360 CXX. ORCHIDER. [ Pterostylis. 
Wilson's Promontory, F. Mueller; Wendu Vale, Robertson (the speci- 
Victoria. 
mens in fruit et UN and ee doubtful). 
Circular Head, Gunn; Hobarton, J. D. Hooker; Flinders island, 
. obtusa 
about 6 in. high, without xis Ta leaves at the time'of 
ing scales. Galea lear 3 to near lin. long, besides the point hich 
E 9, t. 116 €; ae f. Bele. 
N. s. wW Wales. Port Jac kson, R. odis Woolls ; New England, C. Stuart. 
oe Common in the northern parts of the island, J. D. Hooker ; Southport, 
^ Stuart, 
15. P. recurva, Benth. Stems 1 to ll ft. high, rigid, 1- or some- — 
times 2-flowered, without any radical rosette, the lower leaves aer 4 
to small scales gradually i increasing to linear or linear-lanceolate leaves 
of 1 to 2 in., the bract subtendin, ng the pedicel more lanceolate and 
sometimes shorter. Galea erect, above 1 in. long, not very broad and 
not much curved, the dorsal sepal as wellas the petals ending in re- 
curved jeune apparently kefal rk in length; lower is as long or que 
thanthe a, narrow vided tothe middleinto lanceolate lobes 
erect an embracing the eren ie recurved at the end and wna i 
in pie points of 2 to 6 lines. Labellum pg sear towards the en 
but obtuse, the basal appendage linear, elongated, curved, bifid and 
patiki. at eis end, but the tuft consisting of very ’ few cilia. 
N. Australia, Drummond; Upper Hay river, Miss Warburton. —A well-marked 
species, of which l liowever I Mere seen but very few. specimens. 
SERIES 2, Parvir LORE. —Stems leafless at. the time of flowerin 
a different time of year, or i contemporaneous M a agat branch 
of the rhizome. owers under 4 in. lon ore in a raceme, very 
rarely. reduced to 1. Pes Nobel of the belli short, dut of | 
with 2 or 3 teeth or 
P. Daintreana, F. Muell. Herb. Leaves (only seen in an im- 
per state) like those of P. parviflora, small, ovate, in a radical rosette 
the side of the scape or flowering stem. Scape slender, above 6 in. 
