BV R. S. ROGERS AND C. T. WHlTb: 137 



base ; spur linear terete, clavate, about 10 mm. long. 

 Column short ; staminodes lateral, A^art}', situated near the 

 base of the anther canals ; the canals almost equal in length 

 to the stigmatic processes ; stigmatic processes rather 

 long, fleshy, glandular, somewhat oblong, stretching for- 

 ward, rounded at the free ends. 



Habitat. This fine Habenaria comes from Dunk 

 Island off the North East Coast of Queensland. As in the 

 case of Habenaria Banfieldii Bail, and Habenaria ovoidea, 

 we are indebted to Mr. E. J. Banfield for the discovery of 

 this species. 



4. Habenaria graminea, Lindl. Gen. et Sj). Orchid. 318 ; 



Benth. Flora Austr. VI. 394 ; F. v. Muell. Fragm. VII. 

 16 : Bail. Queens. Flora. V. 1590 ; Kraenzlin Orchid- 

 Gen, et. Sp. I. 383. 



Habitat. Rockingham Bay, DaUachy (ex F. v. Muell. 

 I.e.) ; Pioneer River, L. J. Nugent : Magnetic Island, J. 

 W. Fawcett ; Cairns, C. T. White. 



Distribution. Tropical Australia, New Guinea and 

 India. 



5. Habenaria xanthantha, F. v. Muell. Fragm. VII, 16 ; 



Benth. Flora. Austr. VI, 395 ; Bail. Queens. Flora V. 

 1591 ; Kraenzlin. Orchid. Gen. et 8p. I. 378. 



Habitat. Rockingham Bay, DaUachy (ex. F.v. Muell 

 I.e.) ; Kelsey Creek near Proserpine, Rev. N. Michael (No. 



854). 



Distribution. Endemic in Queensland. 



This ill-defined species greatly interferes with any 

 attempt at a clear-cut systematic arrangement of Aus- 

 tralian forms. 



It was at first thought that the founder might have 

 accidently included ^^ithin it more than one member of the 

 genus, but an examination of his material* in the National 

 Herbarium, Melbourne, reveals the nature of the difficulties 

 which confronted him. This material was collected by 

 J. DaUachy at Rockinghanv Bay, Queensland, and Baron 



♦Courteously lent by the Curator of the Herbarium. 



