740 ORCHID-GROWES'S MANUAL. 



V. ARBUTHNOTIANA, Kramlin.—A species introduced by Messrs. F. Sander 

 & Co., and said to be allied to V. serrulata and V. Boxburghii. The leaves are 

 thinner than those of other Vandas, two-lobed at the apex ; the flowers measure 

 2 J inches -from tip of dorsal sepal to base of lateral, and 1| inch across, and are 

 golden-yellow striped transversely with purple ; mid-lobe of lip pandurate. It 

 first flowered with "W. N. Arbuthnot, Esq., of Bexley, to whom it is dedicated. 

 -^Malabar, India. 



V. BATEMANIl, Lindl. — A noble and stately plant of upright growth, the 

 stout stem clothed with distichous leathery lorate leaves which are obtuse and 

 obliquely emarginate at the tip, and of a pale green colour, The long erect 

 scapes are axillary, and bear many large spreading flowers, of which the sepals 

 and petals are thick and fleshy, falcate, obtusely obovate ensiform, yellow 

 spotted with crimson in front, rosy-purple at the back, fading to violet at the 

 edge ; and the lip is triangular saccate at the base, and of a purple-crimson 

 colour, the front part furrowed and incurved, the disk bearing an elevated 

 tooth, and its base a short transverse crest. It blooms in July, August, and 

 September, and continues blooming for three months. — Philippine Islands; 

 Moluccas, Malay Archipelago. 



Fig.— -Boi. Reg., 1846, t. 69 ; Moore, III. OrcU. PI. (Vanda'), t. 1.; Flore des Serves, 

 tt. 1921-2 ; Gandiohaud, Freye. Voy., t. 36. 



Stn. — V. lissoeliiloides ; Fieldia Ussochiloides ; Stauropsis lissocliiloides. 



V. BENSONI, Batem. — A very elegant addition to this beautiful genus, 

 and allied to V. Roxhurghii. It is a free-growing plant a foot or more in height, 

 producing distichous channelled leathery lorate leaves, which are unequally 

 toothed at the apex, and erect rigid scapes If foot long from the base of the 

 shoots ; the flowers are about 2 inches in diameter, white on the outside, the 

 sepals and the smaller petals obovate obtuse, yellowish-green, dotted, not 

 tesselated, with reddish-brown on the inside, and the lip ovate in front, 

 convex, trilamellate on the disk, pink, with a kidney-shaped bifid violet- 

 coloured apex, the small basal auricles and conical spur white. — Rangoon. 



Fig.— Sot. Mag., t. 5611 ; Satem. Seoond Cent. Orch. Pl.,t. 192 ; Gard. Chro7i., 1867, 

 p. 180, with fig. ; Flm-e dct Serves, t. 2329. 



V. BOXALLI.— See V. lamellata Boxalli. 



V. BRUNNEA, BaM). f. — A distinct small-flowered species, having long 

 , ligulate toothed leaves ; flowers olive-brown inside, about the same size as 

 those of F. concolor; sepals and petals cuneate, elongate obtuse; lip pale 

 yellowish-white, spur long conical acute. A flower of this species was com- 

 municated to us by J. R. Roberts, Esq., of Woodford, where it flowered under 

 the care of Mr. Willingale, the gardener, in July, 1893. — Native country not 

 stated. 



V. CATHCARTII.— See Esmebalda Oathcautii. 



V. CLARKEI.— See Esmeealda Claekei. 



V. COERULEA, Oriffith. — This remarkably handsome plant produces an 

 erect stem 2 to 3 feet high, with the usual distichous loriform channelled 

 ooriaeeous leaves, which are unequally truncate with a concave notch and 



