Eriochilus.] CXX. ORCHIDER. 373 
specimens seen. Taif radical, but much narrower than in the two 
pour dire lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate and almost obtuse. 
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ct smal f the size of 
sepals and petals not so broad, and the lateral lobes of the labellum 
carcely prominent. Column on on the angles as 8 
valves of the anthers as in Æ. sea E Pl. Pre 
W. Australia. Swan river, ERU 1st coll. ; King George's Sound, Muir. 
4. E. dilatatus, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 53, Gen. and Sp. Orch. woe 
Stem glabrous or nea arly: s S0, usually rather above 6 in. Leaf at 
or Py 3. resembling mon of E. autumnalis. Do nia pal 3 to 31 lines 
long, oblong in the upper part, contracted below the middle ; lateral 
8 
claw ; pon about as long as the domal sepal but narrower. 
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latifolius. Rather larger; leaves lanceolate. Flowers 2 to 4 and rather longer. 
E atl Lindl. H. ce—Swan river, Mangles. 
Var. brevifolius. Leaves smaller, ovate-lanceolate.—S wan river, Drummond; Mur- 
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t ig or more, the flowers more numerous and rather smaller, 
sometimes above 10 in the spike or raceme. Labellum with very small 
lateral lobes or teeth at the end of the claw, the lamina or middle lobe 
ceu much € than broad, and usually as long as the claw.—, 
Endl. in Pl. Preiss 
W. Australia. ries river, Drummond, Preiss, n. 2190; Forest Hill, Muir. 
41. LYPERANTHUS, R. Dr. 
Dorsal sepal broad, concave, erect or incurved over the column ; 
lateral ne and petals narrow, erect or Pn t all — ec ual 
middle lobe ovate or sicher del recurved, the claw or disk between the 
lateral lobes longitudinally thickened in the centre, the — of the: 
lamina or middle lobe papiliose. Column erect or incurved, not winged. 
unther terminal, erect, 2-celled; pollen-masses, gran nular. Terrestrial 
herbs often drying black, with small ages ice tubers. Scapes 
