OBERONIA. 
ZL. O, 15. Malaxis ; § Ensifera, Blume, Bijdr. i, 394, 
Sepala libera, dorsali minore, sepiusreflexa. Petala minora. Labellum 
sessile, columnam amplectans, i immobile, varié bine raro in’ 
ut carina 
qualia——Herbe epiphyte. Folia equitantia, Spice (v. Racemi) 
terminales, Flores minuti. Omnes Asiatice. , Australasicse, Polynesicas 
v. Mascarenenses. 
ou in m pperaget 
South Sea Islands. None have as yet been brought from Africa. 
They divide readily into —— and caulescent species ; — although 
some are as it were intermediate in § 2 x x x, yet there is no practical 
i in recognising to w whine abehitia acapethin belongs. 
§ I. Acavtzs; caule nano y. parim evoluto, foliis omnibus feré 
radicalibus. 
* Labello indiviso v. obsoleté lobato. 
Paseo ae 5, Cymbidium iridifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, 458) ; 
bracteis is petalisq. ovatis serratis, labello multifido varia lobato, foliis: longis- 
‘simis ensiformibus—— 
A; labello basi pectinato apice ge “ogee Sylhet, Roxb. h. s. sp. 
B; labello basi Ca apice bilobo obtuso aba Hb, 
Wallich sine numero, h. s. 
C} labello ovato mandi alté serrato. Burma, Griffith. h. s. 
Peduncle two edged. Spike very long and slender. Flowers gee 
Evidently a sot plant, and probably appearing under other forms than 
ose abov tioned, 0. iridifolia of oe is probably O. Brunoniana, 
a ofthe Bot. Mag. i 0. tahitensi, 
elas, arian intus pi ilosis, 5 » labello ieee basi latiore 
to margine Prvor Bi t0s ve Philippine, Cuming (/sland Se h, 
ca anh tle Pe Spikes stout, much longer. 
compressed, winged only near the base. Vioward vely: seual-auid compact, 
green. 
3. 0. Griffithiana (Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 8 B.); bracteis lineari-lanceolatis 
nticulatis, petalis obtusis fimbriatis papillosis sepalis acutis longioribus 
labello multifido papilloso in Jaminam bipartitam producto——Moulmein, 
