Type: Madagascar, near Sakaraha, river Fiherenana. 
Coll. Rauh no. 10423 (HEID). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
From the related O. Decaryana, the plants of this species are dis- 
tinguished in having petiolate leaves as well as differently propor- 
tioned lips. 
Oeceoclades atrovirens (Lindl.) Garay & Taylor, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: HMulophia atrovirens Lindl., Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. Pl. 184, 1833. 
Syn.: Graphorchis atrovirens (Lindl.) O. Ktze., Rev. 
Gen. Pl. 2: 662, 1891. 
Type: India, without proper locality. Coll. Wallich 
s.n.! (KX). 
Distribution: India orientalis. 
This peculiar plant is known from a colored drawing prepared by 
Wallich in 1828 for the East India Co., now in the Kew Herbarium. 
Ironically, Lindley originally bas written on the drawing ‘‘Oeceo- 
clades’’, then at a later time he crossed it out. So far no specimens 
are known to exist of this plant. Judging from the drawing, especially 
the floral details, it is near O. latifolia from which it differs in having 
a simple raceme, rather pointed sepals and petals and a somewhat 
different lip. 
Oeceoclades boinensis (Schlitr.) Garay & Taylor, 
comb, nov. 
Basionym: Mulophidium boinense Schltr. in’ Ann. 
Mus. Col. Marseille ser. 8, 1: 182, t. 17, 
19138. 
Syn. : Lissochilus boinensis (Schlitr.) H. Perr. in Hum- 
bert, Fl. Madag. Orch. 2: 26, 1941. 
Type: Madagascar, bords de la riviére Andranofasy 
(Boina). Coll. Perrier no. 1884! (P). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
This species has its only relative in O. Rauhi, both having a more 
or less cordate base to the leaves. In floral structures they are, how- 
ever, very different. The type number of O. boinensis is Perrier 1834! 
and not 1384 as given by Schlechter. 
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