Microstytis.] cxxxvi. orchide^. 13 
(8) M. nemoralis Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. By. 54, 
p. 47 - 
Stem 6 in. long, purple creeping, ascending fleshy. Leaves 
ovate acuminate, 4 to 9, red, base round, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 in. wide. 
Raceme 5 in. tall; rachis angled. Flowers -25 in. wide, crowded. 
Sepals elliptic broad, tip round, lateral ones broader. Petals linear 
blunt, all red. Lip orange yellow, auricles broad round, limb 
obovate, quadrate with 2 round angle lobes and 5 acute teeth 
between. Hab. Very rare, in wet mud in dense forest, Johor, 
Sedenak (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). 
2 . OBERONIA, Lindl. 
Small epiphytes, stem usually short, covered with distichous 
fleshy equitant leaves. Spike terminal slender, covered with 
minute green yellow or red flowers; bracts short oblong; petals 
and sepals ovate deflexed. Lip entire or lobed, with a nectar depres¬ 
sion (fovea) at base. Column very short, arms short. Pollinia 4 
on a viscid disc. Capsule globose or elliptic. Species about 60, 
Old World tropics and Japan. 
§ 1. Acaules. No distinct stem. 
Lip entire flat ovate . 
Lip entire triangular oblong 
Lip concave emarginate . 
Lip bilobed toothed . 
Lip bifid oblong 
Lip 3-lobed, edges entire . 
Lip 3-lobed, side lobes toothed . 
Lip 4-lobed. 
Side-lobes entire short . 
Side-lobes fimbriate 
§ 2. Canlescentes. Stem distinct elongate entirely 
Lip entire or bifid; petals entire. 
Lip oblong refuse ocre entire . . 
Lip linear narrowly bifid; stems 7 in. long 
narrow ...... 
Lip bilobed at tip, toothed; stem short, 1 in 
long. 
Lip oblong bifid toothed; stem 12 in. long 
Lip bifid with long curved crenulate auricles 
Petals toothed. 
Lip oblong or ovate serrate; stem 3 to 6 in. 
long . .. 
Lip ovate-elliptic with few teeth; stem very 
short . . . 
Lip ovate laciniate; stem 1 in. long 
Lip spathulate, tip ovate bilobed rounded 
Lip 3-lobed; petals entire. 
Stems short, 1 to 3 in. long. 
Midlobe obcuneate broad erose . 
Midlobe quadrate bifid .... 
Midlobe oblong with 2 short lobes 
(1) 0 . 
(2) 0. 
( 3 ) 
( 4 ) 
( 5 ) 
( 6 ) 
( 7 ) 
( 8 ) 0 . 
( 9 ) 0 . 
leafy. 
(10) 
(11) 
(12) 0. 
(L 3 ) 0. 
14) 0. 
lunata 
Prainiana 
subnavicularis 
iridifolia 
gracillima 
rosea 
stenophylla 
aurantiaca 
insectiiera 
. anceps 
, sinuosa 
miniata 
grandis 
porphyroehila 
(15) 0. ciliolata 
(16) 0. 
(17) 0. 
(18) 0. 
{19) 0. 
(20) 0. 
( 21 ) 0 . 
Bertoldi 
brunnescens 
spathulata 
intermedia 
gracilis 
flava 
