- VANDA. 
R. Brown in Bot. Reg., t. 506. LO., p. 215. Blume Rumphia, IV. 48. 
Sepata explanata, omnia basi eequalia et angustata; sepitis 
petaloidea. 
‘Prrara sepalis conformia, szepiiis basi torta. 
Lasettum basi saccatum vy. calcaratum, c. basi columnz 
apodz continuum, carnosum, spits sepalis mult® brevius ; ee 
is. 
MNA crassa, nana, libera, ire ; clinandrio verticali. 
Stigma transversum ; rostello obtuso v. retuso 
LLINIA cereacea, platioaeteivens: pores v. 2 alté bipar- 
tita; caudiculd lorat& aut cuneata, polliniis longiore; glandula 
magni subrotunda v. triangulari. Anthera ovata, bilocularis, 
valvulis semiliberis 
Herbe e wicket Asie tropi ce. Folia coriacea, disticha, 
apice obliqua, Flores sapins racemosi, conspicui. Pedunculi 
laterales. 
The limits of this ob ses are very difficult to —— bom are here defined 
by a saccate or calearate lip continuous with the co umn, a truncate rostellum, 
and {wo or four pollen-macses attached to vias wads ten ee 
ircular It is very near Luisi, which is better known by its habit 
cire gland. 
than b: of structure, t ha 
short dio be, and thin gland. etanly, Vv. ag ts at oe will be 
h r se , if oth agreeing lem Sen nn 
racemes and simple un unguiculate lip should rg discovered. The gen 
now stands, may be divided into the following sections :— 
§ 1. Fiecpia. . . . Lip obscurely auriculate, incurved, entire, 
concave at the base, with a strong tooth at 
or above its middle. Pollen-masses four 
§ 2. EUvanpa. .. Lip auriculate, straight, variously lobed, 
spurred, even or furrowed (us usually with 
a tooth or callus in front of the spur). 
§ 3. Lamettaria. Lip auriculate, straight, beret lobed or 
entire, spurred, from to three 
perpendicular ome 
4. ANOTA. .. . Lip without auricles, contracted and lobed at 
: the point, spine with a _ of ake 
elevated veins. 
a iculate, straight or recury 
§ 5. CRisTATA. P anne eucseiatec or excavated at the pag 
Aprit 20, 1853. 
