Pterostylis. ] CXX. ORCHIDER. 363 
upper ones acute. Flowers 5 to 10, in a slightly spiral spike. Galea 
broad, much incurved, obtuse, a out 3} lines long; lower lip little 
more than 2 lines lon; and at Eva as broad, concave, reflexed, with 
Queensland. Brisbane te Moreton cng F. Mueller, Meca pe 
ales. Port Jackson, R. Bro Woolls, and o ther ; Emu plains, 4. Cun- 
sitom "jg England, C. Buari y did to Illawarra, Busbhseie y Gabo island, 
endu Vale, ope Melbourne, Adamson ; Darebin Creek, Mount 
Disappointment, Grishin 8, F. Mue 
Common in sei past ures as well as in Pa oes sandy soil, J. D. Hooker. 
S. Peut, y Mount Gambier and Rivoli bay, F. 
22. P. rufa, R. Br. Prod. 997. Leaves in a radical rosette at the 
base of the stem, but most frequently withering away before the flower- 
ing, ovate, obtuse or acute, } to lin. long. Stem 6 to 10 in. 
it t 
duced in front into a fine point 10 lines long in the typical form, very 
much longer in some varieties; lower lip on a rather long basal p ro- 
por of the column, reflexed from it, broadly cuneate, 3 to 4 lin 
column | narrowly winged.—Lindl. Gen. an gd Orch. 390; Hook. f. 
Tasm. ii. UO WES 116; Reichb. f. pis 
Queensland. Rockhampton, Thoze 
rt Jackson, emos R. Brown, Woolls, and others; New Bog 
N. S. Wales, 
laud, €. Stuart ; Darling river, Dallachy ; Upper Bogan and Lachlan rivers, F. Mars 
ictoria, uray river, F. Mueller; Wimmera, Dallachy 
Tasmania, Port pis ae ; Meander river, C. mesi. 
S, Australi Mors and St. Vincent's gulfs, F. Mueller. 
W. Austr 
, The s vg ies nies ak | in stature, in the persistence of the radical leaves, in the 
size of the flowers, and especially in the length of the eps The Movie are 
es principal formi bir apt cute be distinguished mostly as species, but which pass 
ri 
adually into each o 
P. gibbosa, R. Br. Pd. ner Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 390; Reichb. f. Beitr. 41, 
