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ealand. 
Australian, belonging to three Australian groups of Neottidese ; eps of these genera are 
however represented by single or very en ent D the ag Pit rnt and eleven 
y 
the published labours 4 tpi ges the Beiträge above quoted) of the ade ar Reichen- 
great is the range of variation exhibited in va precise form, ings, a 
of the labellum in many of the commoner terrestrial ‘Australian’ Orci, as s i i Me. i 
diterranean Ophrydes. I have therefore felt ‘obliged very much to reduce the neat 
of published — of mitra, Diuris, ophyllum, Microtis, om 
I must howev peri that aan e Airis iption P pee of these species is still get 
from satisfact poo nem n often scarcely be ascertained accurately revon of 
o 
ese and some pter 1 in will be taken -" by resident botanists who have an op- 
portunity of studying them in a fresh state 
Trise. 1 Malaxidese.—Anther lid-like, incumbent, usually dec Pollen- 
masses waxy, 2, 4, or rarely 8, without caudicles or gland. Epiphytes pope s terres- 
trial with a creeping rhizome. 
Epp topes longitudinal. Lateral sepals not dilated at the ; 
Labellum embracing or adnate to the column at the 
Column feet Leaves at or near the base of the stem. 
Flo mall 1. LirARIS 
" Flowers minute . . 2. OBERONIA. 
ars Vogitodilil "d d spell dilated pà the base and ' 
with the basal crga of the column a pouch or 
Pol aH bass 2, or 4 in 
Labellum with a erg ad base usually — into 
lateral 1 lobes. diei ue pseudobulbs bearing both leaves 
and peduncles i xcept vaa sect. Rhizobium . 9. DENDROBIUM. 
Labelle di as enguisaiste, a not | lobed. Leave s (o n 
pseudobulbs peduncles prion’ —€— nodes of the 
rhizome i 4. BoLBoPHYLLUM. 
Pollen-masses 8, flowers minute |. 5. PHREATIA. 
Anther-cells eed transverse. ied long. Raceme on a long 
peduncle 6. PHOLIDOTA. 
(The pollen-masses are yee waxy PELA Ut lant in one ARN of Galeola. r 
Tame 2. Wandese.—Anther lid-like, incumbent, usually deciduous. Pollen- 
masses waxy, 4 in pairs, on a single or double caudicle attached to a gland. Epi- 
phytes or terrestrial with vending sy arl 
prete Caudicle. single. x. 
and pe re nited to x middle. AD, idt pats 
owers à LJ b " LI "A LJ i > 
"m ub 1. TÆNIOPHYLLUM. 
