357 



petals sanguine with a white border, lip sanguine, strongly veined, 

 yellow on the upper surface, and speckled with crimson. 



Jungles in Silhet. Chittagong. Khasia hills. Tlowering in 

 April and M^y. 



(3) V. spATHTTLAiA. (Spreng.) 

 lAent. Spreng. Syst. III. p. 719.— Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 216. 

 Engrm. "Wight's Icon. t. 915, 



Spec. Chub. Stem elongated: leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 obliquely emarginate : peduncles naked, distantly sheathed, erect, 

 many-flowered, much longer than the leaves and stem : sepals and 

 petals oblong, obtuse, flat : Up rhomboid, incurved at the top, crested 

 in the middle, bicallous at the base within the acutely conical 

 spur, auricles retuse: ovary 6-winged: leaves and flower-stalks 

 marked with golden spots : flowers golden yellow. 



Mysore. Malabar. Common in jimgles in Travancore. 



(4), V. ccEatuLEA. (Oriff.) 



Ident. Griffith MSS. Itin. notes p. 88.— Lindl. fol. orch. 1. o. p. 8. 



Engrm. Bot. Eeg. 1847, t. 30. — Paxton's flower garden t. 36. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves coriaceous, equal at the apex, truncated, 

 with a concave sinus, lateral lobes acute : spikes dense, erect, many- 

 flowered : bracts oblong, concave, very obtuse, membranaceous : 

 sepals and petals twisted at the base, azure, membranaceous, oblong, 

 very obtuse, flat, sub-unguiculate : Up coriaceous, Hnear-oblong, 

 divergently 2-lobed at the apex, obtuse, 3-lamellate through the 

 axis : auricles triangular, acuminate : spur curved, obtuse, smooth 

 within : flowers bright blue. 



Ehasia hills. 



(5) V. AiPnsTA. (Lindl.) 



Ident. Lindl. fol. orch. 1. c. p. 10. 



Engrm. Luisia alpina, Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. 101. 



Spec. Chae.' Leaves channelled, recurved, obliquely 2-lobed, a 

 small mucro usually intermediate : racemes sub-sessUe, erect, 2 — 3- 

 flowered : sepals oblong, thickened below the apex : petals a little 

 smaller: lip oblong, concave, naked, gibbous below, the apex, 

 emarginate! auricles confluent with the lamina: flowers small, pale 

 green: Hp yellowish, streaked with duU purple: basal hollow 

 deep purple. 



Xhasia hills. 



