OBERONIA McGREGORII 



Oberonia McGregorii Ames in Pkilipp. Journ. Sci. (Bot.) 2: 

 321 (1907). 



"Closely allied with O. ciliolata Hook. f. Plants caulescent, 

 when in flower about 12 cm. high from base of stem to tip of the 

 densely flowered cylindrical spike. Leaves distichous, obliquely 

 spreading from below the middle, ensiform, about 4 cm. long, 

 acute. Peduncle relatively stout, bracteate, minutely scurfy- 

 pubescent. Bi^acts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, ciliate- 

 pubescent, about 2 mm. long, exceeding the pedicels of the 

 flowers. Ovaries finely pubescent. Lateral sepals ovate-lanceo- 

 late, or triangular-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate, 0.75 mm. long. 

 Upper sepal neBxlj eWi^ticdX, subobtuse, 0.75 mm. long, ciliolate. 

 Petals linear-oblong, rounded at the tip, much shorter and nar- 

 rower than the sepals, minutely ciliolate. Lahellum pandurate 

 (or oblong, constricted at the middle), coarsely several-toothed 

 at the dilated tip, 0.75 mm. long, slightly auriculate at base." — 

 Ames, loc. cit. 



Philippine Islands: Only one specimen seen, found on a prostrate tree, 

 Balete, Baco River, Mindoro, April 23, 1905, R. C. McGregor (no. 291). 



The accompanying illustration is reproduced from a fragment 

 of the type preserved in my herbarium. 



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