216 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
PLATE 286.— anda parviflora, Lindl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. l sepals and petals, spread 
out, 2 flower, 3 apex of ovary, column with anther із sifu, and lip, in profile, 4 section of the 
foregoing, 5 lower surface of anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
8. VANDA cristata, Lindl, in Wall. Cat. 7328; Gen. and Spec. | 
Orch. 216. 
Stem 3 to 12 in. long, stout, covered with old sheaths. eaves numerous, narrowly 
oblong, conduplicate, truncately and unequally bilobed at the apex, dilated towards the 
jointed widely sheathing base; length 3 to 4 in., breadth (when flattened out) “6 or 
‘T in. .Racemes equal to or shorter than the leaves, axillary, 2- or 5-flowered. Flowers 
1:5 to 2 in. across. Sepals sub-equal, spreading, oblong, obtuse. Petals oblong, narrower 
than the sepals. Zip longer than the sepals, adnate to the base of the column; the 
spur widely infundibuliform, half as long as the stalked ovary, its mouth with 
triangular erect side lobes; the apical lobe oblong, its apex with two divaricate oblong 
lobules, and under the apex a horn-like fleshy beak pointing downwards, the upper surface 
with five carunculate ridges. Column short, with no foot. Anther depressed, with a 
mesial ridge; pollinia ovoid, attached by a broad short caudicle to a quadrate gland. 
Capsule\ narrowly clavate, 2 to 2°5 in. long. Lindl. Sert. Orch. jrontisp., fip. 3; in Bot. 
Reg. 1842, t. 48; Fol. Orch. 10; Bot. Mag., t. 4304; Walp. Ann. VI, 869; Warners 
Orch. Alb. VII, t. 290; Gartenflora, t. 680; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 53. rides 
cristatum, Wall. MSS. rides sp., Griff. It. Notes, 203, No. 1188. 
Sikkim, at elevations from 2,000 to 6,000 feet, common; Pantling, No. 118. West- 
ward to Kumaon, but not common. Bhutan, Sylhet. 
'The sepals, petals and ovary are of a pale olivaceous green or yellowish; the lip 
is also green, but boldly blotched with dull purplish-brown. The pollen-masses, after 
removal from the anther, fall forward owing to the bending of the caudicle, until they 
ultimately rest on the gland. | 
There are two forms of this in Sikkim; one found at elevations of 2,000 to 4,000 
feet, with racemes producing as many as four or five flowers an inch in diameter; the 
other with flowers nearly twice as large as the former, but with only two of them 
on the raceme. The latter is most common at elevations of about 5,000 feet. In 
structure and coloration the flowers of the two are exactly alike. The second is the 
form figured here. | 
PLATE 287.— Vanda cristata, Lindl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 braet, ovary, column with 
anther in situ, and lip in profile, 2 section of the upper part of the foregoing, 3 column with anther, 
ront view, 4 apex of column, pollinia, and caudicle іп situ, 5 lower surface of anther, 6 pollinia after 
removal, the caudicle having bent; all enlarged. 
4. VANDA PUMILA, Hook. Fil Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 53. 
s Stem and leaves as in V. cristata and V. alpina, Racemes much shorter than the leaves, 
2-flowered. Flowers 1 in. across, drooping, floral bract minute. Sepals and petals sub- 
2 equal; the lateral sepals slightly broader, oblong, obtuse, curved, connivent. Lip shorter 
. Шап the sepals, the base with a wide infundibuliform sae with small triangular oblong 
y | : иче lobes; apical lobe large, fleshy, broadly ovate, the apex sub-truncate, the upper surface 
