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Sarcochilus. | CXX. ORCHIDEJE. 293 
without any prominent spur or point. Labellum with a narrow claw of 
about l line, the lamina with an erect central saccate lobe of about 
1 line, the lateral lobes twice as long, oblong, obtuse, clasping the very 
short moe Pollen-masses 2 on a short caudicle, the pollen some- 
aly. 
N. S. Wales. Macleay river, Fitzgerald.—l have only seen racemes and loose 
leaves of this remarkably distinct species. The flowers at first sight resemble those of 
Dendrobium teretifolium, but the structure is totally different. 
2. S. falcatus, R. Br. Prod. 359. Stems rarely above 2 or 3 in. 
high, rather stout, covered by the rigid loosely imbricate sheathing 
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Bracts ovate, about 2 lines long.  Pedicels and ovary about j in. 
Sepals and petals nearly equal, oblong, obtuse, 6 to 7 lines long, the 
lines. Labellum ascending from the end of it, the lateral lobes large, 
ovate, the middle lobe very short broad and almost scale-like or 
i with a thick Heshy dorsal protuberance or solid 
spur; the disk with a transverse 2-lobed scale or callus between the 
lateral lobes. Column short, with 2 very prominent acuminate angles. 
.. Capsules linear, sometimes 3 in. long.—Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 142 ; 
Bot. Reg. t. 1832; F. Muell. uu: vii. 97 ; Thrizspermum falcatum, 
Reichb. f. Beitr. 46. : 
N. S. Wales. Hunter's, Paterson's, and Williams’ rivers, R. Brown; Macleay 
river, Fitzgerald; Hastings river, C. Moore; Woolongong, Backhouse; Illawarra, 
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3. S. Fitzgeraldi, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 115. Stem foliage and 
general aspect of S. falcatus, the leaves from 3 to 6 in. long. Racemes 
. olivaceus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, Mise. 82. Stems covered 
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_ With the prominent bases of the leaves as in S. ,faleatus, but generally 
orter, under 1 in. long. Leaves oblong, often faleate, 2 to 3in. long, 
. apparently thinner than in S. falcatus. Racemes loose, of 2 or 3 flowers 
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the rhachis flexuose, not exceeding the leaves. Bracts very small. Sepals 
