stem short, as thick as a child's wrist ; roots |-f in. diain. Leaves imbricating 

 at the base, 6-12 by ]|-2 in., very thick, channelled, lobes acute. Peduncle very 

 short, stout; raceme 8-14 in., cylindric, very dense-fld.; flowers 1-1| in. diam., 

 white with a few purple spots at the base of the petals ; lip fleshy, white with 

 bright purple shining terminal lobes ; spur short, inflated, pointing backwards. 



Sect. III. CRISTATE. Racemes shortly peduncled, few-fld. ; pedicels 

 decurved. Sepals and petals incurved. Strap of pollinia very short, gland 

 large. Inflorescence and flowers of Luisia, but habit and foliage of Vanda. 



13. V. cristata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7328 ; Gen. fr Sp. Orchid. 216 ; 

 Sert. Orchid. Frontisp. f. 10 ; in Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 48 ; Fol. Orchid. 10 ; 

 sepals and petals narrow yellow or green, side lobes of lip erect triangular, 

 midlobe subpanduriform golden striped with purple, tip with 2 divaricate 

 spindle-shaped lobes and an intermediate depressed one, spur conical. 

 Sot. Mag. t. 4304 ; Warner Orchid. All. vii. t. 290 ; Gartenfl. t. 680 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 869. Y. striata, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 137, t. 150. brides 

 cristatum, Wall. mss. brides sp. Griff. Itin. Notes, 203, No. 1188. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, Wallich, &c. SILHET, 

 J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Stem 3-6 in., very stout. Leaves 3-5 in., rigidly coriaceous, recurved, keeled, 

 truncately 3 -toothed. Raceme equalling or shorter than the leaves ; bracts very 

 short, broad ; pedicels with ovary long, stout ; flowers 1^-2 in. diam. ; side lobes of 

 lip acute truncate or toothed, midlobe as long as the sepals ; spur short, obtuse. 

 Capsule 2-2% in., narrowly clavate. 



14. V. alpina, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 10 ; sepals and petals narrow 

 yellowish, side lobes of lip rounded, midlobe concave ovate obtuse or re- 

 tuse pale yellow streaked with purple, spur 0. Y. Griffithii, Lindl. in 

 Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 22, and FoL Orchid. 10 (excl. cilat. Griffith). Luisia 

 alpina, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1858, Misc. 56. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3500-5000 ft., from Garwhal, Thomson, to 

 Bhotan. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. fy T. T. 



Habit of V. cristata, but smaller, leaves rather shorter, racemes always much 

 shorter than the leaves, flowers only 1 in. diam., lip very different. Capsule not 

 seen. Lindley's citation of Griffith's Itin. Notes, No. 526, from his V. Grffithii, 

 is (as he states in Fol. Orchid.) an error. But he again errs in referring this 

 same plant to Vanda bicolor. It is his V. undulata (Statiropsis undulatus, p. 27). 



15. V. pumila, Hook. f. ; sepals and petals narrow pale yellowish 



