678 CXLVIIL ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Oberonia. 
obeordate with rounded lobes and an acute sinus. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 
Oberon. 3 (excl. somevars.). Malaxis verticillata, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 
vi. 211. . 
TRAVANCORE and NILGHIRI Mrs., Wight, &c.—DisTRIB. Java? . 
Leaves 2-4 by 1-j in., rather thin, nearly straight. Scape 1-2 in.; racemes 
4 -6 in., decurved; bracts erose, about equalling the pedicels ; flowers 4'5-& MM., pale 
yellow ; lip with narrow rounded shoulders, contracted quite entire sides and rather 
diverging lobes. Capsules pedicelled.— The Javan plant has a much narrower lip 
and much larger capsules. 
10. O. pyrulifera, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. No. 15; leaves small 
narrowly ensiform acute or subacute, scape terete with slender subulate 
bracts, racemes short decurved, flowers whorled pedicelled, bracts lanceo- 
late, petals oblong, lip oblong cleft to the middle into two parallel acute 
lobes. O. verticillata, var. khasiana, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 3. Malaxis 
verticillata var. khasiana and M. pyrulifera, Reichb. f. in Walp. Rep. vi. 
210, 211. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H. 4 T. T. MUNNIPORE, W att. Qs 
Leaves 1-23 by 1—1 in., straight or faleate. Scape and raceme together 2-8 ìn. 5 
flowers pale yellow-green, about ~ in.— Differs from O. verticillata in the small m 
short racemes, very small flowers and lip with acute parallel lobes. I find no difference 
between O. pyrulifera and O. verticillata var. khasiana; the petals are very 
obscurely erose and crenulate at the tip. 
ll. O. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; leaves ensiform coriaceous straight 
subacute, scape terete, spike long suberect rigid, flowers sessile minut = 
separated whorls, bracts ovate obtuse fimbriate, petals oblong erose, à 
longer than the sepals gradually widening to the 2-lobed base, lobes rout 
with a broad sinus. O. verticillata, 8. pubescens, Lindl. Fol, Oront 
Oberon. 3. Malaxis verticillata, var. pubescens, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 
vi. 210. 
CEYLON, Thwaites (C.P. 2516 in Herb. Hook, which is the number of Strychnos 
colubrina). l ike 
Whole plant of a whitishyhue when dry. Leaves 8-4 by } in. Scape ve ‘bout 
6-10 in. ; rachis firm and rather stout, but not swollen ; flowers few in a whorl, achis. 
zo n. yellow; ovary extremely short, so that the perianth is close on the "n the 
Capsules very small, sessile, subglobose,— Very different from O. verticillata 
bracts, habit and minute sessile flowers ; I find no trace of the pubescence describe 
by Lindley. 
12. O. Falconeri, Hook. f.; leaves short broadly ensiform acute, 
scape short stout bracteate, raceme stout erect or decurved, bracts toy lip 
lanceolate or oblong serrulate, flowers shortly pedicelled, petals ova S tip 
oblong or subquadrate with small rounded or tooth-like lateral lore €, 
with two small incurved lobes separated by a broad sinus. 110000" 
Plant. t. 1780. O. iridifolia, Wal. Cat. 1948/1 and 3. 
ich. 
TropicaL HIMALAYA, Kumaon and the Deyra Dhoon, Falconer, Wallic 
dc. te 
Leaves 1-2 by }-} in., straight or falcate, coriaceous, Scape eri , 
shorter than the leaves; racemes longer; rachis stout, deeply gro rly alli 
flowers about jin. greenish yellow. Capsules shortly pedicelled.— al Jobes oF 
to O. khasiana, but more robust with shorter broader leaves, short laters 
shoulders to the lip, the terminal lobes of which are short and distant. 
. hid. 
13. O. longibracteata, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 3; Fol, Ore 
w, 
Brnar and Chola Nagpore, J. D. H., Clarke. The Concan; at Bombay, J^ . 
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