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the vanilla of commerce, which was then and for long afterwards 
ves to be V. aromatica, Sw. (i.e, V. inodora, Schiede). It 
as introduced to cultivation about the year 1739, but was probably soon 
Brands lost. ‘The Marquis of Blandford re- introduced it about the 
beginning of the present century, and it flowered in the collection of the 
Right -— Charles Greviile at Phddiuglon in ı 1807, whence it can be 
i; 
planifolia, Andr. V. sativa and V. sylvestris of Schiede are chiefly 
known from the original descriptions, but are evidently forms of the 
same species, differing only a little in the length of the fruit, the former 
being a cultivated race, and the latter the wild original, V. ma idee 
Blanco, is also known only from description, and as the fruit is said t 
not aromatic, a doubt remains as to its identity. Succeeding aliens 
Blanco’s fruits were unripe this view may be correct, in which case it 
seems probable that the species was introduced to the Philippines from 
Mexico by the Spaniards. Naves (Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, Nov. App., 
-P hed enumerates it as growing in the provinces of San Mateo, where 
seen we and fruit, and a confirmation of the identification 
seems des 
26. Vanilla pheantha, Rchb. f. in ve XLVIII. (1865), p. 274.— 
General habit of the preceding. Bracts fewer and larger, amend 
 elliptical-oblong, subobtuse, 3- 7 lin. loud. 2-4 lin. broad. 
larger, pedicels g green ; ; sepals and petals 24-2 in. long, ree ESNE 
Lip greenish- yellow, whitish in the throat, apex obscurely three-lobed 
and nearly truncate, nerves not carinate in front, disce with a pair of 
airy lines extending from the central tuft of hairs towards So base. 
Capsule fiuiescobtong, obscurely compressed, 3 in. long, 4 in. broad. 
Vanilla planifolia, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 638 in Sm non 
7. 
Vanilla planifolia, 8. macrantha, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub., p. 267. 
Habitat.—W est Indies, Cuba, Wright, n. 3351 (in part) ! St. Vincent, 
Guilding / in virgin forest between Mt. St. A ndrews and the Grand 
Bonhomme at 2000 feet alt., Smith ! Trinidad, Har 
This is an indigenous West Indian species, nent has been confused 
with Vanilla planifolia, Andr., though it is easily distinguished by 
its much larger flowers, lip without verrucose di isc, and its much 
shorter fruit. Mr. Hart states that it is sai okt in Trinidad, and 
that the fruit has little perfume, and Mess . Smith remark that in 
St. Vincent they only observed it in a limited 6 space but in virgin 
forest cultivated in the Bo tanic Gardens of Jamaica and 
am Briti: ish iis. | is E ealbciaded with the ratai V. barb perra, 
. f, a fruiting specimen of each being attached to the same 
E Men uem a single ticket, 
— 27. Vanilla P Pompona, Schiede in "usd IV. (1829), p. 573.— 
[t — General habit of V. Ace tam but leaves larger, 6-11 in. long, 1 
cd sey Bracts y elliptical- -oblong; 5-7 lin. long, 8—4 
somes larger = rather more fleshy ; pedicels yellow- 
