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there is no foot. Anther caps without retaining filament. 

 Polliniums four, waxy, without attachment. 



Species about 50 in tropical Asia and Africa and islands of 

 the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Not as a rule cultivated. 



Oberonia vcrticillata Wight, Herb. Wight Prop. 

 179 ! ; F.B.I. V 677, I 9. Leaves 2 to 4 inches by J^ to ^ 

 inch, smaller than the other species. Spikes up to 10 

 inches ; flowers in whorls % inch apart. Lip broadly 

 obcordate. Capsule 3/10 inch. Wight let. 1626. 



Nilgiris : on the lower edge of the plateau — Avalanche, not 

 near Ootacamund. Pulneys : Levinge stream and below Glen 

 falls near Kodaikanal, but not on the downs. Fyson 2502. 

 Bourne 682, 1036. 



Oberonia brunoniana Wight, Herb. Wight Prop. ! ; 

 F.B.I. V 681, 1 24. Leaves 10 to 14 inches by J^ to I inch. 

 Spikes as long, their stalks clasped in the bottom quarter 

 by a leaf ; above, for I to 3 inches, flattened and broad- 

 ened like a leaf. Lip roundish, with a single or double 

 small terminal lobe ; the main part with crenulate margin. 

 Capsule 54 inch. Wight Ic. t. 1622. 



Nilgiris : near Ootacamund and down to Pykara and 

 Neduwattum. Pulneys : below Kodaikanal on Church Cliff. 

 Bour7ie 1837, 2931, etc. 



Oberonia wightiana Lindl. ; F.B.I. v 683, 1 32 ; common 

 Nilgiri Oberonia. Leaves 2 to 6 by J^ inch. Spikes up 

 to 14 inches with flowers to within I inch of the base. 

 Lip with rounded lateral-basal lobes and a terminal pair 

 of smaller ones, diverging and curved, with their inward 

 margins toothed. Capsule ^ inch. Wight Ic. t. 1628. 



Nilgiris : common in woods on the plateau. Pulneys : in 

 sholas beyond the Observatory, Poombari, etc. Fyson 1850. 

 Bourne 531, 1838, 2932, 2438,* 4657. 



Gen. Dist. Also Ceylon. 



