This charming little plant was communicated by the Hor- 
ticultural Society (who probably received it from China or In- 
dia) to our Garden, where it blossomed in a warm stove in Oc- 
tober, 18 25. Whether or not the Aerides paniculatum of Bot. 
Reg. p. 220. be a congener with Vanda Roxhurghii, it most 
unquestionably is with the present plant ; and it appears to me, 
that, both in habit and essential characters, they may all be in- 
cluded in Mr Brown's genus Vanda ^\ ''^ 
From Aerid. paniculatum our plant differs, in its much 
smaller size, acutely-pointed leaves, reflexed spikes (not pa- 
nicle), and in the colour of the lip and spur, which is here rose- 
coloured, whilst in the other it is represented yellow. 
Fig. 1. Side view of a flower. Fig. 2. Front view of ditto. Fig. S. Co- 
lumn, lip and spur, the petals and germen being removed. Fig. 4. 
Front view of the column, with the anther-case (Fig. 5.) removed. 
Fig. 6. Pollen-masses, with their footstalk and gland. — All more or less 
magnified. 
" Whilst this sheet was in the press, and too late to alter the name upon the Plate, 
I am informed by my friend Mr Sabine, that this plant wUl be called Saccanthus ros- 
imtus by Mr Lindley in his Collectanea Botanica, which name is consequently to be re- 
tained. Mr LoDDiGEs, too, has figured it as Vanda rostrata, which is probably the MS- 
name of Mr Lindley. 
