Plate 1781. 



OBERONIA SCYLLJE, Lindl 

 Orchidej:. Tribe Malaxideji. 



0. Scylls, Lindl Fol Orchid. Oberon. No. 28; foliis linearibus 

 lanceolatisve acuminatis scapo squarroso-multibracteato bracteis 

 laneeolatis apicibus setaceis flores verticillatos non superantibus, sepalis 

 lateralibus maximis orbicularibus, dorsali lanceolato multo majoribus, 

 petalis lineari-lanceolatis falcato-recurvis ciliatis, labelli parvi lobis 

 lateralibus linearibus erectis, terminali lunato integerrimo crinito. 

 Malaxis Scyllw, Reiehb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 213. 



Hab. Ceylon ; in the Maturatte and the Elephant plains, alt. 4,000 



to 6,000 fi— Thwaite. 



Species omnium quam maxime insignis. Caulis perbrevis. Folia 



2-% 2 P°H* longa, ^-£ lata, inferiora sensim minora. Scapus cum 

 racemo 5-pollicaris, bracteis flaccidis hyalinis patulis crinitus. Flores 

 pro genere majusculi, incurvi. Sejjala lateralia indusium floris bivalve 

 efficientia. Petala sepalis multo longiora, alabastro incurva et margin- 

 ibus sepalorum lateralium apposita. Labelli lobi laterales paralleli, 

 petalis multoties minores et breviores, terminalis quasi bialatus. 



The most singular species of the genus, unique in the form and size 

 of the lateral sepals. — J. D. Hooker. 



t Fig. I. Bract. 2. Unexpanded flower. 3. Expanded flower. 4. Lip. 5. Pol- 

 linia. All enlarged. 



