1900 



VANOA 



VANG UE HI A 



Sept. Burma. B.M. 41U. B.R. 21:1809. P.M. 5:19:?. 

 K.H. 18oG:421. at. 43:1404. G.V. II. 20:273; III. 27:30/. 

 S.H. 2:385. Gn. 42:876.— A phint of stra<rgling hal.it. 

 but with very beautiful lis. Var. Andersoni, Hort., Ii9s 

 fls. larger and more highl}^ colored. 



18. Hookeri^na, Reichb. f. Stem and Ivs. terete, as 

 in r. ti:'n'.^, )n\t the latter only 2-3 in. long, and slender: 

 fls. 3-.'> in. across; dorsal sepal and petals white, dotted 

 with purple; lateral sepals narrower, f.hlong or some- 

 what obovate, white; labellum as large as the rest of 

 the flower, side lobes incurred, 



wliite and purple, middle lobe fan 

 shaped, with 3 hirge lobes, whil 

 spotted with purple. Sejit 

 Borneo. I. H. 30:484. Gn. 23:37( 

 G.M. 40:045. -In cultivation t 

 racemes are usually 2-fli 



19. CAthcarti, Lindh Stem 1 

 ft. : Ivs. linear-oblong, 0-8 ii 

 nuequally bifid at the tips: r; 

 oenies longer than the Ivs., 3-(. 

 tld. : fis. 2U ill- across, orbicuhii 

 in outUne ; sepals and petals 

 nearly equal, orbicular - oblong 

 concave, pale straw-colored, trans 

 versLdy streaked with numerous 

 narrow red-brown lines; labellum 

 shorter than the sepals : hiterrl 

 lobes quadrate, 

 incurved, white 

 with red streaks; 

 mirldle loberen- 

 ifnrni. margin 

 white, slightly 

 creuate, neuter 

 thick, yellow 

 with a cri-nate 

 border. Spring. 

 Hiinalava. B. 

 M. 5S+5. F. S. 

 12: 1251. (i. r. 

 1870:1409. Gn. 

 19, p. 351; 33,1). 

 224; 42, p. 270. 

 — Found near 

 waterfalls, 

 wdiere it is al- 

 ways kept 

 damp. 



20. Sanderi- 

 &na, Keirlib. f. 



Stem vci-yleafv: 

 Ivs.righiJ-lesby. 

 recurved, 1 ft. 

 long, s t r a]! - 

 shaped, t r u n- 

 cate, wiili 2-3. 

 teeth at ilie 

 apex : raceme 

 bearing about 

 12 tls. eacb 5 in. 

 across, with tlie 

 broad sepals 

 and petals over- 

 lapping: sepals 

 orbicular, t li e Th 



<1 o r s a I o Ti e 

 smaller, ]) a 1 e 

 lilac, dotted at the base, the lower pair tawny yellow 

 veiricil and tessellated with brownish crimson; petals 

 snudler, rliomlioid obovate, colored like the dorsal sep- 

 als; lateral lobes of the labellum forming a cup-like 

 base, middle li)l)e subc|U!ulrate, reniform, much smaller 

 than the sepals, dull crimsori. Se|.t. Philippines. B. 

 M. 0983. I. H. 31:532. K.H. 1885:3,72. Gn. 25:420: .32. p. 

 399; 49, p. 88; .50:480. J.fl. III. 35:55. G.C. II. 203:440. 

 Gng. G: 115. — A very renmrkable free-flowering species. 

 Synonyms .-ind imperfectly known species ; Y. Bdtemainii, 

 Lindl. ^ Vandopsis lissochiloides. — V. Cathartica, Hort., is 

 presumably an error for V. Catheartii (No. 10 above).— 1'. 

 gigniit'-a, Ijindl. — Vandopsis gitjiuitea. — Y. Lmrei, Lindb^Rc- 

 nantbera Lowei. — V. Nli•tnani.i.~^'. priminrfui . 



HEINUn.'H llASSELERlNt:! 



2639. 

