Vanilla .] cxxxvi. orchide^. 201 
(1) V. Griflithii Rchb. fU. Bonplandia ii. 88; Ridl. Mat. i. 201. 
V. tolypephora Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 276. 
Stem about 20 ft. long. Leaves fleshy lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide or less. Raceme 2 in. long, stout. 
Flowers numerous opening singly, 2 in. wide, white. Sepals ovate. 
Petals linear-obovate. Lip side-lobes round, disc with chestnut 
nerves, midlobe bilobed rounded fan-shaped plicate with a woolly 
ball at base. Fruit 2*5 in. long, -5 in. through. Hob. Common in 
forests, Singapore, Changi; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Panchur (Goodenough). Selangor, 
Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Bubu 
(Kunstler). Dindings, Bruas. Penang, Waterfall; Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. Karimun isles. Native names: 
Akar Punubal; Telinah Kerbau Bukit. Use: Flowers pounded 
with water rubbed on body for fever; leaves and stem, which contain 
an irritating latex, mashed, applied to the hair for strengthening it. 
Fruit sweet and edible. 
(2) V. montana Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. vi. 58. 
Long stout climber. Leaves lanceolate acuminate blunt, 5 to 
6 in. long, 2 to 2-25 in. wide. Racemes -25 in. long. Bracts orbi¬ 
cular. Flowers 3 in. long. Sepals oblanceolate sub-spathulate 
acute. Petals smaller. Lip base narrow, limb entire convolute 
trumpet-shaped, edge in centre fringed with processes, callus in 
mouth fan-shaped pectinate with acute linear teeth. Column 
hooded bilobed. Fruit oblong. Hob. Rare. Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau at 4400 to 5500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
(3) V. aphylla Bl. Rumphia i. 198, t. 68. V. Parishii Rchb. fit , 
Otia Hamb. 39; Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. 90. 
Slender leafless climber several feet long. Flowers few on a 
short raceme about -5 in. long; pedicels 2 in. long. Sepals oblong- 
lorate blunt, 1 in. long, pale greenish. Petals slightly narrower. 
Lip side-lobes convolute, midlobe longer plicate oblong-ovate 
pink, villous. Column slender as long as side-lobes. Hab. On 
low bushes, sandy heaths, rare. Setul Heath (Ridley). Distrib. 
Tenasserim, Java. 
I presume V. Parishii to be the same thing; all I have seen of it is a 
sketch, but the flowers are said to be pure white. 
80. GALEOLA, Lour. 
Terrestrial leafless yellow saprophytes with thick fleshy roots. 
Stems short or very long branched sarmentose. Panicles large 
spreading, or a simple raceme. Bracts ovate persistent. Flowers 
medium, lateral sepals larger than upper one. Lip saccate entire. 
Column long curved straight. Anther oblong decurved, cells 
narrow. Pollinia ovoid curved. Fruit long capsular. Seeds 
globose with a broad circular wing. Species about 74, Indo- 
Malaya, Australia, Japan. 
