€ONTRIBUTIONST()THt: ORCHIDACEOUS FLORA 

 OF UUERNST.ANl). 



No. 2.* 



A REVISED ACCOUNT OF THE QUEENSLAND 

 SPECIES OF HABENARIA WITH A KEY TO THE 

 AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF THE GENUS. 



By R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D., and C. T. White, F.L.S. 



{Read before the Royal Socieli/ of Queensland, 2'.V/i 

 November, H)20). 



HABENARIA, R.Br. 



1. Habenaria elongata, A'. Br., Prodr. oL'3, Lindley Gen. 



ot. Sp. Orciiid. 317 ; Reichb. f. Beitr. Orchid. 6: Benth. 

 Flora Austr. vi. 394 : F.v.Muoll. Fragm. VII, L5 ; Bail. 

 Queensland Flora V. l.")l)(> : Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. 

 et. Sp. I. 38(). 



Habitat. Rockhaiupton, 0' Shanesy (ex F. v. Muell 

 I.e.), Mt. Cook, near CooktoAvn, Miss Lovell. 



Distribidion. Tropical Australia (Typo from Arnheni's 

 Land) . 



In Miss Lovell's spcciniens a notch (sometimes a dis- 

 tinct bifurcation) is shown at the base of each lateral petal, 

 an important departure fi'bm the type. 



2. Habenaria Millari, Bail, in BuU. No. <ij Dept. Agri- 



culture and Stock, Brisbane (181)0) ]). U) ; Qiieensland 

 Flora, V. L590. 



Habitat. Walsh River, T. Barclay Millar. 

 Distribution. Endemic; in Queensland. 



*No 1. These Proceedings pp. 117-124. 



:i;Always quoted by the late F. M. Bailey as " Botanj'- Bulletin III." 

 It was the third of the Bulletin series issued by the Queensland Department 

 of Agriculture devoted to Botany, the title " Botanj' Bulletin III." does 

 not, however, appear on the title page. 



