PLATE 2004. 
OBERONIA INSECTIFERA, Hook. J. 
Orcnipe®. Subtribe MaLaxes. 
Q. insectifera, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; caule brevissimo, foliis ensiformi- 
Has. Malay Peninsula; Perak, at Larut, King’s Collector. 
Folia 2-4 poll. longa, basi 3 poll. lata, coriacea, brevissime vagi- 
nantia.  Scapus bracteis vacuis vaginatus ; spica 3-4-pollicaris, 
gracilis, bracteis floribus brevioribus caducis. Flores jy poll. longi; 
sepala hyalina, obscure 3-nervia ; petala 1-nervia ; labellam papillosum, 
insectum p q 5 ee 2. ee ry : g Td } latis, 
lobo terminali forma varia, limbo interdum basi constricto, segmentis 
ectis v. recurvis limbo longioribus v. brevioribus. Capsula breviter 
pedicellata, ellipsoidea. 
In flower this species closely resembles O. Grifithiana, but it differs 
totally in habit, in being acaulescent, and in the coriaceous leaves 
narrowed from the base to the apex.—d. DD, ii. 
Fig. 1. Bract. 2. Flower. 3 and 4, Different forms of lip. A// enlarged. 
