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Habitat : Occurs from sea-level to the summit of Mount Gower in coastal 

 scrub on cliffs and in rocky places. Always in exposed places, it does not 

 form part of the undergrowth of forest. 



Distribution : Endemic. The flowers nearly resemble those of M. 

 iridioides (Bentham). With the exception of the Lord Howe Island species, 

 the genus is confined to Africa. 



Microtis unifolia (Forst. f.) Reichen. 

 Ophrys unifolia Forst. f., Fl. Austr. Prodr. 59, 1786. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 (M. porrifolia) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 252, 1896 (M. porrifolia). 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia. 



Dendrobium gracilicaule F. Muell. var. howeanum Maiden. 



Denrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. 24, 382, 1899 ; D. gracilicaule F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. 

 Austr. i, 179, 1859. 

 Recorded : Moore, Lord Hoive Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 (D. gracili- 

 caule) ; Maiden, I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 252, 1896. 



Habitat : Epiphyte on trees in moss forest, summit of Mount Gower. 

 Distribution : Endemic ; of species, east Australia. 



Dendrobium Moorei F. Muell. 

 Denrobium Moorei F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. vii, 29, 1869. 

 Recorded: F. Muell., I.e. ; Bentham, Fl. Austr. vi, 281, 1873; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 252, 1896. 



Habitat : On trees in forest. 



Distribution : Endemic. Near D. macranthum and D. calcaratum of 

 Vanikoro, and D. lancifolium of Bouru (Mueller). 



Bolbophyllum exiguum F. Muell. 

 Bolbophyllum exiguum F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ii, 72, 1860. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 252, 1896. 

 Distribution : Australia. 



Cleisostoma erectum Fitzg. 

 Cleisostoma erectum Fitzg., Orchid. Austr. i, pt. 4. 

 Recorded : Fitzgerald, I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 252, 1896. 

 Habitat : On rocks and trees (Fitzgerald). 



Distribution : Endemic. Closely allied to C. tridentatum of eastern 

 Australia. 



Macropiper excelsum (Forst. f.) Miq. var. psittacorum (Endl.) Laing. 

 Piper psittacorum Er.dl., Prodr. Fl. Norf. 37, 1833 ; Piper excelsum 

 Forst, f., Fl. Austr. Prodr. 5, 1786. 

 Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. vi, 204, 1873 {Piper excelsum) ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 249, 1896 (Piper excelsum). 



Habitat : Undergrojvth in forest from sea-level to summit of Mount 

 Gower. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, South Pacific islands ; of 

 species, New Zealand. 



