177 
green; sepals and petals 3-3} in. long, greenish-yellow. Lip batt 
T end nerves somewhat thickened, central tuft consisting of descending 
mbricating scales rather than hairs. Capsule linear. oblong , strongly 
indl, Gen. and 
pio oróué 6-7 1-12 in. broad.— Lin ch., 
37; Kl AUI in Bot, Zeit., IV., p. 566; Desv. in p Se. Nat., 
sér. 3, VI., p. 120; Cogn. in Mart., FI. Bras., llÍ., pt. 4, p. 147. 
Vanilla vaio Lindl. yy and Sp. Orch. (1840), p . 435. 
Vanilla guianensis, Splitg. in Ann. Sc. Nat., sér. 2, XV. (1841), p p. 
279 (partim); De Vriese in Tuinb. FI., IL, pp. 78, 81, t. 6 (partim) ; 
Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., III., pt. 4, p. 151 (parti im). 
vanie lutescens, Mog. ex Dupuis in Rev. Hort., sér. 4, V. ( 1856), 
p. 121, fig. 24; id. in Bull. Soc. Bot. de Fr., III., p. 354; Duchartre - 
in Mx. ‘Soc. Imp. d'Hort,, V., P. 97, 1.11; £4. des Serres, XE; t 
2218 
Vanilla surinamensis, Rchb. f. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch., IV. (1859), 
p. 321 — m). 
Habitat.—S.E. Mexico, lt and Colipa, Schiede! Valley of 
Cordova, Bourgeaus n. 2332! Ni T Segovia, @rsted/ Panama, 
Seemann, n. 9! Colüibis, Low matte ains of Santa Martha, 
Purdie! Tolima, oe La Plata, 800-1500 m. alt.: Lehmann, n. 2263 ! 
Venezuela, at La Guayra; Trinidad; Bradford, ans rig mimis 
British Guiana, Corentyne River, Im Mer 
Cayenne, Aublet,—Cultivated in area fits SA izo and teet 
other localities 
usually sold under the name of West Indian Vanillons. It isthe Tnt 
Vanille" of Aublet, the * Baynilla de acguales " of Humboldt, and the 
* Baynilla Pompona " of Schiede. The pods are much thicker and more 
fleshy than those of V. planifolia, and more difficult 
also fetch a much lower price in the market, but the fresh fruits are 
largely used in the same way as those of V. planifolia. 
28. Vanilla Gardneri, Rolfe; caulibus age foliis subses- 
silibus oblongis obtusis crassiusculis, racemis crassiusculis brevibus, 
braeteis ovatis obtusis rigidis patentibus, sepalis jételisque lineari- 
lanceolatis subobtusis, labello oblongo subintegro obtuso submembranaceo 
nervo vix ds ato, disco subpubescente cristato, columna clavata, 
capsula ign 
Vanilla pmol Gardn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot., I., p. 542, 
non Andr.; Travels in Brazil, ed. 2, p. 225. 
Habitat.--Brazil, in dry rocky bushy places, common, as onthe Morra 
do Faota, near Rio, Gardner, n. 245! in moist places in the district 
of Parnagua, prov. Piauhy, Gardner, n. 2733! Natividade, 
Goyaz, Gardner, n. 3449! Sig somit at Iguarassa; Ridley, Lea 
and Ramage ! / Burchell n. 894 from near Rio, and n. 9829 from San 
species allied to Vanilla Pom hiede, but with leaves 
about half the size, longer racemes with smaller not reflex 
and rather smaller more membranaceous flo ardner confounded 
dn 
it with V. planifolia, Andr., and remarked, “ This is the plant which 
