Basionym: Hulophia gracillima Schltr. in Ann. Mus. 
Col. Marseille ser. 3, 1: 170, t. 14, 1913, 
not Ridl. 1886. 
Syn.: Mulophidium gracillimum Schltr. in Fedde Rep. 
Beih. 88: 255, 1925, nom. nov. 
Lissochilus gracilimus (Schltr.) H. Perr. in 
Humbert, Fl. Madag. Orch. 2: 28, 1941. 
Type: Madagascar, bassin du Besafotra, affluent de 
Menavava (Boina). Coll. Perrier no. 1059! (P). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
This species is closely related to O. roseovariegata, but the diffusely 
paniculate inflorescence and the shape of the lip and spur readily keep 
them apart. 
Oeceoclades Hebdingiana (Guillaum.) Garay & 
Taylor, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Lissochilus Hebdingianus Guillaum. in 
Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. ser. 2, 35: 
521, 1968. 
Type: Madagascar, sous bois d’Anipanihy, Prove- 
nance Montagnac. Flowered in cultivation in 
Jardin Botanique ‘‘ Les Cedres’’. Collector 
unknown! (P). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
Related to O. calcarata from which it differs primarily in the shape 
of the lip and not having a forward-projecting spur. 
Oeceoclades lanceata (H. Perr.) Garay & Taylor, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: Mulophia lanceata H. Perr. in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. Fr. 82: 156, 19385. 
Type: Madagascar, bois des pentes occidentales a 
Manerinerina sur le Tampoketsa, entre |’ [kopa 
et la Betsiboka. Coll. Perrier no. 168438! (P). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
Perrier has reduced this species to a synonym of Eulophia pandu- 
rata Rolfe, but the two are amply distinct from one another in floral 
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