392 ORCHIDACEJ/E. 
Hab. in Nova Hollandia; prope Portum Jackson, nec non intra tropicos, 
R. Brown. i 
§ 6. Folia omnino nulla, nisi scapi vagine squameformes. 
28. PrEnosTYLis aphylla. 
P. scapi 1-2-flori squamis preter floralem £-3 acutis apice patulis, calycis 
labio inferiore cuneato acute bifido superiore acuto petalis apice in- 
curvis obtusis breviore, labello lineari obtuso ; appendice bifidà fimbri- 
atà, column: alis ciliatis apice setiferis, stigmatis labiis inferioribus au- 
ricule-formibus. . 
Hab. in Tasmannid ; juxta Circular Head frequens, in sabuletis sterilibus, 
hieme udis, fruticibus Myrtaceis Epacridaceis Endogenisque plurimis 
abundantibus, vix autem graminosis, Dec. Gunn, 903. (hab. s. sp. a cel. 
inventore.) 
A very small plant, only a few inches high, and apparently destitute of 
any other leaves than some small scales upon its slender stem. 
CCXIX. LYPERANTHUS. 
Lyperanthus. Brown Prodr. 1,325. Endl. gen.no 1596. 
Perianthium ringens, extüs eglandulosum, sepalo postico fornicato, late- 
ralibus petalisque planiusculis angustis subequalibus. Labellum bre- 
vius, marginibus ascendentibus semicucullatum, apice angustatum, disco 
glandulosum. Columna linearis, Pollinia 4..———Herbe Australasice, 
terrestres, glabra, tubercula cum radicibus gerentes. Caulis juxta basin 
unifolius. Scapus vaginatus. Racemi secundi, floribus atrorufis. 
1. Lyperantaus nigricans. R. Brown Prodr. 3&5. Endlich. Iconogr. gen. 
t. 1596. 
L. folio cordato-ovato, sepalis petalisque linearibus in labium tetraphyllum 
deflexis, labello crispo inciso obtuso apice revoluto disco papilloso. 
Hab. in N. Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, in ericetis aridis sabulosis, 
prope Sydney et Paramatta, Nov. 4. Cunningham; nec non ad Swan 
River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) 
Radices villosa. Caulis palmaris ad pedalem, vaginis pluribus cucullatis 
vestitus. Racemus 2-5-florus, internodiis flexuosis floribus longioribus. 
Tota planta siccatione nigrescit. 
2. LvrEnawTBUS ellipticus. R. Brown, Prodr. 325. P 
L. “ folio lanceolato-elliptico, labelli disco papuloso: marginibus nudis. 
Hab. in N. Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 
3. LvrrenawTHUS suaveolens. R. Brown, Prodr. 325. 
L. folio lineari elongato, labio calycis inferiore diphyllo, petalis adscen- 
dentibus, labelli disco glandulis seriatis sessilibus, marginibus nudis. 
Hab. in N. Hollandia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sylvis sabulosis st 
totam coloniam, etiam occidentem versus, 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. P- 
