52 eicLvili. ORcdiDEA (i. t). Hooker.) [Vandd. 



leaves broad obtusely 2-lobed, peduncle short stout erect, bracts large, 

 flowers 2 in. diam., fleshy spotted mauve-brown or purple, lateral sepals 

 broadly ovate-oblong and orbicular petals apiculate, lip half as long as the 

 sepals, side lobes rounded, raidlobe small cnaeately flabelliform. BeicJib. 

 f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 138 ; in Gar A. Chron. 1 870, 890 ; Warner Orchid. Alb. 

 t. 15, and 61 (var.). 



Tenassebim ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem very short, stout. Leaves few, 8-10 by 2-3 in. Peduncle very short ; 

 raceme 6-8 in., drooping, 6-8-fld. ; bracts acuminate ; flowers variable in colour. 

 The short stems and broad flat leaves are not those of Vanda proper, and more 

 resemble Stauropsis or Arachnanthe. In var. MarrioUiana, Reichb. f. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1880, 713 ; 1881, 726, the sepals and petals are mauve, the side lobes of the 

 lip white with mauve stripes and 2 yellow blotches below the column, and the mid- 

 lobe is carmine. In \a.v. purpurea, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1883, 307, the sepals 

 and petals are mauve-purple with white bases, and the lip bright mauve. 



10. V. bicolor, Griff. Notul. in. 3S4; It. Notes, 132, No. 546; Ic. 

 Plant. Asiat. t. 330; leaves praemorse, peduncle short erect ■^6-fld., 

 flowers 2 in. diam. brownish-purple obscurely tessellate, waved, lateral 

 sepals obovate deflexed, darsal small, lip nearly as long as the sepals, purple 

 side lobes large orbicular, midlobe small pandurif orm, tip contracted 2-lobed. 

 Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 867 ; Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 1875, 620. 



Eastebn Tbopioal Himalaya ; Sikkim {^Ic. in Serl. Calcutt.) ; Bhotan, 

 alt. 2000 ft. Griffith. Assam (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 6-lO in., sometimes unequally rather obtusely 2-lobed. 

 Scape very stout j bracts ovate, acute ; dorsal sepal much the smallest, dilated 

 in the middle; petals clawed, spathulate ; side lobes of lip margined with yellow. 

 Capsule almost a span long. — Slear V. Moxburghii, but at once distinguishable by 

 the large orbicular side lobes of the lip. A little-known species. 



11. V. Xtoxburg'hii, Br. in Sot. Meg. t. 506; leaves praemorse, 

 raceme suberect, flowers l\-2 in. diam. tesselated with brown, sepals and 

 petals subequal clawed obovate waved, lip nearly as long as the sepals, 

 side lobes small acute, midlobe pandurit'orm violet tip dilated truncate 

 2-lobed. Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 216 ; Fol. Orchid. 3 ; Wight Ic. t. 916 ; 

 Fl. des Serres, ii. 1. 11 ; Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 42, f. 2 ; Reichb. VI. Fxot. 1. 121 ; 

 III. Sort, t 185 (var.). V. tesselloides, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 864. 

 Oymbidium tesselloides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 463. 0. tessellatura, Swartz in 

 Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 75 ; Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 102 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. e. 0. 

 Alagnata, Herb. Ham. Epidendrum tessellatum. Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 34, 

 t. 42. iErides tessellatum, Wight in Wall. Cat. 7318 ; Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 240. — Vanda, Jones in Asiat. Res. iv. 302. 



BEuaAi,, Behak and westwards to Gtjzerat and the Conoan, and southwards 

 to Teavanooee, Tenasseeim and Getlon. 



Stem 1-2 ft., climbing;. Leaves 6-8 In., narrow, complicate. Peduncle 6-8 in., 

 6-10-fld. ; sepals and petals yellowish. green or blueish except from the elathrate- 

 brown nerves, margins white ; lip half as long as the sepals or more, ditk of midlobe 

 convex with fleshy ridges and white margins and mesial lines; spur conical. — 

 Belchenbach in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 9, describes a var. Wightiana, with purple lip, 

 the side lobes witli more or less developed anterior teeth. ■ The colouring in the H. 

 des Serres, ii. t. 11, is unlike that of any form known to me. Itoxburgh distin- 

 guishes his C. tessellatum from his C. tesselloides, by the former having the lip 

 with the sides incurved into a tube, and the blade tapering entire acute; whilst in 

 the latter the lip is channelled above, concave underneath, and the tip of 2 obtuse 

 lobes. The latter (the typical T. UoxburghU) is the only form known to Indian 



