Plate 2317. 



OBEBONIA BIAUEITA, Ilooh f. 



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Orchide^. Subtribe Malaxed. 



acu^h-?l?T!J*f ' ^^''^•'^ ^'l^^- 'P-^ > ^^^"^^^' f*^^^i« 2-3 lineari-ensiformibus 

 mTn. f,- ; • . ^^r^^«^«' scapo ^revi ad basin bracteolato, bracteis 

 k Prnlfi '^^^^^^^' flo"bus minimis sessilibus, sepalis obtusis dorsali ovato 

 aieraiibusmulto mmore et angustiore, petalis linearibus obtusis, 

 Sn f^^^f''' g^-osse acute dentato, rotundato v. subbialato v. 

 2 lobo ^^^terahbus auric ulajformibus terminali parvo crenulato 



Hab. Singapore, Ridley (No. 364). 



hViltt ^~^. ^^"^^^ta, 2-5 poll. longa, ^-i poll, lata, basi squamis 



sr.1.. „ ^li^^^"^**^' enervia, recta v. lente curva. Scapus unacum 



/ rfnl! ^^''- ^''^^^'^ 2-4-poIlicaris ; flores conferti, subverticillati, ad 

 !>7r poll. diam. ; bracteae glabrse. 



finpri i "^'^r'"^ belongs to the first group of the Indian species as de- 

 and h. -f ^"""^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ India' (vol. vi. p. 675), being stemless, 



the lin r^"^ ^ P^^ toothed lip. It differs very much in habit and in 

 remark hi™ f^^, ^\*^^^^"to described plant of the section. The lip varies 

 form (at n '■ ^^ ^^^® *^^ shiiY>e ; in what I regard as the typical 

 that ar^ i ^ ^^ rather longer than broad, with two large side-lobes 

 to each ^^? "Sed upwards far beyond the column, giving an ear-shape 

 broade^l^ 1 ^^^ ^^^^ ^ small terminal retuse mid-lobe, which is 

 broader th ^ 1 °" ^^ ^ greatly reduced form (fig. 3) the lip is much 

 ^orm is h^ ^^^' ^''^^"'^i^^g^d, with spreading sides. An intermediate 

 lateral ^ ^^'^ ^^ %• 2> whose terminal lobe is suppressed, and the 

 aroiir,^ tl^ produced upwards, together forming a semicircular sinus 

 -ground the column.- J. D. H. 



'^* '' ^' ^^^ 3. Various forms of lip. All enlarged. 



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