THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Oberonia.] CXXXVI. ORL.HIDElE. 17
Lip oblong-quadrate, or ovate retuse, serrate. Capsule pedicelled
puberulous. Hab. On mangroves and orchard trees, not rare.
Singapore, Kranji; Changi; Bukit Timah Road. Malacca, Sungei
Kesang; Sungei Rambei (Derry). Tringganu, -Bundi (Rostados).
(16) O. Bertoldi King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi, 2, p. 581;
Ridl. Mat. i. 19.
Stem very short. Leaves coriaceous narrow lanceolate acuminate,
'5 to 1'5 in. long, '25 in. wide. Spike longer, base nude slender.
Flowers '05 in. wide in whorls of 6. Bracts lanceolate serrate.
Sepals elliptic-oblong. Petals lanceolate serrate. Lip larger oblongovate
with one to two teeth on each side, tip bifid toothed. Hab.
Very rare, Perak. No locality (Scortechini).
(I7) O. brunnescens Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 220.
Stem I in. long. Leaves cultrate falcate, '75 in. long, '12 in.
wide. Spike 4 in. long, slender, base nude. Flowers scattered,
'05 in. across, reddish brown. Bracts ovate acute. Sepals ovateoblong.
Petals broad ovate toothed. Lip ovate laciniate not lobed.
Capsule ellipsoid pear-shaped, '12 in. long. Hab. Rare. Perak,
Thaiping Hills (Ridley). _
(18) O. spathuIata Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl.
Caulescent, stem 7 in. tall. Leaves distichous lanceolate
acuminate, 2 in. long, '25 in. wide at base. Spike floriferous to
base, 4 in. long. Flowers minute fawn-coloured in tufts of 3.
Bracts lanceolate fimbriate as long as ovary. Sepals broad ovate,
edges shortly fimbriate. Lip oblong spathulate, base broad, limb
abruptly dilate rounded bilobed. Hab. Pahang, Fraser Hill
(Burkill and Holttum) Distrib. Java, Borneo, Celebes.
(19) O. intermedia King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvi. 2,
p. 579·
Stem I to 3'5 in. long. Leaves sub-falcate acute, I to 2'5 in.
long, '5 in. wide. Spike slender, decurved, 4'5 in. long. Flowers
'05 in. wide. Bract lanceolate, shorter than ovary. Sepals ovate
acute. Petals linear-oblong acute. Lip 3-lobed longer, broad
oblong, side-lobes round, tip broad obscurely notched. Hab. Very
rare. Perak, no locality {Scortechini}.
(20) O. gracilis Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 685; Ridl. Mat. i. 20.
Stems 6 to 8 in. long, flexuous. Leaves straight lanceolate acute,
I in. long. Spike 4 to 6 in. long, few flowered. Flowers subsessile,
'05 in. wide, reddish. Bracts ovate-triangular very short. Upper
sepal orbicular, laterals ovate. Petals linear. Lip with two oblong
cylindric blunt side-lobes, midlobe quadrate bluntly 2-lobed. Hab.
Perak, Kinta River (Kunstler).
-(21) O. £lava Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 64.
Stem I in. long, flexuous. Leaves narrow linear falcate acuminate,
2 in. long, '1 in. through. Scape slender 6 in. long, base onethird
nude. Flowers-minute yellow dense. Bracts narrow lanceolate.
Sepals ovate, blunt. Petals narrower lanceolate. Lip 3-lobed
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