Jackson, Mr. Attan GonnineiAm Observes, ‘“ the species 
affects clayey soils in low, pies ie Sen where, 
should the mm prove’ moderately moist, . sere 
caeetathe oahd feta nation of the hbie ithe, it At “Ars 
in abundance, with the several species of Diuris, which, like 
the Crowfoots of our English meadows, bespangle the grassy 
lands of that colony, with their rich and various bright- 
yellow flowers, in the months of spring.” 
-Descr. An extremely slender plant, eight to ten inches 
high, simple, bearing a single, subulate fistulose leaf, arising 
from near the middle. Spike terminal, of many small, pale 
green, inconspicuous flowers, each subtended by a small 
bractea. The oblong, angular germen occupies the greater 
portion of the flower. Upper sepal nearly orbicular, con- 
cave, acute: two lateral ones lihear-oblong and revolute, 
dotted with red. Petals linear, almost white. Lip small, 
linear-oblong, acute, recurved, entire, with two callosities 
at the base. Column short, white, with an auricular appen-_ 
dage on each side at the top, between which the Anther is 
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situated. 
Fig. 1. A front, and fig. 2, a side view of the Flower: magnified eight — 
diameters. 3 and 4. Front and side views of the Column and Labellum of — 
the same Flower: magnified sixteen times in diameter. 5, Front and side 
views of the Pollen masses, magnified sixteen times in diameter. 6. Pol- 
len grains, magnified two hundred times in diameter. 
In this place may be noticed another species, which Mr. Brown man 
years ago, (Prodr. 1. p. 320. in Obs.) referred to this Genus, but whic 
has not yet been sufficiently defined by Botanists in any work, It isa 
native of New Zealand; was originally discovered by Sir Josepu Banks 
in Captain Coox’s first voyage of circumnavigation, and was afterwards — 
met with by Forster and others. It appears to stand intermediate — 
between Mr. Brown’s M. rara, and that eminent Botanist’s M. media, — 
of which a description and figure is given in the next article, and it may 
be named and characterized as follows. 
M. Banksu ; perianthii foliolis inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis subpatenti- — 
_ bus: interioribus lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis, labello oblongo- — 
cuneato lobato: dimidio inferiore dilatato retuso, disco verrucoso, 
_ marginibus tuberculato-incrassatis, spice floribus preecipué distinc- 
tis, inferioribus distantibus. — Es: 
rents begs Forst. Prodr. n. 311. 
Epipactis porrifolia. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800. p. 233. Pers. Syn. 
_ 2. p. 513... Willd, Sp, Pl. 4. p. 89. i : 
_ Microris ‘porrifolia.” Spreng. Syst. Veget. 3. p. 713."""" 
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