Thelymitra.] CXX. ORCHIDER. 317 
Cucullaria.— Column-wing produced behind and beyond the anther into 
a ot Hie. over it, rino lobed or fringed at the t 
Hood with the 2 weien lateral lobes penicillate RA a tuft 
of cilia). Flowers blue, pur ple or white i 
Hood wit Kia, DEN P or Dcum anes between the peni- 
cillate ones and shorter than the 
Middle lobe of the hood crested on the LOI ANN UL M Z T. ixioides. 
Middle lobe of the hood smooth on the back . . T. canaliculata. 
Hood with 1 entire or bifid lobe between the penicillate ones, 
usually longer than them, broad and concave. 
Hood E crested on the back. Leaf very broadly lan 
. T. crinita. 
Hood piii on the back. Leaf linear or linear-lanceolate. - 
Tall robust plant. Leaves usually rather broad. Middle 
d Hu pige ricis a 4. T. aristata. 
Plant usually slender, with narrow leaves. Middle 
e hoo " — notched and entire 5. T. longifolia. 
|... Hood with the 2 reme ots teral lobes cristate, but "without tufts ^ 
; of cili ja yellow, often spotted with purp 
| Leaf villous, broad iddle lobe of the hood M od oe cris 
1 tate at the end, and a transverse crest inside at the 6. T. villosa. 
i Leaf glabrous, diy Middle lobe of the hood 3- ‘fid with ut fant 
i the internal crest 7. T. tigrina. 
E deeply ringed with linear lobes, with a ch a ‘lub-shaped appen- 
age on 
Dorsal sppendage of the hood crested at "m end. Perianth- 
- _ Segments narrow-lanceolate 8. T. stellata. 
Fonal appendage of the bond: d tnbéfoular or notohed at f 
end. Perianth Me eda EE lanceolate 9. -1 ar 
Macdonaldia.— Column-wing broadly pie behind the ant. 
much s shorter e it, and not hood-shaped. Slender flexuose herbs, with the habit of of 
antenni 
i Two e "ei Tia hes of the ies column-wing prominent 
and denticulate e or fringed. Flowers pink 10. T. carnea. 
Column-wing broad dly truncate, slightly. sinuate, but the lobes 
scarcely prominent. Flowers yell . T. flexuosa. 
Sr Bia —Column-wing not produced behind the anther, but with 2 
prominent ed ira bes as long as or longer than the anther, and often connected 
t beh 
by a short 
Habit of nk carnea ds or Lateral lobes of the wea 
long, erect, "y. uA thulate 2. T. antennifera. 
Habit nearly of T. ca Flowers deep-coloured (purple or red Di ' 
Latera Tobes of ve: t rid oblong, erect, curved, denticulate, 
not spathulate. jm 
_ Leaf-sheaths glabrousa:; jcaic 262 ehh anaes d4.: 7. Macmillani. 
Leaf-sheaths pubescent . ses os o . 14 Rri 0 
Habit of T. izioù 
ioides. Flowers blue 
pos lobes of the an. lon nger t than the anther, involute . 15. T. venosa. 
Lateral lobes of the column not dag mee anther, sig or 
lanceolate, convolute or thickened . . . 16. T. cyanea. 
Secr. 1. Cucuntaria.—Column- -wing roduced behind and beyond 
the author into a broad hood over it, various 5 lobed or ux. at the i 
., l. T. ixioides, Sw. in K. Ahad. Stockh. Handl. 1800, 998, t. 3 L, a 
în Schrad, Neu. Journ. 08, t. 1 L. Stem ically en 1 f. "high, with 1 1 
