THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

16 CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. [Oberonia
Sepals short oblong blunt. Petals linear. Lip narrow elongate
linear bifid at tip, lobes acute. Capsule elliptic, '12 in. long. Hab.
Rare, Negri Sembilan at Siliau (Williams). Distrib. Borneo.
(12) O. miniata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 8; Ridl. Mat. i.
I.e. 18.
Stem I to 1'5 in. long. Leaves ensiform acute about 8, I 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 towards
tip, toothed, bilobed.
Hab. Rare, Singapore, Kranji
(Ridley).
(13) O. grandis Ridl. J ourn.
Linn. Soc. xii. 297.
Stems I 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 oblong
lanceolate narrower. Lip
oblong-ovate, tip bifid, edges
shortly toothed, fovea ovate.
Capsule oblong-globose, '12 in.
long. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Langat
(Kloss).
(14) O. porphyrochila
Ridl. J ourn. Linn. Soc. xxxii.
JK.
220; Mat. i. 19.
FIG. 162.-Oberonia ciliolata. 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).
(IS) O. ciliolata Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 181; Ie. Pl. 2318; Mat.
i.I9·
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 apiculate.
Sepals ovate ciliate. Petals lanceolate, toothed, ciliate.