MEDRE E T ea a i EA A ET TN 
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distinct whorls. Bracts "s as the flowers, Tancecldte with fine 
points and often ciliate. als and petals about 4 line long, lanceolate, 
fe the petals narrower qs the sepals.  Labellum about as long as 
sepals, with 2 broad (entire 1 lateral lobes, the middle lobe rhom- 
boidal rather broader than long. Fruitin PA d. n long. 
Capsule nearly 1 line.—JMalazis palmicola, F. Mu d. Fr ii. 90. 
pcan, Brisbane river, Kellemay ; Rockhampton? Da tib, 
N. S. Wales. On the trunks of P. Palms, Hastings river, Beckler ; M osi river, 
€. Moore ; ; Bellinger range, "TF'itegerald. 
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3. DENDROBIUM, Swartz. 
Sepals nearly ri in E us the lateral ones very obliquely Nei 
at the base and co ection from the base of the colum 
into a pouch or ew "Petals dm A nearly the len ida of the upper 
sepal or rather longer. Labellum Aaa a at the end of or (in species 
not Australian) shortly connate with the basal projection of the column, 
laits. 
at 2 top. — terminal, M like. Pollen masses 4, in 
d 
A large genus ranging ovér the warmer regions of both the New and the Old World, 
one species coh p far AM as New Zealan 7 Of the 24 Australian species one only 
as been ident fied with certainty with an exotic species, the D. hispidum of anikoro, 
Secor drocoryne res d simple, elon wo: y^ eru bearing 2 or m 
or Seanetied leaves at or towards the nd Race: b y terminal or or 
nearly so iei only in the uppermos 13 tme iie Do ud 
n D. agrostophyllum and D. Smill 
Petals AN. broader be ~ the se gali, Racemes few- 
n long Flowers pink or lilac. 
Fini p pouch of the flower pucr a prominent spur underneath, 
forming a double spur. 
Petals 3 in. p ad. Labelum middle-lobe very broad 
and obtus 1. D. bigibbum. 
Petals 1 in. broad Labellum middle-lobe oblong, lanceo : 
late, acute or mucronate . TEN CEP FO dicuphum. 
al pouch scarcely gibbous on the lower. side soo s Be D. Alumner, 
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