CRANICHIS 33 



3 mru. 1., 1'6 mm. b. Lip sessile, roundish in outline, obtuse, with two 

 lateral folds near the base, 2-6-2*8 mm. 1., white, spotted with green. 

 Column (including rostellum) 1*5 mm. 1., dilated above, towards the 

 anther concave and broadly 4-winged, wings broader above, apex of 

 rostellum obtusely pointed ; stigma somewhat roundish. Anther stalked, 

 nearly as high as apex of rostellum. Capsule ellipsoidal, with six shallow 

 keels, 7-8 mm. 1., 3-4 mm. br. 



2. C. diphylla Sw. Prodr. 120 (1788); glandular-pubescent 

 above ; leaves generally 2, sometimes 1 or 3, one smaller, ovate, 

 cordate, shortly acuminate or acute ; petals oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, white. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1423 ; Lindl, Gen. & Sp. 

 Orch. 450 ; Griseb. op. cit. 639 ; Cogn. in Symb. Ant. vi. 357. 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In peaty soil on damp shadv banks ; in fl. and fr. Dec. -Feb. ; Swartz ! 

 Mt. Moses, 3000 ft., J.P. 2440, Syme ! Morse's Gap ; Stony Hill, J.P. 477 ; 

 Morris ! Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., C. Nicholls ! Fawcett ! Morse's Gap; near 

 Mabess River, 4000 ft. ; Clydesdale, 4000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7555, 7557, 

 7855, 9797, 10,080. 



Plant 4-14 in. high. Scape slender, 10-40 cm. 1., about 1 mm. br. 

 Leaves, blade 2 -5-6" 5 cm. 1., 1-3 cm. br. ; stalk, 1-3 cm. 1. Sheaths 

 several (4 or 5), linear-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 2*5-1 cm. 1. Spike 

 lax-flowered, glandular-pubescent, 1-6*5 cm. 1. Flowers greenish-white or 

 green, perianth about J^ in. 1. Bracts ovate, acuminate, 1-nerved, with a 

 few glandular hairs, much shorter than the ovary, 3-4 mm. 1. Ovary 

 spindle-shaped, glabrous or with occasional glandular hairs, 5*5 mm. 1. 

 Septals oval, obtuse, 1-nerved, 2*5 mm. 1., 1*3 mm. br. ; lateral slightly 

 shorter and broader than the median. Petals a little shorter than the 

 median sepal, *6 mm. br. Lip very slightly keeled posteriorly, sessile, 

 roundish in outline, obtuse, 3-nerved, with 2 lateral folds near the base, 

 about 2 mm. 1., greenish-white spotted with green. Column (including 

 rostellum) 1*5 mm. L, on the posterior side towards the anther concave 

 and winged, with a long acuminate apex to the rostellum ; stigma roundish. 

 Anther stalked, slightly shorter than the rostellum. Capsule ellipsoidal, 

 slightly 3-keeled, 6-7*5 mm. 1., 3 mm. br. 



3. C. pilosa Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlvii. 265 (1909) ; 

 glandular-pubescent above ; leaves 1 or 2, roundish-ovate or 

 roundish, subcordate, acute ; petals linear, acute, margins pilose, 

 light pink with white hairs or pale reddish-brown. (PI. 5, 

 f. 1-3.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In damp shady places; in fl. Nov., April; John Crow Peak, 5500 ft., 

 J.P. 240, Syme ! Morse's Gap, 5000 ft. ; Vinegar Hill, Portland, 3000 ft. ; 

 Cascade, 3000 ft. ; near John Crow Peak, 5800 ft. ; between Cinchona and 

 Morse's Gap, 4900 ft. ; Harris ! FL Jam. 7749, 10,503. 



Plant 4-10 in. high. Scape 10-25 cm. 1. Leaves, blade 4-10 cm. 1., 

 2*5-7*5 cm. br. ; stalks 1*5-3 cm. 1. Sheaths (1 or 2) scarious, below the 

 leaves, and several (5 to 9) loose, elliptical, shortly acuminate, 3-1 cm. 1. 

 Spike dense-flowered, glandular-pubescent, 1-2 cm. 1. Flowers greenish 

 tinted with pink, perianth about in. 1. Bracts as long as, or shorter 

 than, the ovary, 4-7 mm. 1., ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, with short lateral 

 nerves, glabrous, green or white. Ovary spindle-shaped, broadest below 

 the middle, glabrous, greenish or white, 6-7 mm. 1. Sepals 3-nerved, oval, 

 very shortly acuminate, greenish below, flesh-coloured in the upper half, 



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