Vanda.] cxlviii. orchide^. (J. D. Hooker.) 53 



botanists, and I suspect that the form of the lip of 0. tessellatum is due to withering. 

 Var. umicolor, Bot. Mag. t. 3416 is I suspect the Chinese F. conoolor, Blume. 



Sect. II. Anota, itwt^;. Baceme dense-M. Sepals a,v.i petals widely 

 spreading. Zip without side lobes. Strap of pollinia long, slender, 

 straight. 



The two species of this section (the following and V. violacea) have been re. 

 ferred to Saccolabium, Vanda, and one of them to Khynahostylis. In whichever 

 genus placed they are aberrant ; the ridged lip is quite that of Vanda ; but the 

 lip and strap of the pollinia is as in Uhynchostylis ; and the spur is hardly that 

 of Vanda, but rather of Saecoldbium. 



12. V. densiflora, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. under t. 42 ; Fol. 

 Orchid.2 ; leaves trunoately excised, lip ouneate tip shortly obtusely 3-lobed, 

 base with 2 pubescent ridges descending into the spur. Fl. des Serres, 

 t. 1765 ; Seichh. f. in Gard. Chron. 1866, 1194. Saccolabium giganteum, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7306 ; Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 221 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5635. 

 Seichenbachic t. 22 ; Jennings Orchid, t. 8 ; Lindemia, f. 683 ; OroUdopl. 

 1888, t. 163. 



Peou j at Prome, WallicTi. Eansoon, Benson. 



Stem short, as thick as a child's wrist ; roots J-| in. diam. Leaves imbricating 

 at the base, 6-12 by 1^-2 in., very thick, channelled, lobes acute. Peduncle very 

 short, stout ; raceme 8-14 in., cylindric, very dense-fld. ; flowers 1-lJ in. diam., 

 white with a few purple spots at the base of the petals; lip fleshy, white with 

 bright purple shining terminal lobes ; spur short, inflated, pointing backwards. 



Sect. III. OmsTATa!. Sacemes shortly peduncled, few-fld. ; pedicels 

 decurved. Sepals and petals incurved. Strap of pollinia very short, gland 

 large. — Inflorescence and flowers of Luisia, but habit and foliage of Yanda. 



13. V. cristata, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 7328 j Gen. if 8p. Orchid. 216 ; 

 Sert. Orchid. Frontisp. f. 10 ; in Bot. Beg. 1842, t. 48 ; Fol. Orchid. 10 ; 

 sepals and petals narrow yellow or green, side lobes of lip erect triangular, 

 midlobe snbpanduriform golden striped witb purple, tip with 2 divaricate 

 spindle-shaped lobes and an intermediate depressed one, spur conical. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4304 ; Warner Orchid. Alb. vii. t. 290 ; Gan-tenfl. t. 680 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 869. V. striata, Beichb. f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 137, t. 150. brides 

 cristatum. Wall. mss. jUrides sp. Griff. Itin. Notes, 203, No. 1188. 



Teomoai Himalaya; from Kumaon to Bhotan, Wallich, &c. Siihet, 

 J. D. H. #• T. T. 



Stem 3-6 in., very stout. Leaves 3-5 in., rigidly coriaceous, recurved, keeled, 

 truncately 3-toothed. Raceme equalling or shorter than the leaves ; bracts very 

 short, broad ; pedicels with ovary long, stout ; flowers lJ-2 in. diam. ; side lobes of 

 lip acute truncate or toothed, midlobe as long as the sepals ; spur short, obtuse. 

 Capsule 2-2i in., narrowly clavate. 



14. V. alpina« Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 10 ; sepals and petals narrow 

 yellowish, side lobes of lip rounded, midlobe concave ovate obtuse or re- 

 tuse pale yellow streaked with purple, spur 0. V. G-riffithii, Lindl. in 

 Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 22, and Fol. Orchid. 10 {excl. cilat, Griffith). Luisia 

 alpina, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1858, Misc. 56. 



SuBTBOPioAi, Himalaya, alt. 3500-5000 ft., from Garwhal, Thomson, to 

 Bhotan. Khasia Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. B. H. Sf T. T. 



Habit of Y. cristata, but smaller, leaves rather shorter, racemes always much 

 shorter than the leaves, flowers only 1 in. diam., lip very different. Capsule not 

 seen.— Lindley's citation of GrifSth's Itin. Notes, No. 526, from his V. Oriffithii, 

 is (as he states in Fol. Orchid.) an error. But he again errs in referring this 

 same plant to Vanda hicolor. It is his F. undulata {Stauropsis undulatus, p. 27). 



15. Vi pumila, Hook. f. ; sepals and petals narrow pale yellovrish 



