Plate 2318. 



OBERONIA CILIOLATA, Hook./. 

 Orchide.e. Subtribe Malaxed. 



0. (Caulescentes) ciliolata, Hooh / Fl Brit Ind, vi. 181 ; caules- 



cenSj foliis late ensiformibus obtusis equitantibus, scapo erecto, 

 racemo gracili densifloro, bracteis minutis lanceolatis pilosulis, floribus 

 minimis breviter pedicellafcis, sepalis ovatis acutis enerviis petalisque 

 oblongis pilis elongatis ciliatis, labello recurvo oblongo-quadrato truu- 

 cato subpectinatim irregulariter dentato. 



Hab. Singapore, at Krangi, Ridley. 



Caules csespitosi l?^-4 poll, longi, foliosi. Folia 1-2 poll, longa, basi 

 j-2 poll, lata, fere recta, a basi late equitante sensim in apicem obtusum 

 angustata, sicca coriacea, enervia. Scapits 1-2-poIlicaris, demimi 

 elongatus, ad basin bracteolatus. Flores ^V poU. diam., vix verticil- 

 lati sparse pilosi ; petala apices versus interdum subdentata. Capsula 

 globosa, -^^ poll, diam., crasse 3-costata v. subulata, puberula. 



0^ ciliolata is a very well-marked species of the caulescent Oberonias, 

 and IS nearest to 0. ancejys, LindL, differing in the more slender raceme, 

 entire lanceolate bracts, and lip.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Flower. 2, Lip. 3. Capsule. All enlarged. 



