296 ENrMEEATiON OP [^Oj-'chidacens. 



link 



3000 to 7000 



fisiire 



8. li- angustifolia, Lindl. 1. c.—C.t. 2351. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 5000 feet. 



Folia 2-4 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata, mucronata, in pctiolum gradatim angustata, 

 Tlores minimi. Capsula ovata, IJ lin. loiiga. 



9. li. ^egaria, Lindl. I. c. p. 33, cum syn.— c.p. 2359, 

 Hab. Hantani and elsewhere in the Central Province. 



Flores s^pe rubro-tincti. Lahellum basi bicallosum, longiludinaliter canalicula- 

 tum. transverse flexuosum, apice subacutum reflexum. Anthera 6-angula. 



2. OBERONIA, Lindl. 



1. O. forcipata, Lindl. Fol. Orch. No. 7.— c.p, 2511. 

 Hab. Hewahette District, on trees. 



2. O. longibracteata, Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orch. p. 3 ; Fol. Orch. No. 8. 



c.p. 543. 



Hab. Common in the Hantani and Hewahette Districts. 



Flores pallide nifescentes, labello rufo. 



3. O- trnncata, Lindl. Fol. Orch. No. 12. 

 Hab. Hantani, Champion {Herb, Lindl,), 



I am not acquainted with this species. 



4. O. verticillata, Wight, Ic. t. 1626. 



Var. )3 ; puhescens, Lindl. Fol. Orch. No. 14. — C.P. 2516, 2572. 



Hab. Kornegalle District. 



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5. O. tenuis, Lindl. 1. c. No. 16. — C.P. 2654. 

 Hab. Hittawaka, on trees : March, 1853, 



6. O. "Wig-htiana, Lindl. In Bot. Eeg. 1839, misc. 9 ; Fol. Orch. cum. 

 syn. No, 25; Wight, Ic. 1. 1627.— O. Arnotiiana, 'Wigh.i, Ic. 1. 1628. 

 c.p. 2506. 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



7. O- Gardneriana, Thw. ; hracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, integris, 

 floribus subaequilongis ; sepalis ovato-triangularibus, subacutis, integris ; 

 petalis oblongis, obtusis, denticulatis, parum reflexis. — c.p. 593. 



Hab, Ambagamowa District, on trees, Gardner, 



PoHa lanceolata, mucronata, 1-3 poll, longa. Spica densiflorjc, curvatic, fobis 

 lon^iores, Flores pallide rufescentcs. 



Closely allied to the preceding, with which I had coufoanded it ; but the exami- 

 nation of recent specimens satisfies me that it is quite distinct, 



8. O. Scyllse, Lindl. Fol, Orch. No. 28.— c.p. 3124. 



Hab. Mattnratte, at an elevation of 5000 to 6000 feet : April, 1^54. 



3. MICEOSTYLIS, Nutt. 



1. M. Rheedu, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 21, cum syn ; Wight, Ic 

 902.— Jf. versicolor, Lindl. 1. c. ; Wight, Ic. t. 901. An M. luteota, 



Wight, Ic. t. 1632 ?— c.p. 2375. 2743. 



Hab. Common in shady forests in the Central Province. 



Extremely variable in size and in the intensity of colour of the flowers and foliage. 



t. 902. 



