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VANDA? rnicnownrias 
Hairy-rooted Vanda. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nat. Orv. ORCHIDE&. 
Drv. Anthera terminalis, mobilis, decidua. Masse pollinis demum cereacew.—Br. 
Gen. Cuar.—Labellum calcaratum, cum basi simplici (breviusve producta) 
columne apteree continuum, trifidum, lobo medio carnoso. paten- 
tia, distincta. Masse pollinis 2, oblique bilobz.—Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 206. 
Vanda trichorhiza; labello ecalcarato, petalis lineari-lanceolatis subaequa- 
libus, foliis teretibus. : 
Plant, as it would appear, parasitic upon the trunks of trees, and throwing 
out long simple fleshy roots, which are covered with numerous soft and 
somewhat silky hairs. Stem, in the present individual, eight or ten inches 
in length, erect, slightly flexuose, cylindrical, and producing rather dis- 
tantly placed cylindrical fleshy and obtuse alternate eaves, about four or 
five inches in length, sheathing at the base. 
Flowers small, collected into a cluster from the axil of one of the leaves, and 
inserted by the base of their long pedicelliform germens upon a small. 
swelling or tubercle. 
Petals five, all of them nearly linear-lanceolate in form, and of a tawny color, 
obscurely streaked with red; the three superior ones curved over the sum- 
mit of the flower, but distinct, the intermediate one somewhat the short- 
est ; the two lowermost ones rather the broadest, united below, placed un- 
der the lip, and having their base united with it. Lip scarcely longer 
than the upper petals, in the lower part narrower, deeply grooved, and 
purple above, convex and green beneath, the rest of it deep purple, some- 
what cordate, recurved, obscurely 3.46bed, the middle lobe the smallest, 
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