 ■ detached tlower> 



VAND6PSIS (like Vanda). Orc7iidaceie. Inchnles 

 2 or 3 species which until recently have been united 

 wiih Vanda or with Stauropsis. They are distinguished 

 from allied genera by the labellum, which is hrndy 

 united with the column, not spurred, concave at the 

 base, with the terminal lobe compressed laterally. In 

 appearance these plants resemble robust Vandas, with 

 which they are usually classed for horticultural pur- 

 ])0ses. Treatment the same as for Vanda. 



lissochiloides, Pfitz. ( }'dncla Bnlematini, Lindl.). 

 Stem 4-5 ft. high: Ivs. strap-shaped, obliquely 

 em\rginate, 2 ft. long: raceme tall, erect, bear- 

 ing 20-30 fls.; sepals and petals obovate, yel- 

 w spotted with brownish crimson, purple 

 ut lie; labellum crijnson-purple. dulv-Sept. 

 Philippines. B.R. 32:59. F.S. 18:1921.' 



gigant^a, Pfitz. {Vanda gigantea, Lindl.). 

 Stem jieudulous: Ivs. 1-2 ft. long, thick, flat, 

 btusely notched: raceme 10-15 in. long, de- 

 curved, manj^-fld.: fls. 3 in. across, 

 golden yellow, blotched with cinna- 

 mon; sepals and petals spatulate-ob- 

 ovate; labellum white. Burma. B. 

 M. 5189. l.H. 8:277. R.H. 1874:290. 

 Heinrich Hasselbring. 



VANGUl:RIAfro«-T7n)f77(er, Mad- 

 agascar name of V. Madagascarien- 

 sis) Ii'ttl'lAcecE-. The Voa Vanga 

 of Madagistir IS a tropical fruit that 

 hasb'-'en rcccmmended by the Ameri- 

 c\n P n olcgic d Society as worthy of 

 cultiv tmn in southern Florida. The 

 fruit IS m I erfectly described in 

 horticulturs.1 writings. It is said to 

 be I dell inns berry % in. thick, 

 but m Mauritius it becomes 15-2 

 m thi k It is a globose drupe, 

 sh \L \ sf mething like an apple 

 ind contiins 5 large "stones"' 

 cr I ruj pvrenes. The plant is a 

 shrul 10-15 ft. high. The spe- 

 es )s widely spread in the 

 tropics of the Old 

 World. It was intro- 

 duced to American 

 horticulture by A. I. 

 Bidwell, of Orlando, 

 Fla. In 1887 Van Ue- 

 man reported that the 

 shrub grew exceed- 

 ingly well, sprouting 

 readilyf rom the roots 

 when frozen down. It 

 has probably never 

 fruited in America. 

 It grows readily from 

 imported seeds. 



Vangueria is a ge- 

 nus of 20 species na- 

 tive to the warmer 

 parts of Asia and 

 Africa. Shrubs or 

 trees, sometimes 

 spiny or somewhat 

 climbing in habit: 

 Ivs. opposite or rarely 

 psetido-verticillate in 

 4's, oval: fls. small, white or greenish in axillary clus- 

 ters; calyx 5- or 4dolied, lobes deciduous or rarely 

 persistent; corolla hairy or not outside, usually fur- 

 nished inside with a ring of deflexed pilose hairs; lobes 

 spreading or reflexed ; stamens 5, rarely 4; disc fleshy 

 or depressed : ovary 5-3-loculed ; stigma capitate • 

 ovules solitary: fr. drupaceous; pvrenes 5-3 in numlier 

 or imtamen .5-3-loculed. 



Madagascari^nsis, J. F. Gmel. {V. vdulh, Vahl.) 

 Glabrous shrub, 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. very large, oblong, 

 obtuse or acute, niendiranous, short-petioled: fls. in 

 copious, peduncled, axillary dichotoraotis cymes ; co- 

 r(dbi funnel-shaped, }.{ In. long, with 5 spreading deltoid 

 teeth. Madagascar. W". M. 



Vanilla plant. — Vanilla planifolia. 



were about 4 iiKdies across. Drawu in Jainaicji. 

 (The pod X 'A.) 



