1900 



VANDA 



Sept. Burma. B.M. 41U. 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. On. 42:876.— A plant of straggling habit, 

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

 fls. larger and more highly colored. 



18. Hookeriina, 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 



large as the rest of 



what obovate, white; labellum 

 the flower, side lobes incurved 

 white and purple, middle lobe fan 

 shaped, with 3 large lobes wh' 

 spotted with purple. Sep 

 Borneo. I.H. 30:484. Gn. 23 371 

 G.M. 40:645.-In culi 

 racemes are usually 2-fld. 



19. Cithcarti, Lindl. Stem 

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

 unequally bifid at the tips ra 

 cemes longer than the Ivs 3-6 

 fld.: fls. 2H in. across, orbiculai 

 in outline ; sepals and petal 

 nearly equal, orbicular- olilong 

 concave, pale straw-colored tr-in 

 versely streaked with numertu 

 narrow red-brown lines; labelhin; 

 shorter than the sepals ; Htei il 

 lobes quadrate, 

 incurved, white 

 withredstreaks; 

 middle loberen- 

 iform, margin 

 white, slightly 

 crenate, center 

 thick, yellow 

 with a crenate 

 border. Spring 

 Himalaya B 

 M. 5845. F S 

 12:1251. G C 

 1870:1409. Gn 

 19, p. 351; 33 p 

 224; 42, p 270 

 — Pound neai 

 waterfalls 

 where it is al 

 ways kept 

 damp. 



20. Sanden 

 kna, Reichb t 

 Stemveryleif\ 

 lvs.rigid,flpbh\ 

 recurved, 1 tt 

 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. HI. 35:55. G.C. II. 203:440. 

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



Synonyms and imperfectly known species : Y. Bdtemanni, 

 Lindl. = Vandopsis lissoehiloides. — T. Cathartica, Hort., is 

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

 gigantia. Lindl.=Vandopsis gigantea.— T. Loioei, Lindl. =Re- 

 nanthera Lowei.— F. NUmanii.—Y. prmmdrsa. 



Heinbich; Hasselbrino 



VANGUERIA 



VAND6P8IS (like Vanda). Orchiddcece. 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. 

 liSBOcluIoldes Pfltz. irdnda Bdlemanni, 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. p\irple 

 lutside labellum crimson-purple. .luly-Sept. 

 Phdippmes. B.R. 32:59. F.S. 18:1921." 



gigantda, Pfitz. {Vdnda gigantea, Lindl.). 

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

 btu tl\ notched: raceme 10-15 in. long, de- 

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

 golden yellow, blotched with cinna- 

 mon; sepals and petals spatulate-ob- 

 labellum white. Burma. B. 

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

 Heinrich Hasselbrino. 



VANGir£EIA( Voa-Vanguer, Mad- 

 agascar name of I'. Madagascarien- 

 iij) Bubidcew The VoA Vanga 

 of Madagascar IS a tropical fruit that 

 has been recommended by the Ameri- 

 can Pomologicil b'Ociety as worthv of 

 cultivitK n m southern Florida. The 

 fnut Is mitrttctly described in 

 itings It is said to 

 It I (li li( M us berry ^ in. thick, 

 but in Mauritius it becomes IX 

 in thick It IS a globose drupe, 

 shaped something like an apple 

 and contains 5 large "stones'* 

 or bony pvrenes The plant is a 

 shrub 10-15 ft high. The spe- 

 cies IS widelv spread in the 

 tropics of the Old 

 World It was intro- 

 duced to American 

 horticulture by A. I. 

 Ridwell, of Orlando, 

 1 H. In 1887 Van De- 

 1 in reported that the 

 I lub grew exceed- 

 .,lv well, sprouting 

 1 idilv from the roots 

 whtn frozen down. It 

 Ills j-iohably never 

 fiuited in America. 

 It grows readily from 

 imported seeds. 



Vangueria is a ge- 

 nus of 20 species na- 

 tive to the 



2639. Vanilla plant.— Vanilla planifolia. 



The detached flowers were about 4 inches across. Dra 

 (The pod X Vs.) 



all, white < 



climbing in habit: 

 Ivs. opposite or rarely 

 pseudo-verticillate in 

 " " illary ' 



4's, oval: fls. 



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

 persistent; corolla hairy or not outside, usually fur- 

 nished inside with a ring of deflexed pilose hairs; lobes 

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

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

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

 or putamen 5-3-loeuled. 



Madagascari^nsis, J. F. Gmel. (F. Sdulis, 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 funncl-.shaped, K in. long, with 5 spreading deltoid 

 teeth. Madagascar. ^_ jj 



