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lobi laterales erecti, late oblongi, obtusi, 2 mm. lati ; lobus_inter- 
medius late triangulari-ovatus, obtusus, recurvus ; discus bicarinatus, 
Columna incurva, 5 mm. longa 
BRAZIL. ee 
- Imported by Messrs. Sander & Sons, and flowered at Kew in 
November, 1908. The flowers are light yellow, with the keels and 
side lobes of the lip and the column dark red-purple. The leaves, 
on reaching maturity, assume a dull purple-brown colour on both 
surfaces, 
322, Oberonia umbraticola, Rolfe; ab O. pachyrachi, Reichb. f., 
spicis gracilioribus, floribus majoribus et labello sepalis lateralibus 
majore differt. 
Herba acaulis, 5-6 cm. alta. Folia ensiformia, subacuta, 3-8 em. 
longa, 8-13 mm. lata. Scapi foliis paulo longiores, ancipites ; 
spicae cylindricae, densiflorae, 3-5 em. longae, 3-4 mm. latae. 
Bracteae late ovatae, obtusae, denticulatae, cirea 0°5 mm. longae. 
Flores brevissime pedicellati, minuti, aurantiaci. Sepala ovata 
subobtusa, circa 0°75 mm. longa ; posticum reflexum, planum’; 
lateralia patentia, coneava. Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, reflexa, 
Sram. Doi Govtep, in very shady jungle, at 1,200 m. alt. 
Dr, Arthur Kerr, 208 
Sent for determination from the Trinity College Botanic Garden, 
. H. Dixon, in November, 1908. It is very near 
to the Himalayan O. pachyrachis, Reichb. f., and at first sight not 
easy to distinguish from it, bu i 
. 
lateralibus brevioribus et connatis et 
petalis non faleato-aristatis differt. 
seudobulbi Subapproximati, ovoideo-oblongi, obscure tetragoni, 
2-2'5 em. longi, monophylli. Folia oblonga, obtusa, coriacea, concava 
(an semper ?), 8-9 em, longa, cirea 
graciles, suberecti, circa 8 em, lon 
Flores: umbellati, radiati, recurvi, 
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tenet, subacutum, 3-4 mm. loneum _ 
— stelidia obtusa ‘vel truncata - encom nnnacan a 
UMATRA, 
Flowered at Kew in October, ] i 
from the Brussels Botanic Gatien, 7 or ees Rept 
the strongly decurved united 
margins, giving the inflorese 
allusion to which the name ig scak: Seen 
