Plate 1783. 



OBERONIA OBCORDATA, Lindl 

 ORCHiDEiE. Tribe Malaxide^. 



0. obcordata, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. No. 43 ; caulescens, foliis 

 alternis imbricatis v. sparsis, linearibus v. ensiformibus acutis, racemo 

 brevi v. elongato, bracteis lanceolatis integerrirnis flores minutos 

 breviter pedicellatos verticil latos superantibus, petalis linearibus 

 bneari-oblongisve, labelli basi angusti lobis lateralibus oblongis^ ob- 

 tusis, terminali brevi v. elongato obcordato. — Malaxis obcordata, Reichb. 

 f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 216. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 5,000 to 9,000 ft., C B. Clarke. 

 Khasia Mountains, alt. 5,000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Oaulis 1-4 pollicaris, compressus, brevis v. elongatus, strictns v. 

 flexnosns. Folia 1-1^ poll, longa, plernmque plus minusve falcata. 

 Scapus cum spica 2-6 poll, longus. Flores ^V poll, lati, flavidi.— 



J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1 . Bract scape and flower. 2 and 3. Flower showing varieties in the shape of 

 the lip. 4. Lip of a third form. 5. Pollinia. All enlarged. 



