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P. ])edaloglossa flowers near Brighton-Bluff already early in 

 April, but really as a vernal plant, when along with it Eriochilus 

 autumnalis and E. fimbriatus are simultaneously in bloom (Ch. 

 French, jun.) 



P. pedxmcidata occurs also on the base of Mt. Kosciusko (Ch. 

 French, jun.), at Loutit-Bay (Mrs. Beale) and on the Clyde 

 (Baeuerlen). Leaves always remarkably dark-green above. P. semi- 

 rubra is most closely allied to this, and occurs also on sandy 

 coast soil at Kardinia-Creek ; flowers in July and August. 



P. nana has latterly been found on the Lachlan-River (Joseph- 

 son), at the Grampians (D'Alton), Upper Yarra (Walter), Murray- 

 Desert (Tepper). The form distinguished as P. pyramidalis 

 extends to Geographe-Bay (Miss Bussell). This species flowers 

 here from June to August. 



P. yrandiflora or a very closely allied plant has been gathered 

 at Western- Port, where it flowers in June, but at Kardinia-Creek 

 and at Morbunya in August. Delineated by Bauer and Guillemin. 

 P. Baptistii approaches in many respects P. grandiflora. It has 

 become illustrated in Sir J. Hooker's Bot. Mag. on plate 6,351. 

 P. reflexa occurs also on the Lower- Yarra (Miss Coghill) and at 

 the Genoa (Baeuerlen) ; was found flowering as early as June on 

 the Loddon (M'Kibbin). 



P. precox differs irrespective of some other marks from 

 P. reflexa in the less pointed labellum. Flowers at Port-Phillip 

 already in May and June, but seemingly also under exceptional 

 circumstances in October (Ch. French, jun.) Mr. C. French, sen. 

 gave many extensive notes on Victorian orchids in Wing's 

 "Southern Science Record" of 1881. 



P. obtusa has flowered on the Upper Yarra as early as April, 

 at Port-Phillip it blooms usually in June and July, at the Genoa 

 in May (Reader); extends to East-Gippsland (Howitt), Whittlesea- 

 Ranges (Dixon). Mr. French found it once two-flowering. 



P. pa.rviflora was noticed on some sources of the Lachlan- 

 River (Dr. Lauterer). Attains in luxuriant culture a height of 

 1 h feet. 



P. aphylla grows on various places near Port-Phillip (C. 

 French), extends to the Grampians (Walter). Cultivated it bears 

 flowers here in April already. 



P. rufa, Blackwood-River (Mrs. M'Hard), Eucla (Batt), 

 Fowler's-Bay (Mrs. Richards), Cornet-River (O'Shanesy), Ovens- 

 River (Falk), Cardinia-Creek (French), Blue Mountains (Woolls), 

 Hunter's River (Miss Carter), Moreton-Bay (Fitzgerald). 



P. barbata we have now from near Port-Phillip, from th e 

 Upper Loddon (Wooster), Mt. Macedon (Moffatt), Omeo 



