50 oxLviii. OBCHiDBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) IVanda. 



rose-cold.; sepals and petals undulate; lip hairy ^^ards the base ;sWe lobes ^0*3, 

 incurved, yellow within, crimson spotted ; midlobe much ''■'g^'. "» ^^y J-^X 

 purple or rose-cold., sac 1 in. long ; column hairy in front. Capsule 1 in., clavate. 



2. V. Kookeriana, Beichb. f. in Bonpland. 1856 324; i^fjfTf 



Chron. 1882, ii. 488; midlobe of ^^lJ^iy}f'i%'^^f''flJtf^l 

 3-lobed, sac ;ery short. III. Sortie. 1883, t 484 ■,OrcUdoph. 1886, 1. 158 , 

 Beichenbackia, ii. t. 74. Warner OrcUd.:Alh. t. 76, !»«/. 



Peeak, Scortechini; in swamps, Wray. Sinqapoee, Ridley {%n Mt.). 



Habit of Y. teres, but leaves shorter, 2-3 in. ; scape longer; ^"T""^ /-^{..'''°- 

 diam. ; lateral sepals oblong or obovate-oblong, cream-cold ; petals Yj'^d^^ 1'1«« ^ 

 carnation; lip towards the base and column hairy j side lobes purple; .» dlobe as 

 large as the rest of the flowers, white or lilac, base a-glandular; sac conical, obtuse. 

 Capsule 4 in. 



** Leaves flat or chanelled and keeled. Scape usually many-fld. 



t Flowers \-l\ in. diam. (See also V. Bensoni.) 



3 V. parviflora, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. xxx. Misc. 45 ; peduncle and 

 raceme strict erect, flowers i-f in. diam., sepals oblong and spathulate 

 petals yellow, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 

 with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with fleshy blue ridgea, spur 

 slender conical half as long as the lip. Wight Ic. t. 1669 ; Beichb.f. %n 

 Oard. Chron. 1877, 166. brides Wightianum, hindl. in Wall. Cat. 7320 ; 

 Q-en. Sr Sp. Orchid. 238; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 40 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5138 ; 

 Wight Ic. V. p. 8 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 265. 



Western Himalaya ; Kumaon, Atakmunda river, alt. 3-4000 ft., Edgeworth. 

 Kepal, Wallich. Assam, Mann. Burma, Berlcely. Westeen Pbkinsuia ; from 

 the Concan to Travancore. CMliOir, Walker, &c. 



Stem 4-6 in. Leaves 4-8 by i-| in., unequally obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle and 

 rachis stout ; pedicel with ovary 1-li in. ; side lobes of lip small, ovate. Capsule 

 l-\i in., long pedicelled, clavate. 



Var. testacea ; sepals and petals brown. V. testacea, ReicKb. f. in Gard. Chron, 

 1877, 166. .fflrides testaceum, Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orchid. 238 ; Faxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 

 t. 142; JFaZp. ^™. V. 897.— Ceylon; 



Tar. albifiora ; sepals and petals white, lip white, ridges speckled with red, spur 

 broader obtuse. — Moulmein {Ic. Parish). 



4. v. coerulescens, Griff. Notul. iii. 352 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 331 ; 

 raceme drooping, flower.s 1-lJ in. diam., sepals obovate and spathulate, 

 petals pale blue, lip rather shorter than the sepals, midlobe cuneate-obovate 

 with a dilated truncate 2-lobed tip, disk with flp.shy dark blue ridges, 

 spur slender conical half as long as the lip. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 9 ; Walp. 

 .4««. vi. 868; Bot. Mag. t. 5834 and 6328; Warner (h-chid. Alb. t. ■^•, 

 Floral Mag. N. 8. t. 256 ; Orchidoph. 1863, t. 637 ; Beichb. f. in Gard. 



Chron. 1869, 498 ; 1870, 529, f . 97. 



Upper Burma, Griffith. Pegu; on hills near Prome, alt. 1500 ft., Benson. 



Stem 6 in. Leaves 6-10 by | in., much broader in cultivation, acutely 2-fid or 

 3-fid. PetonoZe with racemes 1 ft. or less ; pedicel with ov.iry 1-1| in.; flowers 

 variable in colour, from blue to nearly white (viirs. Boxallii, K. f. and£ottnana, 

 K. f.) ; spur and column blue. 



5. V. spathulata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 719 ; leaves short, peduncle 

 very tall, raceme terminal few-fld., flowers Ij- in. diam. golden yellow, 

 sepals and petals spathulately oblong flat, lip clawed as long as the sepals, 

 side lobes very small, midlobe suborbicular. Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 

 216 ; Fol. Orchid. 9 ; Wight Ic. t 915 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 869. Epidendrum 



