Plate 2157 



OXYANTHERA DECURVA, Hook. f. 



Orchide^. Subtribe NoTxiiEiE. 



0. decurva, Hook. f. ; folifs 4-6 polL longis linearibiis v. angaste 

 lineari-lanceolatis aplce augustatia, scapogracili foliis breviore decarvo, 

 racerao brevi deusifloro, sepalis ovatis ovato-lauceolatisve, labello 

 carnoso pngionifoniii, marginibus incurvis, basi 2-aaricnlato. Thelasls 



decurva, Hooh.f, FL Brit. Tad. vi. 87. 



Hab. ^Malayan Peiiinsnlaf Singapore, at Krangij Ridley ; Penang, 

 on Government Hill, Mai'iigay. 



Acaidis. Follfi ■§-§ poll, lata, apice subacuta obtnsa v. oblique 

 eniarginata v. 2'loba lobis rotundatis ; vaginae l-l^-poUicares. 

 Scapus filiformis, vagiriis 1-2 apicibus lanceolatis. Uacemiis pollicaris ; 

 bracteiB ol)longa3 ovario breviores. Flores pedicellati, perianthio 

 ^ poll. lato. Sepala et petala 1-nervia. Lahelhtm basi concavum, 

 membranaceura, dein carnosum, marginibus undulatis v. crispatis 

 interdum ad axiu labelli inflexis. Culumna brevis, rostello bipartito. 



Closely allied to Oxyanthera micrantlia^ Brongn,, whidi is figured 

 as Laving a broadly ovate obtuse lip, narrowed into a broad short 

 claw.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Apex of leaf. 2. Lateral, and 3. front, view of flo^^er. 4, Lip and 

 column. 5. Lip. 6. Transverse sectiou of lip towards the tip. Ad greatly tnUtryed. 



