6?8 ORCHIDEJ];. 



61. VANILLA, Sw. 



lAip adnate to the column, convolute : perigone jointed at the tase, spreading-erect. 

 Cohmvn naked : " poUmaria 3." — Stem hic/h-climiing hy aerial roots ; leaves jointed at 

 the hose ; flowers large, in axillary racemes ; capsule pulpy within. 



191. V. planifolia, Andr. Stem cylindrical ; leaves fleshy, oblong or ovate-obhng, 

 pointed, contracted at the base, 8-15-nerved; bracts foliaceous ; perigone green : divisions 

 lauceolate-oblong ; lip " callous below the serrulate, repand summit, and crested with minute, 

 recurved scales at the middle ; cwpsvle elongated, suboylindrical." — Bat. Repos. t. 538 : 

 flowers green, with a white lip. Berg Offic. Gew. t. 23. a, i : [flowers wholly green. 

 Catesh. Carol. Append, t. 7 : flowers white within, but his figure leaves some doubts. — V. 

 saiAva, ScUede (sec. Kl. and Bg.). — Leaves 5"-7" long, l"-2" broad; flowers about 2", 

 " capsule 6" long." — Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Mexico; New Grranada ! ; Brazil I]. 



192. V. anaromatica, Gr. Stem angular ; leaves chartaceous (in drying), broadly 

 ovate, with a bluntish point, contracted at the base, 30-34-nerved with quadrate areoles ; 

 bracts foliaceous, elliptical ; flowers " greenish and white ;" capsule elongated, subcylin- 

 Ancai.—Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 188. — ^Epidendrum Vanilla, L. (excl. syn. Catesb.). V. aro- 

 matica, Sw. [non Lindl.) : Gardner's specimens, i. e. V. aromatica, Lindl. (V. gnianensis, 

 Splitg. see. Kl.), do not belong to oar species, which, though its flower is now unknown, 

 may with some confidence be referred to Plumier's figure.— Leaves 6"-8" long, 3"-84" 

 broad; bracts 6"'-12"', capsnle 8" long, the latter "devoid of aroma" (P^am.).— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., in woods ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad I, Cr., Pd. ; [New Granada !]. 



193. V. claviculata, iSw. Stem cylindrical; "leaves short, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 mhate, half-clasping :" bracts membranaceous, inferior oblong-linear, superior much smaller, 

 ovate ; perigone white : divisions lanceolate-oblong ; lip deltoid above the middle, crispate- 

 repand, bearded within along the midrib ; " capsule linear-oblong." — Sw. in Sehrad. Journ. 

 1799. 2. t. \.f. 1. a. : the flower. Desc. Fl. 5. t. 362.— I exclude V. claviculata, Lindl. 

 PI. Wright. 672, which has an angular stem, ovate-lanceolate, 8-10-nerved leaves, smaller, 

 " reddish flowers, linear capsules, and apparently the lip glabrous within." — Leaves 

 " l"-li" long," inferior bracts 1", uppermost 2'", flowers nearly 2" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 March, in dry woods ; [Haiti]. 



Tbibe V. NMOTTIE^. — PolUnaria powdery-granular. Anther cohering by its base 

 with the cohrnvn, persistent. — Stem usually terrestrial. 



62. PONTHIEVA, R. Br. 



Lip posterior, adnate to the column together with the 2 interior perigonial divisions. 

 Column beaked: anther dorsal, . stipitate, oblong-linear: poUinaria "2, bilobed."— Boot 

 fascicled; scaye glandular above, chi^y at the racemose flowers ; leaves rosalate. 



194 P. glandnlosa, R. Br. (L., R.). Leaves lanceolate-elliptical, pointed, shortly 

 petioled ; perigonial divisions exterior ovate-oblong, lateral flat, 2 interior half-cordate- 

 deltoid, slightly cohering below the summit with the ventral one ; lip abruptly dilated above 

 the claw, roundish with a terminal, linear appendage, complicate below \\..~Rich. Cub. t. 

 87 : a form with tapering-anbsessile, lanceolate-oblong leaves (P. landfolia, Rich.)- P. ros- 

 trata, Lindl. m PI. Hartweg.—V-l^ high ; leaves 3"-5", raceme 3"-6", perigone 4'" 

 long, the latter green, or greenish-brown.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coU., in moist places ; Do- 

 mmica !, Imr. ; [Cuba! ; Carolina ! to Ecuador !], 



195. P. petiolata, Undl. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, or oblong-elliptical, pointed, long- 

 petioled ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, lateral revolute at the margin, 2 

 interior mcurved-oblong, shortly haH-cordate at the base, cohenng above with the ventral 

 Sal' »"«/o™»^,«'jtt it a broadly ovate, blunt, minutely 3-denticnlate blade.— Bot. Reg. t. 

 760.— H -2 high ; leaves 3"-6", raceme 3"-6". perigone 5"' long, the latter " whitish- and 

 red-vanegated. —Hab. Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent (Undl.) ; [Cuba I]. 



63. CRANICHIS, Sw. 



Lip posterior, concave, membranaceous : perigonial divisions distinct. Column low. 



