942 CXX. ORCHIDER. [ Prasophyllum. 
second plate with scarcely prominent entire margins. Lateral appen- 
dages of the column falcate, as long as the rostellum, with a small 
booth on the outer margin,— P. giganteum, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 12, not 
Li d 
ustralia. King George's Sound, F. Mueller; Kalgan river, Harvey; Swan 
river, i nh mond; Gordon, Harvey, Swan, and Murchison rivers, Oldfield; Swan 
river, Preiss, n. 2215. 
12. triatum, R. Br. Prod. 318. Stems an exceeding 6 in., 
the loaf-eheath rather long, the lamina subulate. Flowers about the 
size of those of P. patens, in a raceme of 1 to Di in. Ovary oblong- 
cylindrical. Lateral sepals united to near the end, narrow, acuminate, 
about 3 lines long; dorsal sepal rather shorter, narrow, concave; petals 
nearly as long as the sepals, lanceolate. Labellum fully 2 lines long 
val- 
oblong, concave, the lower half erect, the upper half recurved, with 
undulate margins; the inner plate broad i n the lower half, reduced 
A ; 
aye s. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cunningham, 
F. T be perl 
13. P. parvifolium, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 54, Gen. and Sp. Orch 
517, Stems slender, 9 in. to above 1 ft. long, the laf above the middle 
of the stem, with a short slender y Flowers resembling those of 
: striatum, in a loose raceme of 2 t narrow-oblong. 
Sepals about 34 lines long, the Jatera o ones ii diluted 
nate to t 
but otherwise free, the 
d Au. Beas river, Drummond, 1st coll., Preiss, n. 2220; Cape Leuwin, 
oe 
14. P. gibbosum, A. Br. Prod. 318. Stems from under 6 in. 
near lft. long, the leaf-sheath long, with a narrow linear nets 
Spike rather ense. Lateral sepals united into a lip of about 2 lines, 
obtuse, very concave, projected at the base into a sack or short and 
very obtuse e spur; dorsal sepal as vens obtuse, nearly similar in texture 
to the lateral ones ; petals nearly as long oblong-line ar, tapering into 8 
w. Labellum nearly as long as ther sepals, y fies Han or linear- 
