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Pterostylis curta. Short-lipped 

 Pterostylis. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium ringens, tetraphyllum, foliolo inferiore bi- 

 fido, (e duobus infra cohaerentibus conflato.) Labellum 

 unguiculatum, subinclusum. Lamina basi appendiculata 

 v. gibbosa. Ungue infra labio inferiore connato. Columna 

 basi galea connata, apice alata. Anthera terminalis, per- 

 sistens, loculis approximatis. Massa Pollinis in singulo 

 loculo binae, compressae, pulvereae. Stigma medio column® 

 adnatum. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Pterostylis curta ; foliis radicalibus stellatis, bracteis 

 scapi prater floralem 2—3, flore erectiusculo, labio 

 inferiore breviore, galea acutiuscula, labelli lamina In- 

 tegra. Br. 



Pterostylis curta. Br. Prodr. FL Nov. Holl. v. \.p. Sdb. 

 Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 715. 



Descr. Root descending, somewhat filiform, flexuose, 

 bearing a few fibres, and, at the extremity, two rounded 

 bulbs, about the size of peas. Stem a span or more high, 

 erect, bearing two to three small bracteiform, sheathing 

 kaoes. The greater number of the leaves, however, are 

 radical, oval, striated and reticulated, tapering below into 

 a petiole. Flower terminal, solitary, erect, large, the three 

 u Pper segments of the perianth are oblong, standing so 

 dose as appearing to form but one piece, arched at the top, 



whitish, 



