Oa Nil 
VANDA. : Qa5 FIELDIA. 
§ 1. FieELDIA. 
* 1, V.Batemanni. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1846, ¢. 5 
V. foliis planis coriaceis obliqué emarginatis Seas racemo 
laterali multifloro brevioribus, bracteis coriaceis certs squame- 
formibus, floribus maximis ‘planis coriaceis, alabastris globosis, 
sepalis petalisque faleatis obovato-cuneiformibus signee labello 
angulari basi saccato lobis ascendentibus acutis apice carnoso 
sulcato uncinato dente elevato in medio et crist&é brevi transversi 
juxta basin. 
An — = ntum. Bumph. Herb. Amb., VI. 1 
lissochiloi 216. Blume Ru umphia, 1 y. ak 
Fieldia lissochiloides, ” Gandich. Voyage, 421, t. 36. 
Wild in the oe de evigse Pai OE as > Bo on | trees 
near the coast, (v. v. 
very large erect plant, wy tachi thick aerial roots, sword-shaped 
ied hard leaves averagin o feet in length, and a still Seca spike of 
som fell wo sa If across, flat, leathery, 
and long enduring ; rich golden yellow, spotted all over 
front; behind “ le, fading y at the edges into violet 
species of extra beauty, according to Blume the Angrek | eiagtag 
Kitsjil of th 
2. V. gigantea, Lindl, in Wall. Cat., no, 7826. LO., 215. 
V. fo lie laté loratis apice obtusissimis emarginatis subsequa- 
libus, Tacemis foliis duplo brevioribus, sy sepalis petalisque « oblongo- 
obtuso : callo conico in mio aul nas rotundatis. 
V. Lindleyana, Griff. notul., 353. 
. Wild in Movtmery, and other parts of Burma ; on Lagerstromia 
aaah lod Regine, on the banks of the Tenasserim river, near Barlavo 
—Griffith, (v. s. sp. et ic. pict.) 
Leaves tough and fieshy, fifteen inches long by two and a half broad. 
Flowers of the size of V. ti, resupinate, deep oo with cinnamon 
brown blotches. en 
square membranous Griffith says it is the food — he had seen 
" capable of rivalling American Vandews 1 which is surely a great e: ion. 
8. V. Lowel. Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1847, p. 289. 
VY. (foliis coriaceis indie distichis), racemo longissimo pendulo 
flexuosa scabro-piloso, floribus maximis distantibus coriaceis, 
— is petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis valdé undulatis a 
to 
scabris, labello parvo 
saccato -acutissimo supra selina cornu dinate setaque am: 
apice aucto. 
Tad in hn fet ot Bono om high toa very da 
-  places—Lowe, (v. s. sp.) : 
