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the ovary. Flowers very minute (‘35 in. long) whorled. Sepals broadly ovate, spreading, 
entire, minutely papillose externally. Petals narrower than the sepals, ovate, entire, 
recurved, Jip broad, sub-rotund in general outline, divided into a basal and apical 
part by deep lateral sinuses; the basal part concave, fleshy but with no nectary, its two 
lobes rounded and sub-entire; the apical part or lobe thinner than the basal, trans- 
versely elliptic, erose-dentate, its apex minutely mucronate. 
Sikkim Himalaya, at Tendong, elevation 6,000 feet; Pantling No. 324; in flower 
in July. , 
A species allied to 0. demissa, Lindl, but with different leaves, a tapering, not 
truncate, inflorescence, and a different lip; allied also to 0. emarginata, Kiog and Pautling, 
but differing in the points noted under that species. 
Рглте 5.—Oberonia micrantha, King and Pantling. Three plants, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
. front view, 2 floral bract, 9 anther, 4 pollinia; all enlarged. 
7. OBERONIA CROFTIANA, new species. 
‘Stems very short, tufted. Leaves only slightly fleshy, shortly and broadly ensiform, 
tapeting from below the middle to the acute apex, straight ог sub-faleate, “75 to 
15 in. long. Peduncle of inflorescence terete, stout, shorter than the leaves, bracteate; 
the raceme terete, usually much longer than the leaves (often twice as long), erect 
at first, afterwards much decurved; the rachis thick and deeply grooved when the 
fruit is ripe; floral bract elliptic, sub-acute, crenulate or sub-entire, equalling the 
shortly-stalked ovary. lowers reddish-brown, minute (about :05 іп. long) Sepals 
ovate-cordate, entire, spreading. Petals oblong, blunt, sub-crenulate or entire. Zip much 
larger than the sepals or petals, oblong, 3-lobed, with a large depression near the base; | 
lateral lobes narrow, erose-dentate, the terminal lobe with two long blunt slightly incurved 
apical lobules separated by a deep blunt sinus, 
` On the Sikkim-Bhotan frontier, on the banks of the Jaldakha river; elevation 
about 900 feet; Pantling No. 254: in flower during October. | 
This is allied to 0. Falconeri, Hook. fil, but is a smaller plant with thinner leaves. 
This has moreover oblong obtuse petals which are often sub-crenulate, whereas the 
petals of 0. Falconerit are lanceolate-acute and quite entire. The lateral lobes of the 
lip of this are elongate, narrow and erose-dentate, whereas those of 0. Falconeri, as 
figured by Sir Joseph Hooker (Ic. Plantar., t. 1780), are short, ovate-rotund and entire. 
This is also allied to 0. parvula, King re Pantling, but that has a different lip 
and is a smaller plant with its inflorescence always erect. | 
PLATE 64.— Oberonia Croftiana, King and Pantling. Three plants, of natural гіге. Fig. 1 front 
view of a flower, 2 floral bract, 3 pollinia; all enlarged. 
8, OBERONIA JENKINSIANA, Griff. MSS. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 676. 
Stems about 1 or 1°5 in. long, tufted. Leaves narrowly ensiform, sub-acute, straight or 
sub-faleate, 2 to 5 in. long and “25 in. broad. Inflorescence decurved, produced from about 
the middle of the uppermost leaf and about equal to the longest leaf in length; peduncle 
terete, bracteate; raceme three times as long as the peduncle, densely-flowered, the rachis 
fleshy; floral bract ovate, acuminate, erose, equalling the shortly-stalked ovary, Flowers 
