Among the plants with long, linear leaves O. sclerophylla may be 
compared with O. analavelensis, but the two-leaved pseudobulbs and 
the differently proportioned lips readily separate the two. Vegeta- 
tively it also resembles O. quadriloba. 
Oeceoclades seychellarum (Rolfe ex Summerh.) 
Garay & Taylor, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Mulophia seychellarum Rolfe ex Summerh. 
in Bull. Mise. Inf. Kew 3638, 1928. 
Syn.: Mulophidium seychellarum (Rolfe ex Summerh. ) 
Summerh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 
402, 1957. 
Type: Seychelles, Mahé, Cascade Estate. Coll. 
Thomasset no. 88! (K). 
Distribution: Seychelles. 
Vegetatively the plants of O. seychellarum are identical with those 
of O. lanceata. The two may be kept apart on account of the differ- 
ences in the floral structures, especially in the shape and proportion 
of the lip as shown in the key. 
Oeceoclades spathulifera (H. Perr.) Garay & Tay- 
lor, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Hulophia spathulifera H. Perr. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Fr. 82: 157, 1935, as J. spatu- 
lifera, sphalm. 
Syn.: Lissochilus spathulifer (H. Perr.) H. Perr. in 
Humbert, Fl. Madag. Orch. 2: 33, 1941. 
Hulophidium spathuliferum (H. Perr.) Sum- 
merh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 27: 403, 
1957. 
Type: Madagascar, Ambongo-Boina. Coll. Perrier 
no. 15930 (P). 
Distribution: Madagascar. 
The distinctly spathulate sepals and petals combined with a glo- 
bose spur easily separates the plants of this species from the related 
O. calcarata and O. Hebdingiana. 
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