distant, whorled fascicles on a very slender rachis. Floral 
bracts ovate, 1.2-1.26 mm. long, 0.56-0.7 mm. broad, 
obtuse and entire. Dorsal sepal 1.4 mm. long, 0.8 mm. 
broad, ovate, acute, margin ciliate; lateral sepals 1 mm. 
long, 0.9 mm. broad, orbicular-oblong, margin entire or 
slightly denticulate; petals lanceolate, 1.4 mm. long, 
0.54 mm. broad, acuminate, acute, ciliate; lip shorter 
than sepals or about the same length as lateral sepals, 
3-lobed; lateral lobes linear, faleate, ascending forming 
an are round the column: mid-lobe trifid, the two lateral 
lobules subulate, diverging, mid-lobule short and blunt. 
Column globular, 0.836 mm. high, 0.8 mm. broad. An- 
ther terminal, incumbent, 2-loculed; pollinia 4 in two 
pairs, one in each pair larger than the other; larger pol- 
linia 0.24 mm. long, 0.14 mm. broad, one phase flattened 
fitting in the smaller ones: smaller pollinia 0.2 mm. long, 
0.8 mm. broad and disk-shaped. Ovary with pedicel 1.7 
mm. long. 
This species does not appear to have any close allies. 
It is distinguished by the ciliated dorsal sepal and petals, 
and the lip partly resembling Oberonia Walhe-Silvae and 
partly O. weregamaensis. 
Cryton: Rangala (Corbet’s Gap), in submontane or midcountry 
tropical wet evergreen forests at 1285 meters altitude, Jayaweera 2026 
(Type) with no date of collection. It flowers in October. 
Cirrhopetalum roseum Jayaweera sp. nov. 
Epiphytica, pseudobulbosa, repente. Radicibus fili- 
formibus, leviter flexuosis, glabris. Rhizomate prore- 
penti, elongato remote pseudobulbifero. Pseudobulbis 
ovoideis, vaginis scariosis protectis, unifoliatis, 1-1.5 cm. 
altis. Folio oblongo vel oblanceolato, interdum lineari- 
oblongo, valde coriaceo, apice emarginato, basi in petio- 
lum brevem producto, 3.2—-10.8 cm. longo, 1-1.5 cm. 
lato. Inflorescentia laterali, erecta, umbellata, 3.8-4.3 
em. longa. Bracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 3-nervatis, 
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