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A NEW ORCHID FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND 
By D. A. HERBERT and S. T. BLAKE 
Vanda whiteana sp. nov. (sect. Euvandra.) 
Caulis circiter 1.1 cm. crassus, circiter 30-50 cm. 
altus vel altior. Folia lorata, recurva, coriacea, viridia, 
supra nitidula subtus pallidiora, circiter 30-40 cm. longa, 
3-4 cm. lata. Racemi laxe 6-7-flori, plus minusve 14 cm. 
longi. Flores circiter 3-3.5 cm. lati, odorati. Sepala 
petalaque subaequilonga, plus minusve spathulata ungue 
convexo, intus uitida, pro majore parte saturate cas- 
tanea vel purpureo-brunnea, dilute olivaceo-marginata, 
centrum vel basim versus varie flavido-maculata vel 
flavido-striata, extus opaca et multo pallidiora vel pro 
majore parte dilute olivacea. Sepalum dorsale (explana- 
tum) circiter 13 mm. longum, circiter 10 mm. latum, 
lamina suborbiculari, uugue transversim oblongo 3 mm. 
longo 4 mm. lato; sepala lateralia (explanata) fere obo- 
vata, apice rotuudata, basim versus attenuata, circiter 12 
mm. longa et 10 mm. lata. Petala valde faleata, circiter 
11 mm. longa ct, 10 mm. lata, lamina oblata in unguem 
circiter 4 mm. longum et 2 mm. latum assymmetre 
abrupteque contracts. Labellum cum cab-are circa 16 
mm. longum; calcar retrorsim deemvum, suboblongum, 
obtusum, circa 4 mm. longum, albidum purpureo-suffns- 
uii) ; lobi laterales oblique quadrati. albi, circa 3.5 mm. 
longi et 3) mm. lati ; lobus anticus porrectus subpancturi- 
fonnis, trilobulatus, apice rotundatus profunde emar- 
ginatus, olivaceus, rufo- vel pnrpureo-lineatus et pur- 
pureo-suffusiiK, 5-costulatii.s, explanatus circa 10 mm. 
longus basi circa 9 mm. prope apicem 5 mm. latus, 
lobulis lateralibus oblique triangulari-ovatis obtusis circa 
4 mm. longis et 3 mm. latis, lobulo antico supra convexo 
subtus concavo (i.e., lateribus recurvo), explanato circa 
5 mm. longo latoque. Columns alba, circa 7 mm, longa 
et 3.5 mm. lata, basi in lobulos 2 rotundatos dilatata. 
Anthers convexa. Pollinia ovalia. Ovarium cum pedicello 
circa 4-5 cm. longum. Capsula cylindrica, alte 6-costata. 
10 cm. longa, 1.5 cm. lata. 
QUEENSLAND. — Cook District : Near Coen, top of granite 
boulders in partial shade (rarely epiphytic) on bank of perman- 
ent stream, 4th November, 1950, L. J. Wassell (old plants grow 
outwards and downwards — presumably on account of the weight 
