Oberonia.'] Ovchidecs. 1 39 



sub-erect or decurved, rachis very slender, fl. in rather distant 

 sub-whorled fascicles; sep. orbicular-ovate; pet. linear, sub- 

 spathulate; lip much shorter than the sep,, 3-lobed, mid lobe 

 very short, hatchet-shaped, side lobes linear, falcate, ascending 

 and together forming more or less of a wide circle round the 

 column ; fr. yV ii^-> clavate, pedicel nearly as long, slender. 



Moist low country; very rare (.''). Sittawaka (Thwaites) ; Hantane (?). 

 Fl. March; very pale with a coral-red lip. 

 Endemic. 



7. O. forclpata, Lindl. Fol. Orch., Ober. 2 (1859). 

 Thw. Enum. 296. C. P. 25 11. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 681. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1782, f. B (flower only). 



Stem short ; 1. few, 4-5 by |^-f in., ensiform, straight or 

 subfalcate; ped. 2-3 in., not or rarely adnate to a 1., gradually 

 dilated (and 2-winged?) from about the middle to the base; 

 spike 4-7 in., very slender, decurved, dense-fld., about Jj^ in. 

 diam. ; bracts as long as the fl., ovate, acute, erose or fimbriate ; 

 fl. sessile, very minute, and closely packed in whorled fascicles ; 

 ov. very short; sep. triangular-ovate, obtuse; pet. linear; lip 

 rather longer than the sep., rather broader than long, 3-lobed, 

 margins crenulate, side lobes large, rounded, mid lobe short, 

 broad, retuse or bilobulate; fr. short, sessile, Jq^-I in. long, 

 turgidly pyriform, strongly ribbed. 



Moist region 1-4000 ft.; rather rare. Peradeniya; Hewaheta. Fl. 

 October-January; dull yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 The figure of the lip in Hook. Ic. Plant (1782 b) is inaccurate. 



8. O. Wig-htiana, Lindl. in. Bot. Reg. xxv. Misc. 14 (1839). 

 Lindl. Fol. Orch. Ober. 5. Thw. Enum. 296. C. P. 2506. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 683. Wight, Ic. t. 1627 and t. 1628 {0. Arnotttana). 

 Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1784, f. B (very small specimen). 



Whole plant 2-6 in.; 1, few, 1-4 in., linear-oblong or 

 ensiform, obtuse or acute ; ped. short, terete, clothed with a 

 few bracts, raceme 4-6 in., slender, decurved, lax fld. ; bracts 

 oblong or lanceolate, as long as the very minute pedicelled 

 fl.; sep. oblong-ovate, obtuse; pet. linear, obtuse; lip longer 

 than the sep., 3-lobed, side lobes orbicular or broadly oblong, 

 mid lobe cleft to the base into linear diverging entire or 

 toothed segm. ; fr. ^^ in,, subglobose, pedicel as long. 



Montane zone 4-7000 ft.; rather common. N. Eliya; Ramboda; 

 Horton Plains ; Hantane. Fl. Sept.-Dec. ; pale greenish yellow. The 

 pedicels vary in length considerably. 



Also in S, Indian mountains. 



9. O. Scyllae, Lindl. Fol. Orch., Ober. 5 (1859). 

 Thw. Enum. 296. C. P. 3124. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 684. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1781. 



