158 CXXXVI. orchide^e. [Kingiella. 
(1) K. decumbens Rolfe, Orch. Rev. 1917. Doritis Wightii 
Benth. Gen . Pl. iii. 574. Phalaenopsis Wightii Rchb. fil. Bot. Zeit. 
1862; Hook. fil. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 59, viii. t. 265; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 153. P. alboviolacea Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii, 373. 
Leaves 2 to 3, thin coriaceous, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Scape 7 in. 
long; rachis thickened. Flowers 75 in. wide. Sepals and petals 
white (or yellow) tipped green. Lip side-lobes white with violet- 
rose streaks, oblong truncate, midlobe obcordate retuse, violet 
pink, callus bifid white between side-lobes. Hab. On trees, 
widely spread but not common. Malacca, Bukit Bangkang 
(Derry). Pulau Tiuman (Nanson). Negri Sembilan, Siliau 
(Williams). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Stephens). Lankawi (Curtis). 
Dislrib. India, Burma, Ceylon, Hainan. 
58 . DORITIS, Lindl. 
Usually terrestrial. Leaves few, oblanceolate coriaceous blunt. 
Scape tall erect, raceme lax, many-flowered. Flowers pink or 
white, medium. Upper sepal oblanceolate, lower ovate oblique 
adnate to column foot. Petals obovate. Lip clawed, 2 narrow 
processes below the broad erect side-lobes, midlobe ovate. Column 
broad, dilate at base. Anther long-beaked; pollinia globose, 
caudicle long spathulate, disc rhomboid. Species 1, Burma, 
Cochin China, Siam. 
(1) D. pulcherrima Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 178. Phake- 
nopsis Esmeralda Rchb. Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 582; Williams, Orch. 
Album, vii. 1 . 21; Bot. Mag. t. 7196; Ridl. Mat. i. 152. 
Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide. Scape 1 to 2 ft. tall. 
Flowers 1 in. wide, purple crimson rose or white. Lip side-lobes 
yellow or pink, midlobe dark pink. Hab. On the ground beneath 
bushes on sandy heaths. Tringganu (Yapp). Lankawi (Curlis), 
Kedah Peak at 2000 ft. altitude (Haniff). Setul Heath (Dr. 
Ellis). Patani (Annandale). 
59 . VANDA, Lindl. 
Terrestrial (or epiphytic) plants, often tall, scandent. Leaves 
coriaceous (flat) or terete. Flowers large showy in racemes or 
panicles. Sepals and petals sub-equal. Lip large, base saccate 
or spurred, side-lobes large or small. Column short. Species about 
30, Asia and Australasia. 
(1) V. Hookeriana Rchb. fil. Bonplandia 1856, p. 324; Williams , 
Orch. Album, t. 73; Ridl. Mat. i. 154. 
Scandent stems slender, 12 ft. long. Leaves terete, 2 to 3 in. 
long. Flowers large thin, 2 to 3 in. wide, in racemes or few- 
branched panicles; peduncles 6 to 8 in. long. Upper sepal obovate 
pale rose, laterals much larger oblique oblong white. Petals 
broad obovate twisted pale rose. Lip 1*5 in. long, side-lobes oblong 
acuminate blunt deep purple, midlobe 3-lobed, side-lobes oblong, 
