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CXXXVI. ORCHlDEiE. 
[Oberonia. 
Sepals short oblong blunt. Petals linear. Lip narrow elongate 
linear bifid at tip, lobes acute. Capsule elliptic, -12 in. long. Hob. 
Rare, Negri Sembilan at Siliau (Williams). Distrib. Borneo. 
(12) O. miniata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 8; Ridl. Mat. i. 
l.c. 18. 
Stem 1 to i*5 in. long. Leaves ensiform acute about 8, 1 in. 
long, -25 in. wide. Spike slender, 1-5 to 8 in. long, base nude 
puberulous. Flowers ’05 in. wide, lax pedicelled red or yellow. 
Bracts lanceolate shorter than 
pedicels. Sepals ovate ciliate. 
Petals narrower. Lip, base 
broad, sides dilate upcurved, 
limb narrow oblong dilate to¬ 
wards tip, toothed, bilobed. 
Hob. Rare, Singapore, Kranji 
(Ridley). 
(13) O. grandis Ridl. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xii. 297. 
Stems 1 ft. long. Leaves 
ensiform acuminate curved, 6 in. 
long, *5 in. wide. Spike as long. 
Flowers -06 in. wide, dense at 
base, whorled above, yellow. 
Bracts lanceolate cuspidate. 
Sepals ovate acute. Petals ob¬ 
long lanceolate narrower. Lip 
oblong-ovate, tip bifid, edges 
shortly toothed, fovea ovate. 
Capsule oblong-globose, *12 in. 
long. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Lan- 
gat (Kloss). 
(14) O. porphyrochila 
Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 
220; Mat. i. 19. 
Stem short. Leaves lorate 
acuminate falcate flaccid, 6 in. 
long, -5 in. wide. Spike over 4 in. long, slender. Flowers -05 in. 
across, crowded at base, fascicled towards tip. Bracts linear acute. 
Sepals ovate obtuse yellow. Petals linear narrower. Lip, midlobe 
bilobed toothed, purple. Hab. Rare in mountain forests, Pahang, 
Telom. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). 
(15) O. ciliolata Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 181; Ic. PI. 2318; Mat. 
i. 19. 
Stems 3 to 6 in. long. Leaves 9 to 14, ensiform acute, *75 to 
2 in. long, -25 in. wide. Spike 4 to 6 in. long, flowered to base. 
Flowers -05 in. long, white whorled. Bracts oblong toothed api- 
culate. Sepals ovate ciliate. Petals lanceolate, toothed, ciliate. 
Fig. 162.—Oberonia ciliolata. 
