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ceous-cinnamon; anther cap ivory yellow; column pale grass 
green lined and dotted at the base with dahlia purple; labellum 
dull dark purple. 
This is an ally of Luisia teretifolia Gaudich. from which it is 
distinguished by the size of the flowers, by the relatively broad 
petal, and by the unbranched habit of the stems. 
Genus VANDA Jones 
VANDA LAMELLATA Lindl. var. REMEDIOSAE var. nov. Plate 1, fi*s. 9 and 10; Plate 
7, figs. 1 to 9; Plate 15, figs. 1 and 2. 
Planta erecta; folia quam in specie breviora, minus curvata, 
13 ad 16 cm longa. 
Stems erect, slender, terete, about 75 cm long, 1.2 cm in 
diameter. Leaves relatively short, ligulate-lorate, channeled, 
slightly curved, 13 to 16 cm long, 2.5 to 3.2 cm wide when 
expanded, the apex unequal, acute. Racemes longer than the 
leaves, erect, bearing from 19 to 23 flowers, 33 to 37 cm long 
including the peduncles. Flowers fragrant, intermediate in size 
between those of V. lamellata Lindl. and V. lamellata var. bo- 
xallii Reichb. f., 3.7 to 4 cm across. Pedicellate ovary 4 to 4.3 
cm long. Lateral sepals ovate-spatulate, obtuse, subfalcate, 1.7 
to 1.9 cm long, 1 to 1.2 cm wide. Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblan- 
ceolate, minutely acute at the rounded apex, 2 to 2.2 cm long, 
7 to 8 mm wide. Petals elliptic-oblanceolate, acute, 1.9 to 2.1 
cm long, 6.5 to 7 mm wide. Spur narrowly conical, obtuse, some¬ 
what flattened, 5 to 6 mm long. Labellum 3-lobed, 1.1 to 1.2 
cm long; lateral lobes asymmetrically ovate, broadly rounded, 
erect, about 4 mm long; middle lobe pandurate-subquadrate, 
retuse, constricted in the middle of each side, 9 to 10 mm long, 
6 to 7 mm wide at the widest portion near the base, traversed 
longitudinally by two prominent keels, which are broadest in 
the middle. Column 5 to 6 mm long. Pollinia subglobose. 
Luzon, Manila, Mrs. Remedios C. Gonzales’s gardens, Bur. 
Sci. 85575 Eduardo Quisumbing, May 23, 1932. 
The plants were originally collected from Jolo, Mindanao, 
with no definite locality. Since its arrival in Manila the plant 
has flowered three times (May 23, 1932, November 8, 1932, 
and January 20, 1933). The flowers remain fresh for about a 
month. Pedicellate ovary whitish. Dorsal sepal and petals 
white, their bases lined with ferrugineus; lateral sepals mar¬ 
guerite yellow, the inner half citron green and lined longitudin¬ 
ally with buff-citrine; lateral lobes of the labellum white; mid¬ 
dle lobe of the labellum pale rosolane purple marked at the base 
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