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parently terminal, oblong or lanceolate, flat, 9 to 3 in. long. Raceme 
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also solitary and apparently terminal, about as long as the leaf, with 2 
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r 3 “yellow” flowers on pedicels of 3 or 4 lines. Bracts minute. 
Queensland. On the upper branches of lofty trees, Brisbane river, Moreton bay, 
A. Cunningham, W. Hill; Glasshouse Mountains, Beyerley. 
N. S. Wales. i eckler. 
Richmond and Clarence rivers, 
16. D. hispidum, A. Rich. Sert. Astrol. 18, t. 5. A dwarf plant 
forming dense tufts. Stems usually from under 1 in. to nearly 2 in. 
membranous’ scarious sheaths. Leaf apparently vo ze or 
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lanceolate, prominently keeled underneath, 1 to 2 in. long. edicels 
rather narrower. Petals linear, as long as the sepals, Labellum 
as long as,the sepals, the lateral lobes rather broad, the middle lobe at 
least as broad as long, with raised wrinkles on its surface but no raised 
lines on the disk between the lateral lobes. Capsule echinate, ovoid or 
globular, about 3 lines diameter.—F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 30. 
eensland. On trees, Rockingham bay, Dallachy.—Our specimens are in fruit 
only, but a somewhat withered flower in Herb. F. Mueller shows precisely the oy 
figured by A. Richard, from the original specimens gathered in the island of Vanikoro. 
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A dwarf species like the two preceding, the tufted stems not exceeding 
the base of the leaf and rather shorter. Sepals and petals yellowish- 
white, streaked with a reddish-yellow, about lin. long. Spur sh 
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nent, almost acute, the middle lobe ovate, shortly acuminate, recurved, 
with undulate-crisped margins; the disk with 3 or 5 longitudinal raised 
lines or plates, even between the lateral lobes, much undulate on the 
middle lobe.—Bot. Mag. t. 4619; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 59. — 
, N. S. Wales arina. trees near Brownlow hill, Camden, Woolls, accord- 
ing to a memorandum received from F. Mueller.—I have seen no specimen; the above 
character is taken from Lindley’s figure and descriptions. 
