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9. Vanda Hindsii Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 



V. foliis distichis arcuatis canaliculatis (pedalibus) apice 

 oblique emarginatis et excisis, racemo horizontali 

 10-floro toliorum longitudine, pedicellis floribus 3 plo 

 longioribus, sepalis petalisque obovatis unguiculatis 

 crispis, labelli cornu brevi obtuso lobo inter medio 

 convexo cuneato apice rotund ato : lateralibus abbreviatis 

 rotundatis bine acutis explana f is. 



This was found in the forests of New Guinea by the late 

 Mr. Hinds. 



The plant has the habit of Variola Boxburijhii, and its 

 flowers seem to be of the same texture and size. Their 

 colour cannot be judged of from dried specimens. 



10. Vanda irisignis Blume Rmnphia, iv. p. 49, t. 192, 

 fig. 2. 



V. "foliis rigidis canaliculatis apice insequali abscissis v. 

 dentatis, racemis erectis fo ia adsequantibus laxis 

 5-7 floris, ph. perigon. obovato-oblongis rectiusculis, 

 labelli lobis lateralibus ascendentibus obtusis intermedio 

 arrecto apice dilatato rotundato undulato ad basin 

 subhastatam e tuberculo obtuso cum lineis 2 elevatis, 

 calcare obconico obtuso." — Blume. 



Native of the mountains of Timor, in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



The flowers are 2J inches in diameter ; green outside, 

 brownish inside. The lip is pink, white at the basej 

 with a singular gauffered surface if we are to trust 

 Brume's figure 192, but flat as in other Vandas judging 

 from his figure 197, reproduced on an adjoining page. 



11. Vanda den si flora ; alias Saccolabium giganteuni 

 Lindl. in Wall. Oat. no. 730(5. 



V. foliis latis loratis carnosis apice uiicinato-bilobis obliquis, 

 racemis strictis cylindraceis multifloris, sepalis oblongis 

 obtusis, peta is angustioribus obovatis, labelli calcare 

 conico lamina breviore obovata. carnosa apice 3-loba : 

 lobis rotundatis intermedio inflexo minore. 



A native of jungles in the East Indies. 



A reconsideration of the limits between Vanda and 

 Saccolabium leads to the conclusion that this really 

 belongs to the former genus, on account of its fleshy 

 lobed lip and short spur. It has the habit of Vanda 

 multiflora. 



12. Vanda helvola Blume Rumphia, iv., p. 49. 



V. "foliis rigidis subundulatis basi carinatis apice oblique 

 retusis, racemis erectiusculis folio brevioribus laxis sub- 

 triHoris, ph. perig. oblongo-spathulatis lateralibus 

 2 exterioribus sub labello conniventibus, labelli saccati 

 lobis lateralibus conniventibus obtusis intermedio 

 patulo triangulari." — Blume. 



Wild in mountain woods on the West of Java, flowering in 

 March and April. 



Blume states this to be a most magnificent species, forming 

 a. sort of transition between Vanda, Rananthera and 

 Cleisostoma Flowers the size of V. suaveolens (our 

 tricolor), wine-red, shading into pale purple, with the 

 lateral lobes a brighter purple. 



13. Vanda longifolia Lindl. in Wall. Out. no. 7322. 



V. foliis longis loratis apice obliquis obtusissimis, racemis 

 horizontalibus foliis triplo brevioribus, sepalis oblongis 

 obtusis (undulatis ?), petalis angustioribus, labelli 

 hypochilio concavo pubescente apice rotundato : crista 

 carnosa per axin, epichilio subrotundo-ovato obtuso. 



A native of Tavoy. 



Leaves a foot and more long. Flowers fleshy, apparently 

 of the same size and character as in V. multiflora. 



14. Vanda multiflora Lindl. Collect. Bot., t. 33. 



V. foliis loratis apice obliquis emarginatis, pedunculis sub- 

 ramosis erectis subcorynibosis foliis brevioribus, sepalis 

 petalisque oblongis obtusis niaculatis subsequalibus, 

 labello eeriotato : lobo medio ovato acutiusculo basi 

 linea media pilosa in calcar decurrente aucto. 



Found wild in China, as well as ill Nepal. 



A species of no beauty, with coarse fleshy leaves and small 

 yellow flowers dotted with sanguine. 



15. Vanda congesta Lindley in Bot. Reg. misc., 1839, no. 



94 ; alias Saccolabium papi llosam Lindl, ill Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1 552 ; alias Thalia maravara Rlietde ; Cymbidium 

 pnemorsum Suourtz. ; Epidendrum priemorsum Roxb. 

 Aerides undulatum Smith. 



V. foliis ligulatis apice ob.iquis cuspidatis, racemis brevissi- 

 niis capitatis, sepalis carnosis lineari-ovatis obtusis, 

 labelli calcare obconico obtuso intus villoso lamina ovata 

 carnosa papilloma reeurva. 



Found in various parts of the East Indies. 



X small-flowered species, with little axillary corymbs of yellow 

 blossoms dotted with crimson. 



16. Vanda parviflora Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. 57. 



V. racemo simplici, sepalis oblongis, petalis linearibus spa- 

 thulatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus ascendentibus 

 acutis intermedio oblongo canaliculato spongioso bila- 

 mellato apice circulari denticulato, calcare angusto 

 obtuso. 



Introduced from Bombay in 1843. 



The flowers are small, pale ochre-coloured, with a lip 

 sprinkled all over with extremely fine purp'e points ; 

 the middle lobe of the lip is rather spongy, has two 

 broad ridges, between which runs a channel, and at 

 the point it is almost exactly circular, with a few small 

 toothings. 



17. Vanda spathulata Spreng. Syst. 3. 719. ; alias 

 Pon nampou maravara Rheede ; Epidendrum spatulatum 

 Linn.; Limodorum spatulatum Willd. ; Aerides 

 maculatum Smith. I 



V. foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis oblique emarginatis, racemis 

 erectis multifloris foliis et caule multo longioribus, 

 sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis planis, labelli hypo- 

 chilio antice bicalloso epichilio rhomboideo apice 

 incurvo medio cristato, ovario hexaptero. 



Native of Mysore and Malabar. 



A beautiful species with long corymbose racemes of golden- 

 yellow flowers standing high above the short distichous 



