acuminate, acute, bases confluent with the stem, veins 
obscure (Plate XIV). Flowers very small, reddish brown, 
1.2 mm. across in spiciform racemes measuring about 10 
em. in length. Peduncle closely covered with sterile 
bracts right down to the base. Floral bracts 2 mm. long, 
0.9 mm. broad, ovate, acuminate, acute. Dorsal sepal 
1.2 mm. long, 0.74 mm. broad, ovate, acute; lateral 
sepals 0.8 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, obliquely suborbicu- 
lar, obtuse; petals lanceolate, 1 mm. long, 0.36 mm. 
broad, acute, ciliate; lip 1 mm. long, thick: lateral lobes 
linear, faleate, horseshoe-shaped around the column: 
mid-lobe thick, 1 mm. broad, bifid, sometimes trifid, 
lateral lobules bluntly subulate and diverging. Column 
very small, globular, at the base of the lateral lobs. An- 
ther terminal, incumbent, 2-loculed; pollinia 4, waxy, 
in two pairs, individuals of each pair unequal: each pair 
of pollinia 0.24 mm. long, 0.1 mm. broad, pyriform. 
Ovary with pedicel 1.4 mm. long. 
This species does not appear to have any close allies. 
It is distinguished from others in its ensiform, decurved, 
acuminate leaves; lanceolate and ciliated petals; linear- 
faleate lateral lobes and the bifurcated, diverging mid- 
lobe of the lip. 
Cryton: Rangala, in submontane or midcountry tropical wet ever- 
green forests at 1285 meters altitude, March 14, 1960, Jayaweera 2143 
(Tyre). It lowers in February and March. 
Oberonia weragamaensis Jayaweera sp.. nov. 
Epiphytica, caespitosa, ebulbosa. Foliis 4—5, distichis, 
equitantibus, carnosis, lanceolatis vel ensiformibus, acu- 
tis, 2-8 cm. longis, 0.3-0.6 cm. latis. Inflorescentia 
racemosa, erecta, perdense multiflora. Bracteis ovatis 
(triangulari-ovatis), acutis, 1 mm. longis, 0.5 mm. latis. 
Floribus minutis, 2 mm. longis. Sepalo postico ovato, 
acuminato, 1.2 mm. longo, 0.5 mm. lato; sepalis laterali- 
bus suborbicularibus, apice rotundatis, 0.6 mm. longis, 
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