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florescentia inversa. Bractea l cuique flora, lanceolata, 
apice setacea ovarium excedente, summis brevioribus, infimis 
sterilibus in setas longissimas abeuntib. Perianthium expla- 
natum herbaceum. Sepalis ovalibus concavis subzqualis an- 
tico erecto lateralibus arcte reflexis ovarioque superimpositis 
viridiscent, pubescentia concoloria. Pet. linearia obovata, 
erecto-patentia. ^ Labellum posticum cum columna basin 
continuum, ad basin subcallosum 4-lobum, lobis lateralibus se- 
taceis, deorsum arcuatis, terminalibus lineari-subulatis, paulo 
divergentibus  miniato-sanguineis. Columna nana sub 4- 
dentata; dentibus anticis majoribus, intermedia centrale o. 
Anth. terminalis aristata, 2-locularis. Pollinia 4 per paria co- 
hzrentia, accumbento-incumbentia, оо—оо. interioris cujus- 
que paris minus. 
The pollinia in their early stages are nearly vertically ac- 
cumbent, they subsequently however become more incumbent 
than accumbent. — Pollinia 2 solida pyriformia. 
Has,—Epiphytica in arboribus. Mergue : Merg. Herb. 718. 
2. Oberonia trilobata. Gr. 
Caule abbreviate pendule 2-3 unciale. Fol. disticha 
equitantia sub 3-juga cum impari, e sinu cujus spica erumpit, 
infima squamiformia, ensiformia carnosissima, pedalia vel 
ultra, acuta, tactu rigidiuscula. Spica teres subclavata, in 
parte florifera incrassata folio proprio excedens, per 3 longi- 
tudinis dense florifera. 
Bractez infimze vacuz spiceque adpresse membranacee 
denticulate : florum convoluts potius involutze, ovar. paullo 
excedentis denticulatze, praesertim apices versus sed vix fim- 
briate. 
Axis florifera excavata, excavationibus oblongis subverti- 
cillatis singulis unifloris. Flores dense dispositi, pedicellis 
brevibus ovarii longitudine, concoloribus nempe fusco-lutes- 
centibus, postice minuti, infimi tardius evoluti, spice floratio 
nempe inversa, fusco-lutescente. Sepala ovalia arcte reflexa 
integra. 
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