Habenaria.| CXX. ORCHIDER. | 895 
vided into 9 narrow-linear lobes about as long as the sepals; the spur 
the st 
from each other by the very short connective and rostellum.—F. Muell. 
Fragm. vii. 16. ‘ 
Ne wc Rockingham bay, Dallachy—The species is also in Khasia and 
lhet. 
Var. arnhemica. Habit and foliage of the typical form, but the flowers much smaller. 
Galea 14 to 14 lines long, slightly recurved and acute ek a broad base ; lateral sepals 
rather longer, the spur not 3 lines long and scarcely thickened beyond the middle.— 
. Herb. 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 162, 188, and with still smalier flowers, 
Port Essington, Armstrong. 
linear, as long as the sepals; spur longer than the sepals, much ant. 
shortly clavate at the end. Anterior processes of the column very 
shortly adnate.—Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 323; Reichb. f. Beitr. 6. 
N. Australia. Islands of the North Coast, 2. Brown. ' 
F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 16. Stems slender, often 
ceolate and acutely acuminate as in ned. ers y llow, in a 
rather dense spike. Dorsal sepal and petals erect, obtuse, about 3 lines 
long ; lateral sepals nearly the same length, qui e from the spur 
es. 
H. graminea.—H. propinquior, Reichb. f. 
Queensland. Rockingham bay, Dallachy. 
TRIBE 7. AposTAsSIEJ.—Anthers 2, lateral near the base of the 
style, with a dorsal rudimentary or rarely perfect anther. Stigma 
terminal. Pollen granular. Terrestrial herbs. 
48. APOSTASIA, Blume. 
(Niemeyera, F. Muell.). 
Sepals and petals 3 each, nearly equal and similar, spreading or re- 
p : 
curved, the labellum similar to the other petals. Anthers 2, oblong-linear, 
attached near the base of the style, erect and embracing the style, with 
