Flora of Aiifitralia, No. lo. 113 



Lodd, var. rotitiidifol id \)\ Mueller. It is questionable whether 

 this variety is not worthy of specific rank (larger flowers, 

 broader leaves, usually larger fruits). It certainly includes 

 several subfornis of which Mueller's and Maiden and Betche's 

 variety is one, and with it might be included some broads 

 leaved forms of L. ficojiarium, which have distinct pungent 

 points. TTie distinction between the three species would not 

 be any more artificial than that already existing between L. 

 flave-^ren^ and L. sco/xirni //i. 



Prasophyllum brachystachyum, Liudl. (Orchidaceae). 



Sub-Alpine Eucalypt forests. County Talbot, Victoria. F. M. 

 Reader, 20/6 09, 4/7/09, and June, 1910. 



The form of the lateral appendages in these specimens did 

 not appear to tally with the description in Bentham's " Flora 

 Australiensis," and it was only after examiniug the type speci- 

 men hent from the Herbarium at Kew, that we were able to 

 discover the correct species. 



For this reason, we make the following amendment to Ben- 

 tham's description : — " lateral appendages of the column bifid 

 or unequally 2 lobed, both lobes acuminate, outer being slightly 

 larger and broader than the inner." New to Victoria, only pre- 

 viously recorded from Tasmania. 



Prasophyllum despectans, Hook., f., var. intermedia, 

 Ewart and Rees, n. var. 



Warrandyte, Upper Yarra, Victoria. 



Sent by C. Walter, 9/8/J6. 



These specimens are very similar in structure to P. despec- 

 tans, though they differ in appearance, drying a much lighter 

 colour than the type specimen from which it also differs in 

 size, being slightly larger. The main difference is in the form 

 of the lateral appendages of the column, which are either 

 unequally 2 dentate, the inner lobe being nmch smaller or entire 

 with a small tooth-like iiroicctiou iilony' the inner marfjin. 



