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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN". 



The figures at the bottom of this plate will serve to show how different V. tricolor is from 

 Vayicla suavis, fig. 3, and Yancla Roxburghii, fig. £; of the latter the lip alone is given. 

 We avail ourselves of the present opportunity of giving a classified list of the Vandas. 



AN ENUMERATION OF 

 Sect. A. — Lip more or less lobed, divided, or expanded. 



1. Vanda teres Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7324., Bot. Reg. 



t. 1809.; alias Dendrobium teres Wallich. 



V. foliis teretibus, racemis ascendentibus sub-bifloris foliis 

 requalibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis : supremo erecto 

 lateralibus semitortis labello suppositis, petalis majoribus 

 suborbiculatis undulatis, labello basi conico : laciniis 

 lateralibus ascendentibus subtruncatis intermedia pube- 

 scente apice dilatata truncata emarginata. 



Native of hot damp jungles in Sylhet, Burmah, Martaban, 

 scrambling up the bark of trees. 



Flowers very large ; sepals white ; petals sanguine, with a 

 white border. Lip sanguine, strongly veined, yellow 

 on the upper surface below the point, and speckled with 

 crimson. A most beautiful species. 



2. Vanda coerulea Griffith MSS. Plate 40 of this volume. 



3. Vanda Roxburghii R. BroivninBot. Reg., t. 506. ; Vanda 



Sh' W. Jones ; Cymbidium tesselloides Roxb. 

 V caule brevi crasso, foliis apice oblique tridentatis, racemis 



erectis foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo- 



obovatis undulatis tessellatis obtusis. labelli lobo medio 



ovato emarginato obtusissinio canaliculato lateralibus 



acuminatis columnse subrequalibus. 

 var. a. sepalis petalisque sordide luteis maculis obscure 



fuscis, labello eoerulescente apice utrinque denticulato. 



— Bot. Reg. t. 506. Fig. 2 in the annexed plate, 

 var. /3. sepalis petalisque cupreis maculis oblongis luteis, 



labello lsete purpureo — Bot. Mag. 2245. 

 Found on trees in many parls of the East Indies. 

 Flowers large, tessellated or whole-coloured, with a bright 



blue or purple lip. A beautiful species. 



4. Vanda furva Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 215 ; Blume 



Rumphia, iv. 1.92, fig. 1, 197 c. ; alias Angraecum 

 furvum Rwmph. ; cdias Epidendrum furvum Linn. ; 

 alias Cymbidium furvum Willd. ; alias ? Vanda fusco- 

 viridis Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 351. 



THE SPECIES OF VANDA. 



V. foliis canaliculars rigidis apice oblique retusis ; racemis 

 erectis folio brevioribus laxis 3-5-floris, sepalis petalisque 

 oblongo-obovatis curvatis, labelli lobis lateralibus ascen- 

 dentibus obtusis intermedio patulo panduriformi apice 

 rotundato emarginato piano lineis 5 elevatis, calcare 

 obconico obtuso. — Blume quibusdam mutatis. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



According to Blume this has copper-coloured flowers with a 

 pink lip. In V.fusco-viridis, which seems to be the same, 

 they are described as dull brown, with a little greenish 

 yellow at the edge, and a pure greenish yellow lip. 



5. Vanda concolor Blame Rumphia, iv. p. 49 ; alias V. 



furva Bot. Reg., alias V. Roxburghii unicolor Hooker. 



V. caule alto, foliis laxis membranaceis apice oblique 

 tridentatis, racemis lateralibus plurifloris, floribus 

 distantibus sepalis, petalisque oblongo-obovatis undulatis 

 unicoloribus obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 

 obtusis intermedio cuneato bilobo. 



A native of China. 



According to Blume this is not the Angreecum furvum 

 of Rumphius, but a distinct species. It has the 

 habit of V. Roxburghii but differs not only in the 

 whole colour of its sepals and petals, and the other 

 characters above indicated, but also in being a large 

 lax-growing plant, five or six feet high, with much 

 thinner and longer leaves. 



6. Vanda limbata, Blume Rumphia, iv. p. 4 9. 



V. " labelli lobo medio arrecto panduriformi margine inferne 



revoluto apice rotundato-spathulato integerrimo." 

 Found in Java. 



According to Blume the roots of this are -very long. The 

 flowers are ochre-coloured outside, brown and clouded 

 on the inside; the lip lilac. 



7. Vanda tricolor of this plate. 



8. Vanda suavis Lindl. in Gard. Chron., 1848, p. 351. 



Fig. 3 of the annexed plate. 



V. racemis laxis brevibus, sepalis petalisque spathulatis 

 retrorsis convexis valde undulatis sublobatis apice 

 rotundatis, labello convexo trilobo lacinia media alte 

 bifida 3-costata lateralibus ovatis acutis patulis. 



Reported to be a native of Java. 



This has the foliage of V. Roxburghii. Flowers large, 

 deliciously fragrant, white, with reddish-brown mar- 

 bling and spotting. Lip deep violet. The lobed sepals 

 and petals are remarkable ; they are both bent back 

 at an angle of about 120°, and the petals are twisted 

 round so as to present the principal part of their back- 

 to the eye. 



