1900 



VANDA 



Sept, Burma. B.M. 4114. B.R. 21:1809. P.M. 5:193. 

 K.H. 1856:421. Gt. 43:1404. G.C. II. 20:273; III. 27:307. 

 S.H. 2:385. Gn. 42:876.— A plant of straggling habit, 

 but with very beautiful fls. Var. Andersoni, Hort., has 

 fls. larger and more highly colored. 



18. Hookeriana, Reichb. f. Stem and Ivs. terete, as 

 in V. teres, but the latter only 2-3 in. long, and slender: 

 fls. 3-5 in. across; dorsal sepal and petals white, dotted 

 with purple; lateral sepals narrower, oblong or some- 

 what obovate, white; labellum as large as the rest of 

 the flower, side lobes incurved, 

 white and purple, middle lobe fan- 

 shaped, with 3 large lobes, white 

 spotted with purple. Sept. 

 Borneo. I.H. 30:484. Gn. 23:370. 

 G.M. 40:645. -In cultivation the 

 racemes are usually 2-fld. 



19. Cathcarti, Lindl. Stem 1-2 

 ft.: Ivs. linear-oblong, 6-8 in. long, 

 unequally bifid at the tips: ra- 

 cemes longer than the Ivs., 3-6- 

 fld.: fls. IVi in. across, orbicular 

 in outline ; sepals and petals 

 nearly equal, orbicular -oblong, 

 concave, pale straw-colored, trans- 

 versely streaked with numerous 

 narrow red-brown lines; labellum 

 shorter than the sepals ; lateral 

 lobes quadrate, 

 incurved, w T hite 

 with red streaks; 

 middle loberen- 

 iform, margin 

 white, slightly 

 crenate, center 

 thick, yellow 

 with a crenate 

 border. Spring. 

 Himalaya. B. 

 M. 5845. P. S. 

 12:1251. G.C. 

 1870:1409. Gn. 

 19, p. 351; 33, p. 

 224; 42, p. 276. 

 — Found near 

 waterfalls, 

 where it is al- 

 ways kept 

 damp. 



20. Sanderi- 

 ana, Reichb. f. 

 Stemveryleafy: 

 Ivs. rigid, fleshy, 

 recurved, 1 ft. 

 long, strap - 

 shaped, trun- 

 cate, with 2-3 

 teeth at the 

 apex : raceme 

 bearing about 

 12 fls. each 5 in. 

 across, with the 

 broad sepals 

 and petals over- 

 lapping: sepals 

 orbicular, the 

 dorsal one 

 smaller, pale 

 lilac, dotted at the base, the lower pair tawny yellow 

 veined and tessellated with brownish crimson; petals 

 smaller, rhomboid obovate, colored like the dorsal sep- 

 als; lateral lobes of the labellum forming a cup -like 

 base, middle lobe subquadrate, reniform, much smaller 

 than the sepals, dull crimson. Sept. Philippines. B. 

 M. 6983. I.H. 31:532. R.H. 1885:372. Gn. 25:426; 32, p. 

 399; 49, p. 88; 50:480. J.H. III. 35:55. G.C. II. 203:440. 

 Gng. 6: 115.— A very remarkable free-flowering species. 



Synonyms and imperfectly known species : V. B&temanni, 

 Lindl. = Vandopsis lissochiloides. — V. Oathartica, Hort., is 

 presumably an error for V. Cathcartii (No. 19 above).— V. 

 gigantea, Lindl. =Vandopsis Rigantea. — V. Lowei, Lindl. =Re- 

 nanthera Lowei. — V. N iemanU.—V. prwmdrsa. 



Heinrich: Hasselbring 



2639. Vanilla plant.— Vanilla plan 

 The detached flowers were about 4 inches across 

 (The pod X %.) 



VANGUERIA 



VAND6PSIS (like Vanda). Orchid Acece . Includes 

 2 or 3 species which until recently have been united 

 with Vanda or with Stauropsis. They are distinguished 

 from allied genera by the labellum, which is firmly 

 united with the column, not spurred, concave at the 

 base, with the terminal lobe compressed laterally. In 

 appearance these plants resemble robust Vandas, with 

 which they are usually classed for horticultural pur- 

 poses. Treatment the same as for Vanda. 

 lissochiloides, Pfitz. (Vanda Batemanni, Lindl.). 

 Stem 4-5 ft. high: Ivs. strap-shaped, obliquely 

 emarginate, 2 ft. long: raceme tall, erect, bear- 

 ing 20-30 fls. : sepals and petals obovate, yel- 

 low, spotted with brownish crimson, purple 

 outside; labellum crimson-purple. July-Sept, 

 Philippines. B.R. 32:59. F.S. 18:1921. 



gigantea, Pfitz. [Vdnda gigantia, Lindl.). 

 Stem pendulous: Ivs. 1-2 ft. long, thick, flat, 

 obtusely notched: raceme 10-15 in. long, de- 

 curved, many-fld.: fls. 3 in. across, 

 golden yellow, blotched with cinna- 

 sepals and petals spatulate-ob- 

 ovate; labellum white. Burma. B. 

 M. 5189. I.H. 8:277. R.H. 1874:290. 

 HErNKICH Hasselbeing. 



VANGUfiRIAf Voa-Vanguer, Mad- 

 agascar name of V. Madagascarien- 

 sis). Rnbiilcea. The Voa Vanga 

 of Madagascar is a tropical fruit that 

 has been recommended by the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society as worthy of 

 cultivation in southern Florida. The 

 fruit is imperfectly described in 

 horticultural writings. It is said to- 

 be a delicious berry % in. thick, 

 but in Mauritius it becomes 1% 

 in. thick. It is a globose drupe, 

 shaped something like an apple 

 and contains 5 large "stones" 

 or bony pyrenes. The plant is a 

 shrub 10-15 ft. high. The spe- 

 cies is widely spread in the 

 tropics of the Old 

 World. It was intro- 

 duced to American 

 horticulture by A. I. 

 Bidwell, of Orlando, 

 Fla. In 1887 Van De- 

 man reported that the 

 shrub grew exceed- 

 ingly well, sprouting 

 readily from the roots 

 when frozen down. It 

 has probably never 

 fruited in America. 

 It grows readily from 

 imported seeds. 



Vangueria is a ge- 

 nus of 20 species na- 

 tive to the warmer 

 parts of Asia and 

 Africa. Shrubs or 

 trees, sometimes 

 spiny or somewhat 

 climbing in habit: 

 Ivs. opposite or rarely 

 pseudo-verticillate in 

 4's, oval: fls. small, white or greenish in axillary clus- 

 ters; calyx 5- or 4-lobed, lobes deciduous or rarely 

 persistent; corolla hairy or not outside, usually fur- 

 nished inside with a ring of defiexed pilose hairs; lobes 

 spreading or reflexed; stamens 5, rarely 4; disc fleshy 

 or depressed : ovary 5-3-loculed ; stigma capitate • 

 ovules solitary: fr. drupaceous; pyrenes 5-3 in number 

 or putamen 5-3-loculed. 



Madagascariensis, ,T. F. Gmel. (F. e"dulis, Vahl.) 

 Glabrous shrub, 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. very large, oblong, 

 obtuse or acute, membranous, short-petioled: fls. in 

 copious, peduncled, axillary dichotomous cymes ; co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, J4 in. long, with 5 spreading deltoid 

 teeth. Madagascar. ^y # jn 



