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and as sweet as a chesnut, even when dried ; they would 

 certainly afford a delicate article of food. Of the genus Diuris 

 some, as D. jilifolia (Tab. VIII. B) and D. IJrummondi^^'^^ 

 have yellow flowers, more or less spotted with purple ; others, 

 as D. corymbosa'^'^^ and porrifolia, are almost wholly purple ; 

 these flowers have the two anterior sepals narrow and pro- 

 jecting like two tails, while the two lateral petals are broad 

 and spreading like a pair of wings, the back sepal has the 

 form of a bird's head and neck, and the whole resembles 

 something from fairy land upon the wing. 



The Caladenias are well known to be beautiful plants, 



rima, appendicibus 2 linearibus truncatis membranaceis, labello oblongo- 



lineari subemarginato medio geniculato. 

 (225) Dii'Ris Drummondi ; foliis ensiformibus erectis scapo multo brevioribiis, 



florlbus flavis secundis, labelH lobo medio unicarinato ovato complicato late- 



ralibus rotundatis integerrimis longiore. 

 (2-26) Diuris filifolia (Tab. VIII. B.J; foliis setaceis scapo multo brevioribus, 



floribus flavis, labelli lobo medio unicarinato ovato complicato lateralibus 



rotundatis dentatis longiore. 



(227) Diuris laxijiora ; floribus flavis, pedunculis longissimis capillaribus bracteis 

 linearibus canaliculatis duplo longioribus, labelli lobo medio subrotundo 

 basi ima unicarinato lateralibus multo minoribus margine postico denti- 

 culatis. 



(228) Diuris corymhosa ; foliis ensiformibus linearibusque erectis scapo trifloro 

 brevioribus, floribus purpureis subcorymbosis, pedicellis bracteis longioribus, 

 labelli lobis rotundatis subaiqualibus Intermedio convexo subemarginato basi 

 ima unicarinato. 



(229) Diuris porrifoUa; foliis lanceolatis linearibusque acuminatis scapo mono- 

 pbyllo brevioribus, pedicellis bracteis foliaceis brevioribus, floribus purpu- 

 reis, labelli lobis oblongis rotundatis intermedio minore convexo cuneato 

 unicarinato. 



(230) ^ Eiicaladenia. Sepala et petala subaequalia ringentia, baud producta ; La- 

 bello seriatim glanduloso tripartito. 



Caladenia maryinata ', folio radicali oblongo cauli subaiquali, sepalis pe- 

 talisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis filiformibus conformibus: 

 lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio triangulari basi fimbriato apice glan- 

 dulis marginato, disco nudo. — (K. Geo.'s Sound; Collie.) 



^^•"^ Caladenia ochreata ; folio oblongo acute basi ochrea laxa truncata vaginato 

 caule subramoso breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis 

 biseriatis filiformibus conformibus : lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio 

 triangulari acuminato subcrispo margine calloso, disco nudo. 



^^■'^^ Caladenia vngnicnlata ; folio linear! caule unifloro breviore, sepalis petalis- 

 que obtusiusculis, labelli cuneati longe unguiculati glandulis 4-seriatis ra- 

 mentaceis infimis niajoribus: lobis dentatis lateralibus truncatis intermedio 

 oblongo, disco glanduloso. 



'^^•'^) Caladenia mollis ; folio oblongo caule elongate 4-pl6 breviore, sepalis peta- 

 lisque acutiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis approximatis : lobis lateralibus 

 rotundatis intermedio lanceolate utrinque basi 3-dentato, disco nudo. 



