989 CXX. ORCHIDEX. ' | Caladenia. 
following are the — forms this species assumes, regarded by Lindley and others 
fend distinct mab t passing too gradually into each other to be clearly marked out 
dri 
a T bellum with broad lateral usually pale- pama deeply fringed 
i the middle lobe ovate, dark-coloured ; calli very numerous in several rows. 
Sepal ints v ei long, especially i in the Western specimens. C. dilatata, R. Br. Prod. 
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 422; Hook. f. Fi. Tasm. ii. 27, t. 122 B; Reichb. f, 
Beitr. 82; C. fila mentos E a lc. 421, not of R. Br.: € longicauda, Lindl. Swan 
Riv. eu 52, t. 8 A ur» and S p Or ch. 4 422; Endl.i n PI. Prei 
N. S. Wales. Port Bekil iod Blue sans Woolls ; New Engl and, C. Stuart. 
Victoria. Melbourne and Yarra Yar Adamson, Walter ; from the Grampians 
to Gipps’ Land, F. Mueller, and others. 
Tasmania. Circular Head, Gunn; forest lands near Cheshunt, Archer. 
ce n age ein e Range, F. Mueller. 
. Australia. g George's Sound to Vasse and Swan ri — d, 1st 
coll., yal 129, 439, 440, veas. n. poci —— Td many other ~ Apparently a 
com stern species, know e of “Spider Orchis,” an mi pa ally with 
remarkably pe e ran to the ME. ei ik ecd » 8 of the labellum fens p ad, 
and mudh fi 
Vart Labellum usually ovate with fringed margins gradually tapering into 
the broad recurved erenulate undu ^ or shortly fringed apex or middle lobe, the 
lateral lobes bat little prominent or quite obsolete. Calli of the disk very prominent or 
it by F. Mueller, pow critically working up 1n their native country, where alone it 
can be ascertained how far hybridism may rts contributed to the Soto of different 
hir 8 or s tesa — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 28, t. 123 
. S. Wales. Cle ‘Wools ; Mri lisse river, Rf Mueller. 
Victoria. Grampians, F. Mueller ; Beatie Hinter 
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, Paterson (E. Brown); eei dm throughout the 
island, J. D. Hooker. 
S. A Several specimens from the neighbourhood of St. Vincent's Gulf, 
F. Mueller, and others, belong to this form 
Mi llida, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 421, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 28, from Circular 
M c is a slight, variety of C. Patersoni, with a paler ea fringed labellum. 
C. p» and €. tentaculata, Schlecht, in Linnea, xx. 569 and 5 ould appear, from 
the diii ions d to be among the innumerable forms et by this species. 
; Lindl. Gen. and T Orch, 499 Stature 
always clavate at the end; petals shorter and not clavate. 
der 4 in. long, the broad yellow lateral lobes quite entire, the purple 
middle lobe either entire or slightly crenate towards the base; calli in 
about 4 rows as in C. Patersoni.—Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 28, t. 222 A. 
N. S. Wales. Near Bathurst, A. Cunningham 
oe Ballarat, Glendinning ; Malden , Mrs. Ne 
Circalar Head, Gunn; fan river, odes Flinders island, Mil- 
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