VANDA. 741 



acute lateral lobes ; the erect scapes are much longer than, the leaves, and bear 

 dense racemes of ten to fifteen flowers or more, the flowers 5 inches across, with 

 the membranaceous sepals and petals flat oblong blunt and shortly stalked, of a 

 beautiful, pallid blue, and the smaU lip linear-oblong, leathery, deep blue, the 

 point blunt with two diverging lobes ; the spur is short and blunt, and the disk 

 bears three lamellae. It does not requu-e so much heat as the other kinds. 

 The flowers are produced during the autumn months, and last six weeks in 

 perfection. This plant is well grown by Mr. Hill, gardener to Lord Rothschild, 

 Tring Park, where are found some fine varieties of this species. — Khasia 

 Mountains. 



FlQ.— Wanu' I- , Si'I. Orel). PL, i. t. 18 ; Pescntomi, t. 29 ; Flore des Serves, t. 609 

 PaMon, Fl. Gard., i. t. 36 ; Moore, III. Orch. PI. ( Vaiida'), t. 2 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 34 

 Z'7«. mirt., t. 246; Lenmire, Jard. Fl., t. 102; Puydt, Les Orch., t. 45; L'HoH. 

 Frang., 1862, t. 1 ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 5 ; Lhidenia, iv. t. 160 ; Meicheiiiaohia, ii. t. 57 ; 

 L'OrchidophUe, 1890, p. 369 ; Gartenflora, 1890, 1. 1332 ; Revue Hort. Beige, 1891, p. 165^ 

 t. 21 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, vU. p. 91 ; Orchid Album, vi. t. 282. 



V. COERULESCENS, ariffith.— This elegant little species has elongated 

 stems, with the leaves distichous leathery, strap-shaped; truncately bUobed, 

 5 to 7 inches long, dark green ; the scapes are slender, axillary, erect, bearing 

 from ten to twenty flowers ; the cuneate ovate sepals and petals are pale mauve- 

 blue, twisted at the clawed base ; the lip smaller obcuneate dilated emarginate, 

 of a rich violet with purplish lilac auricles, and the conical spur tipped with 

 green. It blooms during March and April, lasting a long time in perfection. 

 — Burmah. 



FiG.—Bot. Mag., t. .■)834 ; Floral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 256 ; Griffith, Icon. PI. As., 

 t. 331 ; Gard. Chron.. 1870. p. 529, f. 97 ; L'Orchidophile, 1883, p. 636 ; Id., 1892, p. 48 ; 

 Orchid Alium, i. t. 48. 



V. COERULESCENS BOXALLII, Bchh. /.—A ouri&us and charming form, in 

 which the leaves are rigidly distichous, strongly keeled, obliquely erose at the 

 apex, and the flowers form a rather close raceme on a comparatively short 

 scape ; the flowers are white and blue and very effective, the obtuse or retuse 

 sepals and petals being white with a tinge of lilac, and the lip with its dilated 

 front lobe deep violet bordered with white; the disk bears some smooth 

 longitudinal ridge.s, with dark blue stripes alternating with white ones. — 

 Transgangetic India. 



FlG^.—Bot. Mag., t. 1)328. 



V. CONCOLOR, Blutne. — ^A distinct-looking plant, referred by Sir "W. J. 

 Hooker to V. Boxburghii. It has tall erect stems 5 to 6 feet high, with lax 

 membranaceous evergi-een leaves, which are obliquely tridentate at the ends ; 

 the flowers are numerous, rather distant, in lateral elongated racemes, the 

 oblong obovate undulated sepals and petals white on the outer surface, and of 

 a uniform cinnamon-brown within, the lip three-lobed, downy at the base, 

 white with rosy dots on the side-lobes, the front or middle lobe cinnamon- 

 brown, cuneate and bilobed at the tip ; it has a conical attenuated spur, and is 

 deliciously scented. — Cli ina. 



¥lQ.—JBot. Mag., t. 3416 : L'Orchidopliile, 1887, p. 144. 



Syn.^T'. /«)•!•« (^Bot. Peg., nonBl. ) ; V. Roxiurghii unxcolor ; V. Stella. 



