874 LIST OP THE ORCHIDEjE OF THE MUDGEE DISTRICT, 



51. Caladenia cucullata, R. D. F. 



Collected at Guntawang, Goodaman, and Cooyal. It has a 

 most abominable smell, and on more than one occasion I have had 

 a cloud of blowflies round me when carrying specimens. It is 

 possible that these may be the insects which fertilise this plant. 

 Flowers in October. 



52. Caladenia carnea, R. Br. 



Common. This is the first Caladenia to flower. From the 

 middle of August to October. 



53. Caladenia alba, R. Br. 



Collected at Cooyal in September, by Dr. Woolls. 



54. Caladenia cerulea, R. Br. 

 Common. August to October. 



55. Chiloglottis formicifera, R D. F. 

 Collected only at Cooyal. Flowers in September. 



56. Chiloglottis trapeziformis, R. D. F. 



Guntawang, Cooyal, Mullamuddy. Flowers in September and 

 October. 



57. Glossodia major, R. Br. 



Common all over the district. Flowers from the end of August 

 to the end of October. 



Many of the species especially those growing in open flat country 

 are becoming scarce, and will, 1 fear, sooner or later become 

 extinct. This may be attributed to many causes, the chief being 

 the struggle between introduced and indigenous plants, to the 



