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374 CXX. ORCHIDEJE. [Lyperanthus. 
tems ta more-flowered, either with one radical leaf and 2 or 3 almost 
len liae mpty bracts, or with about 2 stem-leaves. Bracts usually 
rather Aen and leaf-li 
Reduced to the two fo iine species, both of them csse in Australia, the genus 
appears more eii distinct from Caladenia, with w roposes to 
unite it. It differs in the broader r galeate upper sepal, is ven of calli on the labellum, 
and the wingless column, and i in habit the single empty of Caladenia is replaced 
- by 2 or more | omewhat leaf-like br. T 8 at ata 
s however th wu sepal, the wo on the labellum, v the winged column 
aladenia, and are correctly transferred to that genus. w-Caledonian speci 
pl one from the Auckland inita require fur "ther i a to determine theit 
Leaf radical, dac oec with 2 or 3 empty sheathing-bracts. 
Flowers 2 to 4. bellum lamina fringed 1. L. nigricans. 
pre usually 2, ue elliptical or Taneotates » Flowers 3 usually i E 
ore than 4,  Labellum lamina not frin nged SU, L. ellipticus. 
l.I. nigricans ans, R. Br. Prod. 325. Stems Kir a few inches to nearly 
1 ft. T rather stout, the whole plant drying black. Radical leaf 
(X4, and s ; 
Pen ok. f Fi im ii 16, t. 106 B; Reichb. £ Beitr. 33; Caladenia 
^ aparece E f. Beitr. 67 ; Leptoceras pectinata, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. 
not of Lindl. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, A. Cunningham, and others. 
Victoria. Between Melbourne and iy ver F. I gt Creek, v 
ia. Forest near George Town def 
This appears vió ls one iet Hint species which, like some of our European terrestrial 
Orchidez, have a wide geographical range, but are often very rare in each locality. 
2. L. ellipticus, R. Br. Prod. 325. Stems erect or decumbent, 6 
to 9 in. high, without any radical leaf, but usually with 2 narrow-ovate 
elliptical or Mali i acute or acuminate leaves gter up, both very 
variable in 1 to lj in. long when broad, longer w en narrow. 
 Ylowers more bud and nearer together than in Z. nigricans A ng 
