BY R. S. ROGiillS AND C. T. WHITE . 139 



In many of the floweua-ef the Kelsey Creek specimens, 

 the spm* is so rndimentarv, that it becomes extremely 

 difficult to trace. In other specimens it may attain a length 

 of 3 mm. In all of them the stigmatic processes consider- 

 ably exceed in length the anther canals, irrespective of the 

 length of the spnr. The staminodes are in all instances 

 very distinct. 



The localit}' where these specimens were collected 

 is about tAvo degrees (120 miles) of latitude south of Rock- 

 ingham Bay \\ here \on ^lutller's original material AAas 

 obtained. 



6. Habenaria propinquior, Reichh. f. Beitr. Orddd (1871) 

 oS ; Kraenzlin, Orchid. Gen. et Sp. I 381. 

 Habitat. Cape York Peninsula Rockingham Ba}'. 

 Distribution. Endemic in Queensland. 



This species is reduced to a synonym of H. xanthantha, 

 F.v.M. in the Flora Australiensis, but is not so regarded by 

 Kraenzlin in Orchid. Gen. et Sp. 37S and 381. 



Although this plaiit is unrepresented in Australian 

 National collections, it AAOuld appear to differ materially 

 from H. xanthantha in several important respects, such as 

 inequality in shape and length of ]ierianth segments, and 

 also in regard to the shape and length of the sjjur. 



The following description is included for purjioses of 

 convenience. 



Stem about 20-2.") cm. high. Leaves at the base, 

 linear-lanceolate, 3-4 cm long, 3-4 mm. Avide, most of 

 them awned and scale like. Raceme few-flowered. 

 Dorsal sepal widely ovate, obtuse ; lateral ones longer, 

 triangular : jjetals shorter, ligulate, obtiise. The lateral 

 lobes of the tripartite labellum narroAvly triangular ; the 

 middle one longer and A^ider. Spiir filiform, inflexed, 

 acute at the apex, hardly AAidening at the base ; equal in 

 length, either to the Avhole or half of the pedicellated oA'ary. 

 Stigmatic processes a ery short, equal in length to the anther 

 canals. FloAvers among the smallest of the genus : more 

 constant than those of H . ochroleiica, R.Br. 



