thick, distantly and irregularly dentate. Column short, 
globular, 0.44 mm. high, 0.84 mm. broad. Anther ter- 
minal, incumbent, 2-loculed; pollinia 4, waxy, club- 
shaped, cohering in pairs to a small gland, 0.24 mm. long, 
0.1 mm. broad. Fruit a sessile, ellipsoid, ridged capsule 
4 mm. long and 2 mm. in diameter. 
This species is allied to Oberonia zeylanica Hook.f. 
from which it differs in the linear-oblong petals and ir- 
regularly dentate lip, subcordate at the base. 
Cryton: Rangala, in submontane or midcountry tropical wet ever- 
green forests at 1284 m. altitude, September 22, 1959, Jayaweera 
2001 (Tyre); Hunnasgiriya, at 1300 m. altitude, October 13, 1960, 
Jayaweera 2191. It flowers from August to October. 
Oberonia dolabrata Jayaweera sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, caespitosa, non pseudobulbosa. Caulibus 
lateraliter compressis, abbreviatis. Foliis distichis, equi- 
tantibus, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, 1.8-1.7 
em. longis, 0.8-0.5 cm. latis. Pedunculo abbreviato, 
bracteis non floriferis usque ad basin omnino obtectis. 
Racemo suberecto, 4 cm. longo. Bracteis ovatis, apice 
acuminatis, 1.8—2.3 mm. longis, 0.7—0.8 mm. latis. Flori- 
bus minimis, 1.8 mm. in diam. Sepalo postico ovato, 
1-1.4 mm. longo, 0.5-0.8 mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus 
oblique late orbiculari-ovatis, obtusis, 0.6—-0.8 mm. lon- 
gis, 0.7-0.9 mm. latis. Petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, sub- 
acutis, margine ciliolatis, 1.2 mm. longis, 0.3-0.4 mm. 
latis. Labello superiori, sessili, carnoso, 8-lobo; lobis 
lateralibus subulatis, columnam circumdantibus, lobo 
terminali porrecto, dolabriformi, toto labello 0.6 mm. 
longo, 0.7 mm. lato. Columna abbreviata, crassa, 0.2 mm. 
alta crassaque. Ovario pedicellato 1.6 mm. longo. Cap- 
sula cum pedicello 2.3 mm. longo. 
Small tufted epiphyte with compressed, non-pseudo- 
bulbous stems. Leaves 38, fleshy, distichous, laterally 
compressed, 1.3-1.7 cm. long, 0.3-0.5 cm. broad, oblong 
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