ORCHIDACE.E 



12. Oberonia mindorensis Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2 : 322. 

 Mindoro, Mindanao. 



13. Oberonia miniata Lindl Bot. Reg. (1843) Misc. p. 6. Fol. 

 Orch. Oberonia 6. This species has been reported from Singapore 

 and the Philippines. I have not seen any Philippine specimens 

 referable to it. 



14. Oberonia minima sp. nov. Herba tenella, epiphytica, caule 

 leviter producto. Tota planta 5 cm. alta. Caulis circiter 1 cm. 

 longus, basibus vaginantibus foliorum obtectus. Folia disticha, 

 ensiformia, equitantia, oblique ascendentia, seepe falcata, circiter 

 3 cm. longa, linearia a latere visa, circiter 2 mm. lata, acuta, in 

 sicco flavida. Pedunculus pergracilis, terminalis, erectus, folia 

 excedens, 3-4 cm. longus, infra racemum sparsim bracteatus, 

 bracteis ascendentibus, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, integris. Flores 

 rubri et flavidi, minuti, verticillati, in racemo laxo dispositi. Race- 

 mus circiter 2 cm. longus, ± 2 mm. in diametro. Bractea? inflo- 

 rescentia? triangulari-lanceolata?, integral. Pedicellus cum ovario 

 circiter 1 mm. longus. Sepala lateralia elliptica, valde concava, 

 circiter .75 mm. longa. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, .75 mm. longum, 

 .5 mm. latum. Petala oblonga, truncato-obtusa, .75 mm. longa. 

 Labellum ad basim utrinque lobulatum vel auricula turn (lobuli 

 obtusi .25 mm. longi) deinde oblongum, quadratum, ad apicem 

 bifurcatum, divisiones triangulares, valde acuta?. Totum label- 

 lum 1.25 mm. longum, circiter .5 mm. latum prope medium, 

 divisiones triangulares .5 mm. longa?. Gynostemium .25 mm. 

 longum. 



The labellum somewhat resembles in outline the labellum of 

 Oberonia Mannii Hook, f., but the basal lobes are rounded, not 

 acute, and are about as wide at the tip as at the middle. O. minima 

 is hardly caulescent in the manner of O. anceps and O. aporo- 



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