broadly oblong leaves about an inch long on a petiole of about the same length. 
Flower solitary, nearly an inch long, green marked with brown. The lip has a V 
notch at the apex. Flowers in Winter and Spring. 
PTEROSTYLIS CUCULLATA. Native of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. 
Grows among the scrubs along the sea coast in the sand of Victoria and South 
Australia. It has rather large oblong leaves, very glossy underneath. Stem from 
2 inches to a foot tall, much sheathed with the bases of large bracts, the topmost 
of which forms a cowl over the bottom of the flower. Flower solitary. Light 
green with bold green and brown bands. Flowers in Spring. 
PTEROSTYLIS CURTA. Native of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, 
Tasmania and New Caledonia. 
One of the most commonly met with species. It grows from a rosette of elliptical 
leaves, the stem being from 4 to 12 inches tall. Flower greenish-white. Sepals 
very short, giving the flower a curtailed appearance. Tongue twisted. Flowers in 
Spring and Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS CYCNOCEPHALA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria, 
South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. 
A rather robust species, usually found in plain or open forest country in the 
south-east portion of Australia. Grows from a small rosette of leaves, the lower 
part of the stem being clothed with long sheathing bracts. Up to about a dozen 
small, rich green flowers are produced. The tongue resembles a swan’s head. 
Flowers in Spring or early Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS DAINTREANA. Native of New South Wales. 
A very slender species growing from a small rosette. Stem 2 to 6 inches tall. 
Bears up to half-a-dozen tiny flowers, greenish-white finely lined with dark green. 
Tongue pointed and dark brown. Flowers in Autumn and Winter. 
PTEROSTYLIS DECURVA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. 
A small species with two or three broadly oval stem leaves. Stem 2 to 6 inches 
high with a single flower which is greenish-white with dark brown or green 
markings. Tongue protrudes through the lip. The segments are continued into 
long hair-like tails, that of the hood-sepal being much decurved. Flowers late 
Spring or Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS FALCATA. Native of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. 
This species has good sized flowers which are green and white, marked with brown. 
All the segments are falcate. Leaves basal, sometimes ascending the stem. Tongue 
narrow and very long. The extensions of the sepals sometimes forked. Flowers 
in Summer. 
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