Gastrodia.] CXX. ORCHIDER. 309 
base of the column.—Herbs parasitical on roots, leafless and not green. 
Scapes simple, erect, with short loosely sheathing scales. Flowers 
white, in a terminal raceme. | 
Besides the Australian species which is endemic, there is one in New Zealand; and 
na from the Indian Archipelago and East India have been recently associated 
with it. 
j . Ico- 
nogr. t. 5; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 384; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 31, 
E 126 (the stigmatic protuberance overlooked by the artist); Reichb. f. 
itr. 44, | 
Queensland. Moreton ba , W. Hill. : i 
N. S. Wales. Port J aned to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A, Cunningham, 
and others, * Dry rocky situations and sandy forest grounds," A. Cunningham. 
| . Victoria. Mountains of Upper Barwan, Apollo bay, M‘Alister river, top of Mount 
William, F. Mueller. ; 
: asmania. Not uncommon in dense humid forests, J. D. Hooker. 
99. POGONIA, Juss. 
The genus is a widel -spread one, having been originally foun 
Species. The section X 7 : 
dim "a à; the Archipelago; the 
Over tropical Asia and the Mascarene islands as well as those of the Archipelago; 
