! 356 "CXX. ORCHIDEE. .— [ Pterostylis. 
of which this species closely resembles. Scape 1-flowered, 6 to 9 in. 
high with 1 or rarely 2 empty sheathing bracts besides the one em- 
bracing the tetuiinal pedicel. Galea 1 to 1} in. long, erect but much 
OW 
lip narrow cuneate, contracted into a claw, the lobes lanceolate and 
pe into long fine points embracing the galea. Labellum oblong- 
inear, tapering to a point. Column with a short basal projection, 
lower lobe of the wings broad and obtuse, upper lobe broad and scarcely 
prominent, with a — a at the front er —Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 
Orch. 391; Bot. Mag. t. 3401; Reichb. f. Beitr. 36. 
"A Wales. Port J ee to the Blue Pin qd R. Brown, A. Cunningham, 
000L8. 
ntans, R. Br. Prod. 327. Toast in a radical rosette, petio- 
late, ovate or elli al 3 to 1din. long. Scape 1-flowered, Gin. tol 
high, usually with a single long cox S^ sheathing empty bract penn 
; e under the terminal pedice alea nearly 1 in. long, 
flow ate in front; lowe 
bord id br ral cu neat the lobes long and lanceolate, tapering 
into long points em i 
z 5 5 urga long, the eed smooth but sometimes minutely ciliate, 
appen age narrow-linear, curved, penicillate. Column ? the 
s xe af the galea, the wings w with a broadly oblong obtuse lower "lobe 
and only a hi small upper lobe or tooth, the stigma usually long and 
conspicuous.—Lindl. Gen. and Sp. ser 891; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 
18; Bot. Mag. t. 3085 ; Reichb. f. Bei na 
Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton vage 
eer > MI Port Jackson to the Blue Pose H R. Brown, Caley, Sieber, n. 
5, and man 
Victoria. Portlan d bay, F. Mueller ; E. Gipps’ Land, Walter 
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, Paterson ; common in shady paces in a poor soil, 
. D. Hooker, and others. 
S. Australia. Mount Gambier, F. Mueller. 
6. P. pedun R. Br. Prod. 827. Leaves in Poa rosette 
on ether long petioles, ovate or broadly oblong, 4 to 1 in. long, thin 
and usually 5-nerved. Scape 1-flowered, under or over 6 in. high, with 
2to4 oo sheathing empty bracts besides the one subtending the 
i h 
- 
var appendage rather long, B dde dilated at the end pe 
s with a long almost hair-like fux the lower lobe ee 
broadly lanceolate, tins —Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 391; Hook. É 
Fl. Tasm. ii. 19, t. 114 A; Reichb. f Beitr. 36. 
